Employee Experience & Wellness Conference
DON’T MISS OUT! Join us for Ragan’s Employee Experience & Wellness Conference at the Grand Hyatt, Denver
Join Ragan and hundreds of your peers at the annual Employee Experience & Wellness Conference, where you'll be treated to best-in-class content, access to employee comms, HR leaders and Chief People Officers, and have a unique opportunity to connect all the dots in your employee experience — from onboarding to offboarding. Never has the overall employee journey — seeing, feeling and hearing culture, trust, gratitude and mindfulness — been as critical as now. This is your chance to be among your peers on the same journey to knowledge share best practices around keeping employees emotionally invested and motivated … and well. Be a part of the employee experience and wellness revolution by joining us in August!
It will feature thought-provoking and real-world educational sessions on topics including employee experience and engagement, the role of the communicator, HR tech, culture & purpose, retaining and attaining talent, workplace wellbeing, DE&I and more!
During lunch on the first full day of the conference, Ragan will honor all finalists—and announce category winners—in our 2023 Workplace Wellness Awards. Our 2023 Workplace Wellness Hot List honorees will also be recognized during the first night of the main conference, at the networking cocktail reception. You certainly won't want to miss these special industry events, showcasing the leaders in employee well-being solutions, campaigns and initiatives.
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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- How to improve the employee experience journey from onboarding to offboarding.
- A future-focused approach to Total Rewards that improves employee retention, culture and overall job performance.
- Mental health initiatives in the workplace that lead to positive change and reduce stigma.
- The unique and varying employee needs related to overall health and wellbeing based on DE&I and goals to avoid benefits shortcomings.
- How to create an employee experience strategy to retain, recruit and engage a multi-generational workforce.
- Leadership’s role as a constant megaphone in supporting, promoting and maintaining positive workplace experience and wellness initiatives.
- Strategies for HR and finance leaders to wholly support employees with financial planning education and resources.
- Ways to internally market and measure your employee experience and wellbeing initiatives’ effectiveness to identify what employees are using … and aren’t.
- Solutions to increase employee engagement and foster the connection between social and emotional employee wellbeing.
SPEAKERS
INTERESTED IN SPEAKING?
Please reach out to Director of Conferences
Alyssa Smith.
AGENDA
Currently, there are five generations in the workforce, with Boomers on their way out and Gen Z just starting their careers. This workshop will provide a step-by-step guide to creating a large multi-generational organization program that includes delegating leadership support, establishing a wellness committee, implementing an incentive-based program, creating a social system, measuring success and more. You’ll learn:
- The importance of a wellness strategy to retain, recruit and engage a multi-generational workforce.
- Experience and wellness needs and must-haves across various life stages.
- The role of DE&I in crafting a multi-generational wellbeing program.
Join mental health advocates from the American Psychological Association and corporate HR experts as they detail the ways employee mental health can negatively impact organizational effectiveness and how to develop a culture of wellbeing that is stigma-free. You’ll discover how to:
- Start and sustain important conversations around mental health with employees on an organizational and peer level.
- Leverage campaigns, internal partnerships and communications channels to extend your reach of employee programs and initiatives.
- Track the “meaningful” metrics to effectively measure your organizational impact on employee mental wellbeing and make appropriate adjustments to your programs.
The most robust wellness programs will have poor engagement if not supported by equally robust communications efforts enterprise-wide — forcing you to fall short of your organization’s employee experience goals. By taking the time to plan a year-round communication program and following best practice guidelines, you will be on your way to success. Corporate comms professionals will make sure you understand:
- How to develop a customized and targeted communication strategy.
- The best way to brand, present and distribute your messaging.
- Why key messages should form the basis of all your wellness communications to promote understanding and participation.
- Overcoming communication obstacles like a remote workforce and privacy concerns.
Join us for a night out at the ballpark! Every attendee will receive a complimentary ticket to the Colorado Rockies vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks game at 6:40pm on 8/14 at Coors Field. You won’t want to miss this unique opportunity to network with new friends, snack on some nostalgic ballpark food and experience a game in Denver, CO!
Grab a bite to eat, fill your coffee cup and prepare yourself for an enlightening day.
What are the big employee experience and wellness initiatives and trends just over the horizon? What are the opportunities and how can companies achieve holistic wellbeing? What data should organizations be focused on to ensure success? Sit back and gaze into the future of experience and wellness at work.
