Registration is open for the April 8th, 2025 conference.

Click here to register.

Registration Rates:

• $100/person
• $50/full-time student
• 4+attendees from the same organization = 20% discount on each registration

The early bird conference registration rate ends on 3/6/25.

Note: conference registrations can be changed to a different person in your organization by emailing Shelley before April 1st.

HRCI and SHRM CEU’s are pending.

Dietary Note: gluten-free and dairy-free items will be available at the conference and clearly labeled.

Thank you to our 2025 presenting sponsor:

Click here to learn more, or email Mark Thompson

Conference schedule

8:00-9:00am Registration and visit with sponsors/vendors
9:00-10:45am Conference welcome, opening activity and keynote
10:45-11:15am Visit with sponsors/vendors
11:15am-12:15pm Leading Kansans with Ed O’Malley and sponsor recognition
12:15-1:30pm Lunch and visit with sponsors/vendors
1:30-3:50pm Working Well Awards, Brilliant Breakouts, Liberating Structure Workshop
3:50-4:00pm Closing comments

NEW! Thanks to sponsor bhs a Revive Company we are able to offer 7 Beneficial Scholarships to this year’s conference. Click here to apply by March 6th.

Keynote Speaker

Angela R. Howard is an organizational psychologist and culture strategist who speaks, writes, and advocates for the role of work on social impact and change. She is the Founder of Call for Culture – a community of practice and strategic consulting firm that supports leaders to drive bold change by raising the bar on the role of workplace culture in positively impacting people and society. She has seen first-hand how delayed the workplace is in adjusting to societal change and has worked to develop a methodology (the Call for Culture Method), to help organizations all over the world create more change-ready and responsive workplace cultures and values.

Angela is especially passionate about mobilizing interdisciplinary leaders around this work, because it takes a village to create more humane and responsive organizations that do better for people and the world. She lives in the Chicago-land area and runs an annual event (Culture Impact Lab) that gathers a community of culture changemakers to problem-solve challenges and issues that impact the intersection of social impact and the workplace and advance a more healthy, equitable, and just future for all.

Connect with Angela on Linked In

Additional Speakers

Ed O’Malley, Kansas Health Foundation President and CEO, click here for bio

In the new book Leading Health, Ed O’Malley and the Kansas Health Foundation cement the bold vision for Kansas to lead the nation in health. But, you don’t get from #29 to #1 without a lot of work and hundreds of partners. Through provocative ideas, important questions and clear steps, O’Malley lays out the approach KHF feels must take place if our state will truly become the healthiest state in America. We hope you’ll join us in this vision and become a part of history in the making.

“Before you can go big, sometimes you have to start small. Figure out what is possible for you today to make your future of tomorrow a reality.”

Michael Dickerson, Dickerson Consulting Group CEO & Founder

With over 13 years of dedicated service as a mental health professional, Michael has carved a niche for himself in the realm of mental health and wellbeing. His journey spans a diverse range of roles, from a mental health social worker within the school system to a respected consultant and trainer at the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Michael’s impact is far-reaching, having trained over 3,000 mental health professionals, contributing significantly to their professional development and expertise in the field.

A holder of a certificate in Applied Positive Psychology from the Flourishing Center in New York, a prestigious institution at the forefront of Positive Psychology, Michael is deeply committed to his mission of cultivating wellbeing in the workplace. His focus is on empowering leaders to build a culture that allows employees to recognize their strengths, discover meaning in their work, and ultimately flourish.

Unlocking Wellbeing: 5 Strategies to Enhancing Employee Mental Health

Discover the key strategies and insights that empower your organization to create a positive and thriving workplace environment. By enhancing the mental health of your employees, you will improve employee satisfaction, boost productivity and in turn outcomes, and foster a positive, inclusive environment. An investment in mental health is an investment in the growth of your team.

Joyce McEwen Crane

Joyce McEwen Crane believes a keen understanding of relationships and of complex systems is essential to exercising masterful leadership. “I am so curious about people and what really drives them in life. Life is not simple; leadership is far from easy. Both are learning journeys, and I am blessed to be making them with participants and clients.” Joyce serves a dual role at KLC as both director of learning and development as well as leadership developer. She develops leadership and coaching programs for custom partners, serves as KLC’s director of coach training and chairs the Leadership Coach Intensive (one of her favorite weeks of the year). Clients and co-workers admire Joyce’s strategic thinking and her empathy for the human experience.

McEwen Crane earned a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential from the International Coach Federation, with additional credentials from the Institute for Life Coach Training and the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy (health coaching). Her certifications include Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the EQi-2.0, the Immunity to Change model and Adam Grant’s PrinciplesYou personality assessment. She completed the Art and Practice of Leadership Development at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government Executive Education program and holds a Ph.D. in psychology from Southern Methodist University.

Joyce’s favorite bold and balanced tip is to not take life too seriously or personally

Worksite Wellness Liberating Structures

Do you perform your best when you feel included and engaged? Do you believe teams that work well together achieve extraordinary results? Liberating Structures are a revolutionary set of simple, adaptable methods designed to unleash creativity, inclusion, and innovation in any organization’s worksite wellness program.

This session, led by Joyce McEwen Crane, Director of Learning & Development, Leadership Developer at the Kansas Leadership Center, will explore how Liberating Structures transform the way people collaborate, moving beyond traditional, inhibiting practices like rigid presentations or chaotic brainstorming sessions. Instead, you’ll discover how these 33 microstructures create environments where everyone’s voice is heard, and the best ideas emerge from unexpected places.

Learn how tiny shifts in how we meet, plan, and decide can build the kind of inclusive, engaged wellness program every organization aspires to have. Whether you’re a leader, educator, or change agent, you’ll leave equipped with practical tools to shape the future collaboratively and unleash hidden potential in your team in this interactive, workshopping style session.

Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview Details

Hotel address: 400 W Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67202

Individual Call-In reservations can be made online. Reservations may also be made by calling 1-800-325-0720 and referring to the Group Number: 10117786. Rates and availability can not be guaranteed after March 6, 2025.

Thank you to the following additional sponsors

To learn more click here or contact Allison Day

UnitedHealthcare
USI
bhs a Revive Company

Take a look back at the conference in 2024.

2024 Conference Testimonials

• This was my team’s first year and it was AMAZING! We will be back 🙂
• This was one of the finest conferences I have attended, so well thought-out and executed. Every detail was considered. I can see how many details you had to manage and appreciate your being able to juggle so many balls in the air simultaneously. All of the volunteers were friendly and efficient, and all the speakers did an excellent job.
• This is my first conference. I am highly impressed. Already looking forward to what I can implement at my company.
• Thank you! This was my 12th Wellness Conference, and it is always great!
• For my first conference, I am amazed by all the useful information.
• I love that my company allows us to come here.
• The atmosphere was very positive and energetic
• There were a lot of great resources and networking opportunities