Upcoming conferences and July's top tweets
Mark your calendars for two exciting conferences in September…
EBN Benefits Forum & Expo in Dallas
I’ll be a keynote speaker at EBN’s 24th Annual Benefits Forum & Expo in Dallas. The conference runs September 26-28, and I’m speaking first thing Monday morning about all things benefits and benefits communication. This is the largest event in the nation dedicated exclusively to employee benefits, and we know our friends at Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit Adviser definitely have their fingers on the industry’s pulse. (And just to add to the fun, at the Forum, our client Toys”R”Us will accept an i-COMM award for Best Website or Intranet Design & Usability!)
Health 2.0 in San Francisco
At the same time, several team members will be at Health 2.0’s Annual Fall Conference here in San Francisco. (If only I could be in two places at once!) It’s the organization’s biggest show to date with more than 1,100 attendees and more than 100 live technology demos. Health 2.0 showcases the most comprehensive lineup of technology innovation, discusses the latest changes in health care, and investigates the best new health care technology startups. This is by far one of the most engaging and interesting conferences in our space—I can’t say enough about it.
And we’re helping pull together an exciting track of sessions focused on employers. The Employers 2.0 session on Sunday will run through topics from wellness to enrollment tools to health care reform—all the stuff we’re focused on and all the ways technology is helping employers get there.
Hope to see you at one (or both!).
And here’s a quick recap of our favorite articles from Twitter in July…
Health and Wellness
Health and wellness will be major focuses at the two fall conferences as companies look for ways to manage and reduce health care costs. Lots of articles on this topic…
More employers are offering on-site medical clinics http://t.co/PIqwylq (via @hdarlingNBGH)
RT @wellwork: Excellent overview & update: RT @heroehm: SHRM piece: Value of Health Assessment Data http://t.co/cfejmPU
Could Twitter make America healthier? http://t.co/bQ8zaAK Interesting look at data mining for public health!
6 tips for making preventive care more prominent for employees. On EBN by our very own Liz Rowell! http://ow.ly/5POQo
Retirement
These tweets offer very important statistics regarding 401(k) plans.
People in health savings accounts save almost twice as much in their 401(K) plans. Important stats! http://bit.ly/ngI9cd via @healthythinker
Employees save less with automatic 401(k) enrollment, study finds http://ow.ly/5zc3l Important point about what defaults mean!
Employer confidence rises and so do retirement benefits http://ow.ly/5Hkhk
Workers, Employers Fret About Life After Retirement—25 Years Later http://ow.ly/5IuFO I’m quoted in this article on Workforce
