Program

Featured Speakers - Bellevue

Kenya Masala, Source Consulting Group
Opening Keynote – October 1
GroovElixerTM– Drumming Up Wellness

Bang a drum and feel better! Drumming may not be a “cure all” but it does enhance the immune system, definitely lifts spirits and can lend to one’s wellness practices in powerful ways. Join us for a compelling and interactive keynote where everyone gets a drum...everyone? Yes, everyone! Through specialized facilitation, participants in this program will directly experience the health benefits of rhythm and the power of working together. Kenya is a REMO endorsed recreational rhythm facilitator who recently published his first book, “Rhythm Play” and is a dose of core invigoration for organizations and communities.

Neil R. Sullivan, MPH, Director, Human Capital Consulting, HCMS, Inc.
Morning Keynote - October 2
Aligning Incentives, Information and Choice: The Key to Optimal Human Capital Performance

What if – by trying to convince employees to change health habits in hopes of improving business outcomes – we’ve gotten it backwards? What if there are strategies to improve human capital performance that also happen to encourage better health? Neil’s presentation will outline the importance of aligned incentives as the most important factor in facilitating improved work performance and health. Employers must establish policies and practices that remove barriers and will facilitate employee health and wellness behavior changes. Neil is a leader in worksite health promotion and is speaking today as a lecturer from the Health as Human Capital Foundation, a not-for-profit education arm of the HCMS Group.

Dawn Nakamura Kessler
Closing Keynote - October 2
Heart Healthy Living

Dawn’s message goes beyond words as she provides a role model for heart healthy living. She will share how her lack of knowledge of heart disease almost killed her when she was 26 years old. She has had numerous heart surgeries and recently suffered a cardiac arrest. Her presentation will focus on “What you don’t know can kill you”, “Where to find information that can save your life”, “Why you need to be proactive with your healthcare” and the importance of exercise. Dawn has been featured in numerous magazine and television articles and was the first National American Heart Association Heart Walk spokeswoman.

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Featured Speaker - Spokane

Larry Chapman, MPH, Senior Vice President, WebMD Health Services
Opening Keynote – October 3
It’s Time to Bring Wellness to Your Worksite

Larry will present a summary of the economic return and ROI evidence for worksite wellness and the emerging strategic importance of Wellness for all work organizations. A simple six step process for designing a worksite wellness program will be presented along with very practical strategies for bringing Wellness to your worksite. Larry is an internationally recognized expert and speaker on innovative health management interventions and has spent more than 25 years improving the health of employees and their families.

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