Sixty-seven percent of employers are planning to make employee mental health and emotional wellbeing programs one of their top three priorities over the next three years in the overall employee experience and journey, according to Willis Towers Watson (WTW). This session will focus on insights needed to create a space where employees feel safe to express themselves and thrive. You’ll discover:
- How manager training, such as general mental health awareness or identification and intervention training is essential.
- Partnering with employee resource groups (ERGs) to address population-specific mental health issues.
- How to leverage manager communications to detect and diffuse burnout.
- Providing digital behavioral health support to make it easy for employees to seek help or treatment.
- Evaluating cultural competencies within the behavioral health provider network.
What does your Total Rewards program look like? Is it the right mix of financial and non-financial offerings? To create a robust Total Rewards program, you must have an organizational strategy that optimizes your costs and investments and provides benefits that can work for everyone in your organization. Dig into strategy with Total Rewards consultants and a CHRO as they show you how to address everyone’s holistic wellbeing — and help your bottom line. You’ll learn:
- How to get the mix right to compete in the global talent marketplace.
- The costs and financial significance for organizations associated with benefit options and how to strategically budget for those expenses.
- The changing expectations of a multi-generational workforce and what benefits matter most to each.
- A future-focused approach to rewards that improves employee retention, culture and overall job performance.
- How to measure the effectiveness of your Total Rewards benefits and strategy.
Join your peers in a lively discussion (and some debate) on the benefits, upskilling tools and culture that are working in their organization, the ones not working so well. You’ll come away with a handful of ideas to take back to your office to create a true employee experience beginning to end. One designated representative from each table will share the findings around your topic with the audience.
Hear about and celebrate the accomplishments of Ragan's 2023 Workplace Wellness Awards finalists. These are the people, agencies and organizations pushing wellness forward. Ragan's Workplace Wellness Awards are the benchmark of excellence for high-performing organizations that take employee wellbeing seriously, recognizing the most effective corporate wellbeing, HR and communications programs and people worldwide.
Learn from some of the winners of the Ragan Workplace Wellness Awards as they share campaign strategies and tactics that led to meaningful outcomes for employers and their organization. Plus, we’ll make time for Q&A so you can get your questions answered.
Taking a blanket approach to employee experience and benefits doesn’t address everyone’s needs in an organization and may even be seen as severely lacking tenets of diversity, equality and inclusion. One company addressed its shortcoming by using internal data, the lessons learned over the years and tapping into Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to find and address the shortcomings that were hurting their business and running counter to their DE&I initiatives and goals. We’ll cover how to:
- Emphasize that your DE&I initiative is a core value rather than a peripheral task.
- Understand the unique and varying employee needs related to overall health and wellbeing based on DE&I.
- Collaborate with wellbeing leaders and teams that champion DE&I goals and initiatives.
- Create sponsorship programs to provide opportunities for underrepresented groups.
- Communicate expectations and hold leaders accountable for results.
Many organizations dispersed their workforce with the onset of the pandemic and now must rethink workplace wellness to address an increasing number of employees working from home. While studies suggest remote work has positively improved employees’ work-life balance, it also has increased workers' declining mental and physical health. As working from home becomes the new normal, this session will explore its impact on employees’ whole wellbeing and identify steps employers can take to maintain a healthy workforce. Learn how to:
- Ensure your wellness programs are touching all areas of the workforce … wherever they are.
- Strategies and tactics for communicating wellness benefits with your dispersed employee base.
- What successful collaboration, teamwork, ERGs look like for remote teams.
- Create clear remote work policies that are compliant with regulations and avoid putting the organization at risk, including safety protocols.
Leadership across organizations should be a constant megaphone in supporting, promoting, and maintaining positive workplace experience and wellness. Discover ways in which one organization is working to educate and encourage team members to participate in a comprehensive program while facing challenges of a dispersed workforce and highly varied set of team members. We will review what this means for HR, communications and executive leadership support. We’ll discuss:
- Defining wellbeing at the organizational level and the goals/priorities associated with it.
- Leadership’s role in assessing and securing the right combination of benefits.
- How leadership commitment and support can build a culture of health into long-term strategies.
- Strategies to encourage team member engagement beyond the launch of new benefits and programs.
- Strategies to implement immediately to impact workplace wellness initiatives.
