Working Well Conference

The Working Well Conference is one of a kind in the state of Kansas, bringing together the top health promotion experts to focus on what works in worksite wellness. The Health & Wellness Coalition of Wichita began organizing the conference twenty years ago to help worksites better understand the value of wellness programs and provide tools necessary to make their programs successful. The mission is to promote physical activity and healthy eating through people, programs, and policies.

The goal is for individuals to leave the conference with a renewed focus and energy to make a positive impact on the health and well-being of each organization’s most important resource – their people. A focus of this year’s conference, in particular, is to help those who attend create a workplace where innovation and well-being thrive.

Thank you to the conference planning committee, the sponsors, vendors, and speakers for making the following possible:

• 120 unique organizations attended
• Conference reach from unduplicated worksites of paid attendees = 33,955
• 175 paid attendees, 251 total attendees
• 94 attendees were from Sedgwick County, 66 from across the state of KS
• 111 new contacts to the Health & Wellness Coalition monthly newsletter
• 96 registrants represented Beyond worksites (6+ years experience in Worksite Wellness), 21 Bold (3-5 years), 38 Beginning (1-2 years)
• Most represented industry – Education (33), Job Title – Human Resources (37)
• 97.7% of the evaluation respondents said that they felt the information learned at the conference equipped them to implement new ideas in their workplace.
  • Most valuable takeaway: “Making cultural changes to make impactful positive change as a leader.”
• 9 sponsors or vendors responded to the evaluation and scored the conference experience as 5 = excellent.
  • “Great communication and community support! As a vendor we felt all needs were taken care of and we hope to attend next year once again.

PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Angela Breer Dot Strategies, Amanda Schuster Gallagher Benefits, Fern McGehee Project Access, Mark Thompson BlueCross BlueShield KS, Matt Thibault Health ICT, Shelley Rich Medical Society of Sedgwick County, Lea Aunins Empac, Juliane Walker WSU Center for Public Health Initiatives, Tammy Tipton BCBSKS, Malaika Bell Fidelity Bank, Lianna Fry Greater Wichita YMCA, Kendra Moody The Thread, Valerie Turner Kansas Health Foundation, Michele Davis Kansas Legal Services, Tia McBride WSU Tech.