November 14th, 2006
9:00 am to 3:30 pm
Ritz Charles
9000 W. 137th Street
Overland Park, KS 66221
Who should attend: Individuals involved in employee benefits, human resources, business owners or wellness professionals.
Attendees will walk away with valuable information including:
- Worksite Wellness Update – Innovative wellness solutions that work
- The Economics of Wellness – How wellness hits the bottom line
- Engagement – Sustainability – Accountability – Programming that can make a difference
- Gaining and Maintaining Senior Management Support – The importance of making wellness a part of the company climate and culture
The program will run from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and will include lunch for attendees and includes an Expo where local vendors, hospitals and health insurance carriers will showcase wellness resources and provide complimentary wellness services. The Forum will include two presentations and a panel discussion from nationally recognized best practice programs representing diverse work environment and employee populations. You will not only walk away with information you can immediately put into practice, but also strategies that will affect your bottom line in the short and long-term.
Forum Presentation
Worksite
Wellness Update – Innovative wellness solutions that work
Presented by William Baun, E.P.D.
William
B. Baun has more than 28 years experience in worksite health promotion
management/programming
and directs the Employee Wellness program at The
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
He managed the Tenneco Wellness Program for sixteen years. The
Tenneco program was
internationally recognized and received the Washington Business
Group on Health’s “Worksite Wellness Award,” Forbes’ “Healthiest
Company” recognition and the “C. Everett Koop Health Project
Award.” William has published numerous articles and five books about
worksite and health promotion programs.
Keynote Presentation
Improve the Bottom Line by Improving Employee Health
Presented by Steven Aldana, PhD
Dr. Aldana is a professor of
lifestyle medicine at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He has
authored over 60 scientific papers and 6 books on
health risk management, healthy living, and health promotion programs.
He has given over 200 keynote speeches and his research has been reported
in
many of the nation’s largest newspapers and magazines. Harvard says
his latest book, The Culprit and The Cure, is better than the best medicines.” He
has been interviewed by CNN, Prevention Magazine, Newsweek, Family Circle,
Self, Redbook, Spirit Magazine, WebMD, Cosmopolitan, and is one of the nation’s
leading authorities on healthy living.
Forum Panel discussion
Three “BEST
PRACTICE” Approaches
to Engaging Employees in Wellness
Presented
by three award winning panelists representing diverse industries, these “top of their
class” practitioners will describe
their nationally recognized programs. Audience members will
have the opportunity to learn from their successes and ask
questions of these three noteworthy
wellness practitioners.
The Expo will offer complimentary testing or personal wellness services in the following areas of interest:
Bone Density/Osteoporosis
Health Risk
Assessments
Chair Massage
Blood
Profiling (Cholesterol, glucose etc.)
Urgent
Care Resources
Fitness
Analysis
Weight
Management
Cardio Vascular
Education |
Smoking
Cessation
BMI (Body
Mass Index)
Chiropractor/Ergonomics
Nutrition
Information
Skin Analysis
Cancer
Awareness
Diabetes
Education
Self
Care Books/Nurse Line |
Schedule of Events:
9:00- 9:20
Registration
9:30- 10:30
Worksite Wellness Update – Innovative Wellness Solutions that Work by William Baun, E.P.D.
10:30-11:20
Wellness Expo
11:30-1:00
Lunch Presentation Improve the Bottom Line by Improving Employee Health by Steven Aldana, PhD
1:00 - 1:50
Wellness Expo
2:00 – 3:15
Forum Session: Three “Best Practice” Approaches to Engaging Employees in Wellness
3:30
Prize Drawing
Cost to attend is $40 and includes lunch and complimentary health and wellness services. To register, call Mindy Rosenberg at 913-344-2533. Or download and print the PDF form and fax to (913) 339-9660. Students and clients of The Resource Group, ask about your special pricing.
Brought to you by:
Platinum
sponsor:
Gold
sponsor:
Silver
Sponsors:
Cardiovascular Consultants
Carondelet Health
Cigna HealthCare
St. Luke's Health
System
UnitedHealthcare
The University of Kansas Hospital