Employees that feel there is a clear career path for them at their organization are more likely to stick around as they pursue their career growth and, in turn, the growth of the organization. HR and employee engagement experts will show you how to prepare for the future with professional development opportunities that nurture career paths. Discover how solid structures, fair rules and professional relationships can positively shape the workforce. Plus:
- Employee recognition programs that support career growth.
- Retaining top talent and maintaining morale, equity and connection in a dispersed workforce model.
- Professional development and training opportunities for employees that everyone can benefit from.
- Right-sizing role workloads and responsibilities for an even playing field.
Each table discusses their highlights, key talking points and surprising facts from Day 1 of the Employee Experience & Wellness Conference. One designated representative from each table will then share their group’s top takeaways with the room for discussion.
Wind down from the first full day of the conference with new friends and celebrate Ragan’s 2023 Workplace Wellness Hot List honorees. You won't want to miss this opportunity to be in the room with the top HR, benefits, internal comms and other workplace wellbeing professionals that offer leading tools and technologies in the wellbeing space.
It’s on HR and finance leaders to build out the financial arm of wellbeing for employees. In this session, you’ll discover how companies are shifting to wholly support employees with financial planning education and resources around budgeting, building an emergency plan, managing debt, insurance options, improving credit scores, retirement and more. You’ll walk away with:
- Key data on workplace financial stress and educational needs of workers.
- Real member stories from employees and their outcomes.
- How to help employees proactively prepare for economic downturns.
- Strategies to turn financial wellbeing insights into action.
You may have more caregivers in your workforce than you realize as an estimated 47% of middle-aged Americans support family members over the age of 65 and children under 18, taking on more responsibilities as in-home care and adult day care is less attainable. Half of those caregivers feel those responsibilities are having a negative impact on their career growth … and their health. Discover ways to loosen leave policies or provide flexible work arrangements, explore ways to provide financial support, and ensure you have the resources caregivers are searching for. You’ll also hear:
- The particular obstacles parents and caregivers face daily and how to help lighten their loads.
- How the C-suite can take an active role in affecting change.
- HR’s rising priority to drive business success and evolve the workplace with tailored solutions.
- How to develop success plans that account for both employee and employer needs and impact the bottom line.
Discover how one company tackled the powerful psychological need for authenticity in a high-stakes-fast-paced industry one micro moment at a time. After understanding the relationship between authenticity, working sustainably, and effectiveness, one HR executive tapped into her passion and out-of-the-box expertise and introduced meditation with purpose. You’ll learn how to positively move the needle by:
- Measuring the effectiveness and use of your programs to identify what employees are gaining value from and why.
- Communicating about programs that may be outside of some employees’ comfort zones.
- The power of planting seeds of cultural shifts in smaller subsets.
A robust and strategic partnership between HR and internal communicators can play a significant role in the wellbeing of the individual, team and enterprise. This partnership can lead to engaging wellbeing initiatives that can make a real difference on the bottom line and, subsequently, the impact on the organization. By working together, this partnership should lean in to improve awareness and activation of wellness benefits, creating a culture of wellness in the process. You’ll hear from an internal comms and HR team:
- How to work seamlessly internally to market your wellbeing initiatives and opportunities for employees.
- Ways to build a culture of health into your organization’s long-term goals through leadership communications and ongoing wellbeing messaging.
- Identifying what’s working and what’s not in benefit campaigns.
- Encouraging employee wellness through engagement survey feedback, weekly webinars and a volunteer network of internal health champions.
The tide appears to be turning for cannabis use in the U.S. with more states approving medical and recreational use, the pardoning of simple marijuana possessions, and the Dept. of Health and Human Services actively looking at removing cannabis from being classified as a dangerous substance. With more and more adults partaking, zero-tolerance policies could hurt organizations’ talent acquisitions. Experts will weigh in on:
- How cannabis actually affects individuals and what that means for the workplace.
- Reviewing your drug-use and drug-testing policies to ensure that they clearly explain your expectations regarding impairment, marijuana use outside of company time and drug testing.
- The best way to create a smart cannabis policy that retains a safe and productive workforce while avoiding stigmatizing employees.
Learn how to transform your organization's workplace culture through tools, technologies and services that elevate employee engagement, including digital workspaces, mobile apps, measurement dashboards, coaching services, rewards programs and more. You will gain insights on:
- Developing a multichannel employee experience strategy that aligns with business objectives.
- Intuitive and user-friendly digital tools and platforms for employee collaboration.
