Conference Agenda
The International Wellness Coordinators’ Conference (IWCC) offers educational and interactive opportunities to broaden your knowledge and deepen your experience of wellness. Workshop topics include:
- Wellness Initiatives in Business: Best practices and ROI (Return on Investment) for your corporate wellness dollars
- Next-Generation Wellness: Expand your understanding of a variety of healing modalities
- Wellness Programs: Meet the personal and professional needs of your employees
- Handling HR Deathtraps: Manage stress, smoking cessation, obesity
Special Events
- First meeting of the International Wellness Coordinators’ Association
- Update from Coalition for a Well America
- Recognition for exemplary wellness initiatives in organizations
Conference Overview
| Wednesday, March 11, 2008 | |||
2:00 |
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5:00pm | Registration |
7:00 |
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9:00pm | Opening Event |
Thursday, March 12, 2008
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6:30 |
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7:30am | Yoga with Rosemarie Augoustatos |
8:30 |
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9:00am | Welcome |
9:00 |
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10:00am | “Get Fired Up Without Burning Out” Carol Grace Anderson |
10:15 |
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11:30am | “Finding Happiness in the Chaos of Life” Donna Allen Cover |
| “Getting to Balance” Brenda Jaeck | |||
| “How to Create Your Own Wellness Program” TBA | |||
11:45 |
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1:00pm | “How Brain Gym Can Make a Difference in the Workplace” Kari Murlowski |
| “Wellness 2.0 Next Generation Paradigm to Address the Weightiest Healthcare Cost Issue for Employers: The Obese and Overweight Employee” Hunter Yost | |||
| “Healthy, Happy, and Whole: Practical Stress Management for Home and the Workplace” Sharon Cadiz | |||
1:00 |
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3:00pm | Lunch Break |
3:15 |
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4:30pm | “Intuition for Productivity” Ellen DiNucci |
| “Mind, Body, Spirit Tools… Don’t Leave Home without Them” Nancy Pabers | |||
| “Wellness Initiatives in Business – What’s New & What Works” Lisa Rittberger | |||
7:00 |
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9:00pm | Evening Event |
Friday, March 13, 2008
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6:30 |
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7:30am | Yoga with Rosemarie Augoustatos |
8:30 |
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9:15am | Welcome & Recognition |
9:30 |
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10:45am | “Stress Management and Meditation – Survival Tools for the 21st Century” Patricia Luccardi |
| “Create Your Success” Dorothy Neddermeyer | |||
| “Show ROI” TBA | |||
11:00 |
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12:15pm | “How to Get Off the Sugar Rollercoaster” Jennifer Moore Howe |
| “Happier, Healthier, Luckier, More Productive: 3 Surprising Things You Can Do to Improve Your Workplace” Hollis Polk | |||
| “7 Keys to Maintain Resiliency in Corporate America” Joyce Dillon | |||
12:15 |
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1:45pm | Lunch Break |
1:45 |
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3:00pm | “Creative Wellness: The Next Generation” Pamela Black |
3:00 |
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4:30pm | First International Wellness Coordinators’ Association Meeting |
Opening Keynote
Carol Grace Anderson: Get Fired UP…Without Burning Out!
Carol Grace Anderson is a national speaker, former Psychology teacher, and best-selling author based in Nashville. Her dynamic and entertaining programs keep audiences on the edge of our seats. Through her own big life challenges along the way, she knows first-hand how to get fired up. Her book, GET FIRED UP WITHOUT BURNING OUT, has been translated into four languages. And her story in CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE COLLEGE SOUL has inspired millions. Carol is an active member of the National Speakers Association and is a favorite with Wellness Organizations across the country. We’re glad she’ll share her fired-up secrets with us!