One of my favorite magazines is Ode, the magazine for intelligent optimists. In their September issue was an article by Mary Desmond Pinkowish about why joy matters. Here’s a brief excerpt, but I think you’ll want to read the whole article on Ode’s website. Optimism 2.0 How an optimistic outlook can help improve your state of health, not just your […]
Collin Prasch of Singing Leaf visited her billboard on Thanksgiving and came back with this joyful photo. Singing Leaf features a line of handmade original artwork using natural leaves collected and pressed by Collin. Learn more at SingingLeaf.com.
Happy people live longer, have better immune systems and resist disease more effectively. Being joyful, then, is a direct path to being healthy. And when we’re happy and healthy we make choices that continue to support that health and happiness–it’s a wonderful cycle that ripples out and inspires others to make happy, healthy choices. To that end, we’d like to offer resources to […]
The Holiday JOY Photo Shoot was fabulous! Even in freezing temperatures and rain. Thank you Kate Singh for your amazing photographic talent, Veronika Noize for all your help and unending support, Carol McKeag and Patrick Mcgillivary for staying for hours and bringing goodies, Brian Larsen for setting up the easy-ups (life-saving easy-ups!) and Olga Lafayette for bringing us cayenne infused hot chocolate to keep us […]
Wondering what to do for your holiday greeting card this year? We’ve got you covered! Join us on Sunday, November 21st from noon to 3 pm in the Hula Boy parking lot (12th and Washington) in Vancouver for the Holiday JOY Photo Shoot. The fabulous photog Kate Singh of Aevum Images will take a photo of YOU (free!) in front […]
Berry of Crowning Communications saw her Holiday Joy billboard for the first time today. She loved it! CoachCrowning wishes you JOY! Drove by my billboard this morning and now I’m just all smiles; thinking of all the smiles and sparks of hope it may bring to passers by. Yippee! Thanks to the JOY Team to make this possible. Thank YOU, […]
Starting today bright yellow billboards will begin going up in Beaverton, Gresham, Oregon City, Portland, and Vancouver sending out holiday wishes of joy. More than doubling the number of billboards in this second round of promoting joy, optimism and inspiration, we’ve brought together 18 Oregon and Washington businesses and one husband and wife couple from New Mexico to put up […]
Welcome to our newest members of The Joy Team! Pat & Don Johnson Red’s Electric Singing Leaf Stock Market Companion The Bright Way Massage Therapy Thomas & Company, CPA WEO – Women Entrepreneurs Organization THANK YOU for spreading joy!
The Joy Team grew this week with a few new members! Welcome: Crowning Communications Effective Web Solutions Language Fusion Pacific Midwifery, Menopause & Women’s Health Portland Store Fixtures Shen Men Feng Shui Total Merchant Concepts Thank you for helping us spread joy, optimism and inspiration to millions!!
The Joy Team debuted our first round of billboards promoting joy, optimism and inspiration in April. Those initial 8 were up for over 4 months; in fact, some of them are still up. With each billboard getting close to 15,000 impressions per day, we can confidently (and conservatively) say that, in conjunction with Clear Channel Outdoor Portland and four other […]
Portland, Oregon, is known for many things: great food carts, a fierce love of bicycling, putting a bird on it, keeping it weird; and now putting up 100 positive messages on billboards, bus shelters and buildings. The Joy Team launched an outdoor ad campaign for happiness in April 2010 and, with the support of local businesses, has been putting up inspiring and optimistic messages ever since. On January 5th at 9:00 AM, the 100th positive message went up on a billboard in Portland on the corner of NE Weidler and 1st Ave. KGW was there to capture the moment.
