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Learnfizz wins Gold for Social Media Learning Product of the Year

Happy’s new online tool Learnfizz won Gold at the 2012 Learning & Performance Institute awards. Learnfizz has been designed to find, organise and share the best free learning on the web. Although still in beta,  the judges felt it had such strong potential that they awarded it the top prize at the annual awards. They explained: “Happy Computers’ Learnfizz is … more


Learnfizz: Find, share and organise the best free learning on the web

Julie Wedgwood used Learnfizz to bring together her favourite online curation links, for easy distribution to her audience at Online Educa Berlin. Rudy Bagot used it to store his favourite Guyanese recipes. Marion Janner, who is writing a guide to 77 innovative solutions for mental health wards, uses Learnfizz to organise her links into easily accessible subject areas (for example). … more


Happier workplaces are better for people and better for business

Only 2% of people say they work just to pay the bills, for 90% being happy a work is important. Yet over half of Brits are unhappy at work. Happy Ltd & Action for Happiness calling for happier workplaces for all. The evidence is clear: Happy workplaces are the most productive & successful. Today sees a call for radical change … more


The Happy Manifesto: The Final Version is Now Available to Download for Free

For the last few months, our CEO Henry Stewart has been working on the Happy Manifesto. With it, we aim to clearly convey the key principles we believe makes Happy a great place to work – and you can apply them to your own workplace. It is an open and loud call for a change in the way we view … more


Highlights from Henry Stewart’s Stand-up Performance

Last November the CEO of Happy Henry Stewart made the brave step of performing at London’s famous comedy venue The Comedy Store. Although a seasoned public speaker in the business world, he decided to make the leap from simply making entertaining speeches to a full blown comedy routine. And in front of an audience who had paid to see something … more


Summer 2011 Course Programme Now Available

Happy’s new course programme is now available to download as a PDF. You’ll find a guide to all our publics courses, dates and prices. There’s a recap of the latest goings on at Happy, some more information on the people who work here and some quotes from our satisfied clients. We have a selection of new courses to choose from, … more


Henry Stewart Helps Launch Action for Happiness

Happy founder Henry Stewart was one of the keynote speakers at the launch of Action for Happiness. This new campaign is a movement for positive social change, aiming to build a happier society for everyone. Check out their 10 keys to happier living. http://www.actionforhappiness.org/10-keys-to-happier-living Henry gave a presentation on how to create a happier workplace, a key priority for the … more


Gold and Silver for Happy at the IITT Awards

IT Training Awards: Happy Computers a “shining light” Happy Computers was awarded Silver in this year’s IT Training Company of the Year awards. The judges described Happy as “a shining light in the IT training sector”, going on to say that “Happy’s success is based on providing ‘experiences’ rather than selling packaged ‘products’. This was the twelfth year that Happy … more


Happy is celebrating its 20th Birthday

The origins of Happy date back to 1987, when founder Henry Stewart first registered the company and started provided training to friends and contacts. However 4th February 1991, twenty years ago, was the date on which Happy Computers established its first training centre in Wicklow Street, near Kings Cross. It had just one training room and the only staff were … more