Healthy Workplaces Good Returns Annual Employee Wellness Conference

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Healthy Workplaces gtGood ReturnsAnnual
Employee Wellness Conference

Valerie WolfeManager, Environment, Health
Safety
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Highlights

• History/Context
• Formula
• Administration
• Health Impacts

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Wellness History

• Participaction
• Healthstyle 90s
• Supervisors Safety
• Wellness Conference
• Health Wellbeing

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Elements of Well-being

• Social
• Intellectual
• Emotional
• Spiritual
• Physical
• Environmental
• Occupational

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Attendance History

• 1999 322
• 2000 379
• 2001 398
• 2002 425
• 2003 467
• 2004 511
• 2005 568
• 2006 623
• 2007 623
• 2008 630

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Conference Formula

• Logo/Brand
• Plenaries
• Workshops
• Lunch/Entertainment
• Souvenir/Snacks
• Prizes/Penny Sale
• Promotion
• Registration
• Evaluation

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Logos and Brands

• JUST FOR YOU! (4U)
• GOOD FOR YOU!
• GOOD FOR YOU 2!
• GOOD FOR YOU ALL
• Neighbourhood Brock
• BeneFIT You!
• You First!
• For You!

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Plenaries

• Opening (60-75min)
• Topical
• Educational
• Motivating
• Closing (20-30min)
• Entertaining
• Inspirational
• Thoughtful

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Workshops

• Numerous/CHOICE
• Varied 7 aspects
• Lifestyle Enhancing
• Activity-based
• Learning opp.s
• Tours Visits
• Repetition
• Access
• Flexibility

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Lunch

• Fast (Boxed)
• Varied
• Fresh
• Healthy
• Allergies
• Minimal Waste

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Lunch Logistics

• Outdoors
• Unstructured
• Free to rtn to office
• Lots Socializing
• Live Music
• Local Talent
• Promote shows
• Tech Support

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Souvenirs Snacks

• Souvenirs
• Brock Logo
• Conference Logo
• Safety message
• Snacks
• Fast
• Nutritious
• Fun
• Hydration

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Prizes/Penny Sale

• Originally door prizes
• Very popular but distracting difficult to
  manage
• Charity Penny Sale
• Grand Prize
• Evaluation Prize

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Promotion

• Ticklers
• Newsletter
• Brochure
• Posters
• Email Supervisors
• Website

http//www.brocku.ca/wellnessconference
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Registration

• Originally all paper
• Now all web, but those w/o computer can submit
  paper
• 1pm start!
• Waitlists
• Eligibility/Employee
• Customized Perforated Itinerary

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Registration Stats

• Paper fan out (25)
• 5min 261
• 10min 333
• 15min 360
• 60min 408
• 90min 452
• Current total 630

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Evaluation

• Timely
• Concise
• Comprehensive
• Quantitative
• Qualitative
• Suggestions
• Incentive
• Debrief Analysis

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Conference Administration

• Coordination Committee (HR/EHS)
• HWC Workshops
• Partners
• Facilities Mant
• Recreation Servs
• Centre for the Arts
• IT WebDev AV
• Food Services
• Conference Services

Administration site
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Community Partners

• Donors
• Prizes
• Workshops
• Tours
• Charities
• Tourism Info
• Transportation

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Budget History

• 15K or 40pp from beginning
• 10 Plenary Logistics
• 10 Workshops Entertainment
• 10 Lunch Snacks
• 10 Giveaways

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Current Budget

• 20K or 32pp
• 5 Plenary Logistics
• 5 Workshops
• 15 Lunch Snacks
• 6 Giveaway
• 1 Overhead
• Other HR/EHS
• Other Depts help
• Some Income

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Health Impacts

• WHO Health
• state of complete physical, social and mental
  well-being and not merely the absence of disease
  or infirmity
• EWC promotes all of the above into future

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Personal Impact

• Connecting with peers
• Piqued interest in hobbies activities
• Happiness/Control
• Feel valued
• Better oriented
• Shared experience
• Life long learning

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Institutional Impact

• Energy tangible
• Connections invaluable
• Increased morale
• Lower absenteeism
• Higher retention
• Stimulates ideas
• Inc. service success
• Net decrease healthcare claims (antidepressants
  highest drugs by use and cost)

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Return on Investment?
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Health Well-being Committee

• Advisory
• Wellness Wednesdays
• August Family Picnic
• Conference Workshops Help

www.brocku.ca/oehs/health_wellbeing/
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An Invitation

• Anyone interested in attending this Thursday is
  welcome. Those who wish the full experience with
  lunch, souvenirs etc. can pay 20 to cover costs.

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Sante

• Thanks for listening.
• Questions are welcome!

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