This webinar provides a thorough overview of eight different practices that have demonstrated the importance of moving from the “I” in Illness to the “We” in Wellness.

These practices include (1) work in social capital, (2) social networking (“Connected”), (3) group wellness activities/campaigns, (4) healthy culture initiatives, (5) team-based prevention training programs, (6) social support in the workplace, (7) the leadership ripple effect, and (8) recent efforts on population-based metrics for well-being and health (e.g., Gallup Well-Being Index). Examples for each of these practices will be reviewed with links and references for workshop participants. However, the webinar is designed as a spring-board to launch a new community and Facebook “CAUSE” called the “WE IN WELLNESS” as a sustainable resource to promote a broader view of health and productivity that moves beyond the individual and often commoditized domain of “healthcare reform” to embrace a widening circle of advocates (national and international) working together for “healthcare transform.”

About the Presenter: Dr. Joel Bennett has worked for over 20 years providing wellness programs to workers and workplaces.  Dr. Bennett, (University of Texas at Austin, 1985), is President of Organizational Wellness & Learning Systems (OWLS), a consulting firm that specializes in promoting organizational health and employee well-being. Dr. Bennett first delivered stress management to workplaces in 1984 and is primary developer of “Team Awareness,” the first workplace program recognized in 2002 by the US Dept. of Health as effective in preventing employee substance abuse.* Team Awareness is now the flagship prevention program for the U.S. National Guard and has been adapted for various settings including
in municipalities, for restaurant workers, electricians, the Youth Corp, ex-offenders, Native American/tribal workers and small businesses.  In 2008, Dr. Bennett received the “Service and Leadership Award” from the National Wellness Institute and he has served on advisory boards for Magellan Behavioral Health Care; the Management, Spirituality & Religion Division of the Academy of Management; and the International Conference on “Work, Stress, and Health” co-sponsored by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. He has consulted for federal and local government, as well as privately held and military organizations. He is a peer reviewer for scientific journals in the field of organizational health and has published or interviewed for trade business journals.  Dr. Bennett has been a key-note speaker on workplace health for such organizations as the United States Air Force, the Department of Labor, and various health care, wellness, and Employee Assistance Professionals associations. He has authored/co-authored three books: “Heart-Centered Leadership”- “Time & Intimacy”- and “Preventing Workplace Substance Abuse.” OWLS holds patents pending in internet-based wellness programs that promote integral health with expert-systems and leadership development. Since 2002, OWLS has received close to $4 Million in federal grants to design, deliver, and evaluate evidence based health promotion programs for the workplace. OWLS has been a member of the Fort Worth (Texas) small business incubator/accelerator program since 2008 (see: www.techfortworth.org) and worked with the NIH Commercialization Assistance Program (CAP) in 2007.  This summer, Dr Bennett will be certifying facilitators in one of the practices discussed in this webinar (TEAM AWARENESS; see http://www.nationalwellness.org/index.php?id_tier=90&id_c=182)
Continuing Education Credits: This event is eligible for 1 ACSM cec or 1 CHES cec

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