FUN Connections

• The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, “Therapeutic humor is defined to be: any intervention that promotes health and wellness by stimulating a playful discovery, expression or appreciation of the absurdity or incongruity of life’s situations.” Read their collection of articles.
• The American School of Laughter Yoga, “Laughter Yoga is a revolutionary idea that can transform your personal and business life: anybody can laugh to their heart’s content, anytime, anywhere, alone or in a group, for no particular reason and great benefits.”
• Jest for the Health of It for seminars and books on the healing powers of laughter
• Positive Psychology: at last! See especially the High School curriculum.

• Family Friendly Fun: “family fun activities and family health information to enhance the quality and enjoyment of family life, plus support for families with disabilities and special needs.”
• The Fun Federation provides adult play workshops in the UK, “offering a range of opportunities for adults to exercise their minds, bodies and spirits in as fun and playful a way as possible.”

• The American Association for the Child’s Right to Play – offering much-needed advocacy for recess and children and all things right with this world.
• The Serious Leisure Perspective – for those who take leisure seriously
• North America Simulation and Gaming Association – bringing fun to learning
• Original Play: Fred Donaldson’s life and work – “Original Play is a gift from creation that connects all of life. It conveys the message that ‘You are loveable and that there is nothing to fear.’”
• The Institute for Play: articles, videos, speakers
• The Strong Museum (of play)
• The American Journal of Play: scientific and scholarly articles about play research
• The Center for Ludic Synergy: “The Center for Ludic Synergy exists to foster awareness of Life as Game”
• The Humor Project:, founded and facilitated by Joel Goodman
• TASP (The Association for the Study of Play) is a “multidisciplinary organization whose purpose is to  promote the study of play, to support and cooperate with other organizations having similar purposes, and to organize meetings and publications that facilitate the sharing and dissemination of information related to the study of play.”

• Work and Play from Lego’s Serious Play
• Humour University: Humor U “is dedicated to eradicating the dreaded disease of ‘terminal seriousness’”
• Toys from the Office Playground are inexpensive, fun, stress relieving, creativity inducing tools for maintaining focus and sanity.

• New Games: Dale LeFevre continues the tradition, and sells earthballs, too
• Cooperation in Sport: Sports for people who “play for fun”
• UltimateUSA: for players and advocates of Ultimate Frisbee – one of the few sports organizations to successfully embody the spirit of New Games. See especially “Spirit of the Game.“
• Footbag Peace Initiative: whole body, and wholehearted fun