- How to leverage technology to improve employee engagement and productivity.
- Creating a seamless and personalized employee experience across different devices and channels.
- Measuring the impact of digital employee experience initiatives on employee satisfaction and business outcomes.
Mingle with new friends and enjoy the delicious fare.
Humans are social beings who share, develop and sustain meaningful relationships with others. The more employees work with others from anywhere, the deeper these ties can become. Join HR and employee engagement experts as they dive into how they fostered a more socially interactive workforce via multiple employee touchpoints including Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and digital collaboration tools. You’ll discover how to:
- Build an employee communication hub that increases employee engagement and centralizes internal communications.
- Foster the connection between social and emotional wellbeing.
- Bring staff together in creative ways from small team events to company-sponsored community events.
Senior comms execs share their expertise in messaging around wellness to cultivate engagement and promote a healthy culture.
As a leader, you must stay grounded and authentic. The “practice” of mindfulness is self-regulation; it allows you to be aware of your presence (be in the present) and the ways you impact other people. Discover the inspirational timeless techniques that can help you and your teams reduce stress, pressure and anxiety in the workplace … and as a way of life.
SPONSORS & PARTNERS
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
If you care about employee wellbeing you need to meet us at this conference!
We’ve designed the program for those in:
- Communications
- Human Resources
- DEI
- Finance
- Operations
- Recruiting
- Facilities
- Risk Management
- Health Management Consultant
- Insurance
GET RECOGNIZED!
Lawrence Ragan Communications, Inc is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities. This program is valid for 7 PDCs.
Each registration comes with a personalized "Employee Experience & Wellness Conference" Certificate of Completion for attending.
PRICING
Join us for the Employee Experience & Wellness Conference:
| ADVANCED | EARLY BIRD | VIP | REGULAR RATE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference All-Access Passincludes the Pre-Conference Workshops | ||||
| Standard | $1,999 | $2,099 | $2,199 | $2,299 |
| Nonprofit/Gov | $1,799 | $1,899 | $1,999 | $2,099 |
| Ragan Insider | $1,749 | $1,849 | $1,949 | $2,049 |
| Conference Registration - Individual | ||||
| Standard | $1,399 | $1,499 | $1,599 | $1,699 |
| Nonprofit/Gov/Edu | $1,199 | $1,299 | $1,399 | $1,499 |
| Ragan Insider | $1,149 | $1,249 | $1,349 | $1,499 |
| Conference Recording On Demand | ||||
| $999 | $999 | $999 | $999 | |
For those who can’t attend the conference live, an on-demand option is available during the registration process.
Group Discounts
Would you and your team like to attend? Group pricing is available when registering!
RAGAN COUNCIL MEMBER DISCOUNTS
Membership includes free registration passes. Contact Shallon Blackburn for more information on becoming a member.
RAGAN INSIDER DISCOUNTS
Insiders receive $250 off current rates. Not a Ragan Insider? You can become one during registration for this event!
LOCATION
Grand Hyatt Denver
1750 Welton St
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 295-1234
hyatt.com
We have secured a room block at the Grand Hyatt Denver Hotel for conference attendees. The hotel reservation link will be sent to you after you register for the conference.
Adventure Awaits!
Denver offers an amazing array of things to do. Take a hike in the Rocky Mountains or Red Rocks Park, smell the roses in the Denver Botanic Gardens, or explore the city center, with cultural staples such as the Denver Art Museum, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, and the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum’ You can learn how coins are made at the United States Mint – Denver, and have some fun at Elitch Gardens Theme & Waterpark, the National Ballpark Museum, and Coors Field. Extend your stay and explore all that Denver has to offer.
WONDERING IF YOU SHOULD ATTEND?
Here’s what past attendees are saying about Ragan and PR Daily Events!
Anything put on by Ragan I knew was going to be great, but this conference exceeded my expectations. The attention to detail and intentionality behind the speak lineup was evident throughout. Looking forward to the next one!
Great speakers and great ideas throughout the conference. From start to finish, the sessions were insightful and efficient - I have added a few tips and tricks to add to my communications toolbox!
This was an informative, fast-paced, fun conference full of timely topics and great speakers. I haven't stopped telling my team about all the insights I learned.
The Ragan Communications conferences are extraordinarily beneficial; learn new strategies, positively reinforce what has been done right and tweaks the approach to improve both internal and external communications.
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