Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Our Tour Has Come To An End!

After traveling around Minnesota, presenting "Working Towards Wellness: Is It Right For Your Business?" our tour has come to an end! We had a lot of fun, some great attendance (Hibbing had the most) and with the help of Amy Wyant, we even added some spice to our presentations! (see photo below)

Thank you coordinators for all your hard work and helping us with the public events!

Now the selection process begins!! 

Christy Presenting

Amy Wyant's touch of color and beauty :) 

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

The SHIP Workplace Wellness Timeline

Dates
Action Item

November 30-December 10
County Workplace Wellness Public Events
December 15
Deadline for Businesses to complete Readiness Assessment
December 15-December 31
Selecting Businesses 
         -Workplace Wellness staff will look at all applicants and determine 2-3 businesses in each county to work with.
January 1-February 28
Comprehensive Workplace Assessments
          - Workplace Policies and Practices Assessment (completed with senior management)
        - Observational Site Assessment (Workplace Wellness staff)
         - Employee Health and Behavior Survey (online)

Results and Recommendations
          - Workplace Wellness staff will present strategies and recommendations based on all the data collected.
February 1-April 15
Formation of Health Teams
           -  An Internal Health Champion will be identified, and a collaboration of employees from all departments will be formed to create a health team. The health team and Workplace Wellness staff will determine how to carry out the action plan.
April 15-June 30
Implement and Evaluate Action Plan
          - Evaluation will be done by Workplace Wellness  staff

Workplace Wellness Public Events

Well we just had our first Public Event in Lake County, and will have one in Duluth today! Here are the times and places for the events in the other counties...


December 6th - Cook County (12-1)
East Bay Suites - Stones Throw Meeting Room

December 7th - Koochiching County (12-1)
Koochiching County Health Department - Lower Level Conference Room 

December 8th - St. Louis-Hibbing (12-1)
Fairview Plaza 1200

December 9th - Grand Rapids (12-1)
YMCA Conference Room


December 14th - (12:30-1:30)
Carlton County Transportation Building 

December 9th - Aitkin (4-5)
City Hall