2025 Working Well Conference Recap

Highlights from the 2025 Working Well Conference

For the past 20 years, the Health & Wellness Coalition has hosted a one-of-a-kind conference to showcase what works in worksite wellness and provide actionable ideas and resources to help organizations prioritize the health and wellness of their people. As we begin to kick off promotion for the 2026 conference, we wanted to share the conference highlights with the Coalition. 

The 2025 Working Well Conference welcomed 251 participants from 120 organizations, representing more than 33,000 Kansas workers. In attendance, the most common role was in Human Resources, showing a known connection between workplace wellness and talent management. 

Attendee Highlights

• Most represented industry: Education
• Most common role: Human Resources
• Most valuable takeaway: “Making cultural changes to make impactful positive change as a leader.”

By the Numbers

• 251 attendees 
• 120 unique Kansas organizations
• 33,955 employees reached (at participating workplaces)
• 111 new newsletter subscribers

Experience Levels

• 96 registrants represented Beyond worksites (6+ years’ experience in worksite wellness)
• 21 registrants represented Bold worksites (3-5 years’ experience)
• 38 registrants represented Beginning worksites (1-2 years’ experience)

In the post-conference evaluation, 97.9% of respondents said they felt the information learned at the conference equipped them to implement new health and wellness ideas in their workplace.

Kansas Legal Services is a great example of conference-to-worksite wellness implementation. KLS has allowed all call center staff to attend the conference and learn about the benefits of physical activity, the importance of mindfulness practices, tips for better nutrition, and more for the past 10 years.

“I cannot stress enough how much it has improved our culture. To the core,” said Michele Davis, KLS call center supervisor.

Speaking about past experience attending the Working Well Conference, Vicky Cleary, founder of Uplift Healthy Lifestyle said: “The information presented is so relevant to what I do, and it’s easy to take it and turn it into something actionable for the women I coach.”

This year’s Working Well Award went to Heartspring for their comprehensive mental health initiative that has “transformed the culture of the organization” in which the organization expanded mental healthcare coverage for employees and their covered dependents. Read more about Heartspring >>

From practical strategies to powerful mindset shifts, the 2025 Working Well Conference delivered relevant, real-world wellness resources for every kind of workplace.

Learn more about the Working Well Conference >>

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This conference would not be possible without the generous support of our presenting sponsor: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas and the hardworking planning committee members: