2024 Montana Winter Institute Highlights!

There is no way to encapsulate all of the learning, data, wisdom and inspiration that was shared shared by our 2024 speakers in one short video-- but we are going to try! Watch this two-minute highlight video for some key moments and ahas. You can register to watch the replay of the entire five hours of sessions at The Montana Institute Online Academy.

Many of these same leaders — plus some exciting new faces! — will be on the faculty of our upcoming 2024 Montana Summer Institute. Click here to learn more.

Here’s a recap of the session lineup:

☼ Session 1 – Carla Ritz, Managing Director of The Montana Institute. The Science of the Positive and How Positive Experiences Increase Health

 ☼ Session 2 – Ali Crandall, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Public Health at Brigham Young University. The Latest Research on Positive Adult Experiences and Mental Health

☼ Session 3 – Sara Thompson, Director of Training and Communications and Jeff Linkenbach, Founding Director of The Montana Institute. How Positive Community Norms Can Increase Positive Experiences -- and Why it Matters

☼ Session 4 – Yvonne Jackson, MBA, CEO of SocialEDG. Positive Experiences and Equity: How EDI and Joy Can and Must Coexist

☼ Session 5 – Christina Bethell, PhD, MPH, MBA, Director, Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative and Professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. We Are the Medicine: Building Relational Systems of Care to Promote the Early and Lifelong Flourishing of Children and Families