Click for Community Health & Wellness Agenda Click for Worksite Wellness Conference Agenda Start Workshop Topics Speakers 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Program Evaluation Made Painless Learn the process of measuring and evaluating program results to guide strategy to reach goals; real case studies and "How to" for both beginners and those who want to improve mastery. Session will include facilitated small group work to develop individual plan to apply at your organization.. Bill Baun Build it and They Will Come: Launching an Effective Program for Small, Medium, and UninsuredCompanies Small businesses employ a majority of workers in the United States but most do not have any type of wellness program. Risks for health problems are greater among small business workers partly due to limited resources to implement a wellness strategy. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY. This session will explore both real-world and research-based strategies for launching a small business wellness initiative and give participants tools to get started.In a pro-business entrepreneurial city like Houston, having health employees who are more productive should be an objective of every company trying to work smarter in challenging economic times. This holds true especially for businesses that cannot afford to give employees health insurance. Joel Bennett, Ph.D Sebabi Leballo Daniel Francik Karen Love Olivia Dear Lisa Roeder   Safety and Health: Integrating Strategies for Optimal Results This session will focus on how traditional safety and occupational health programs and philosophies can be integrated into benefits departments health and wellness plans. When a company puts safety first and accomplishes their goals, Health Safety & Environment can take lead in working with Benefits in showing how programs developed over decades in regards to behavioral change can be implemented across a wide spectrum of wellness initiatives. Panel discussion will include why this is important to Safety, Medical Disability and Benefits professionals, the importance of the Musculoskeletal System on safety and wellness, how cross-department culture occurs in large companies, ‘outside the box' ways of finding funding and the impact of this integration on the bottom line in a successful corporation. Elaine Brandt Dee Ann Haney Kenneth Wells, MD David Hatrel, PT, MTC __ How To Effectively Market Yourself and Your Services to Corporations Learn how to make inroads into corporate decision makers, find an audience, win the business. Herb Lipsman Paul Croegaert Christa Davis Sachin Shah Nima Bousheri Cathey Gordon George Walker FREE SESSION Wellness Career Development: How to Break into the Wellness Profession Every day there are more than 3,000 unfilled jobs in the Texas Medical Center alone! Learn how to break into a healthcare or wellness profession that offers lifetime career growth and income potential.   Liz Johnson-Wilroy, BS, CPhT, PhTR Paul Keltner, BS, MTI Cynthia Lundgren, BS, CMA(AAMA), PBT(ASCP) Candace Pardue 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Opening Reception featuring Austin Davis, a Health & Fitness Comedian, Gary Earl, from CIGNA, and Jim McPartland, from JMac Performance Group