The Ultimate Bottom Line: Creating a Culture of Wellness for Your Employees 

Who should attend: HR and Wellness Professionals and Senior Organizational Leaders should consider attending this event

Cost: This is a free event

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how "health" and "healthy workplaces" impact employee productivity and can improve your bottom line
• Learn how to tailor your approach to worksite health based on your available budget and organizational priorities
• Review strategies for engaging your employees in creating health
• Learn how to measure your impact in creating a healthy work environment by hearing best practices from local organizations

Schedule:

7:30 - 7:50 a.m.  Registration and Complimentary Healthy Breakfast

7:50 - 8:00 a.m.  Welcome and Introductions

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.  Keynote "The Competitive Advantage of Healthy Workplaces" - Dee Edington, Ph.D. Founder, Professor Emeritus in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan and Director Emeritus of the University of Michigan Health Management Research Center

9:15 - 10:00 a.m.  Choice of one of three breakout sessions

• Employee Engagement - Nerina Human, Director of Worksite Health & Wellness at The Human Connection
• Creating a Healthy Workplace on a Limited Budget - Jennny Hall, EdD, MCHES  Outreach Director at the Healthier Workforce Center for Excellence and Research Support Manager of the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa College of Public Health
• Measuring Your Impact - Dee Edington, Ph.D.

10:15 - 11:15 a.m.  Panel - Best Practices from Local Organizations

• Jenny Hall, Healthier Workforce Center for Excellence
• Sharon Hodson, Deere & Co.
• Carol Brenner, MetroLink
• Dennis Huston, East Moline Metal

11:15 - 11:30 a.m.  Overview of Local Resources and Survey

Presented by the Two Rivers YMCA and the Rock Island County Health Department through “We Choose Health” grant funds.

Organized in collaboration with the Quad City Health Initiative.