Worksite Wellness Symposium 2016

Please join us for a valuable morning getting to the heart of what matters most – employee health. You’ll have time to connect with other professionals, stretch a bit, raise your heartbeat and become more knowledgeable about how you can bring heart and brain health to your workplace.

You will also be a part of the unveiling of the new AHA Workplace Health Achievement Index – practical and easy to incorporate tools for your workplace.

Please RSVP here.

Engaging a Culture of Health in the Workplace 
Friday, March 4, 8:00am – 2:00pm 

Mall of America 
Executive Center – Fourth Floor
Park in EAST Ramp
Directions

Agenda 

8:00am                 Registration opens

8:30am                 Join us for a lap around the mall (optional – please wear comfortable shoes)


9:00am                 Welcome, mindfulness exercise and review of the day’s agenda


9:20am                 Why workplaces are instrumental to the health of our communities
                              Dr. Uma Valeti (Cardiologist-UofM and AHA Board President)

9:45am                 Let the Pulse begin!
                             Cardiac survivor shares the impact and outcomes of a work-related crisis

9:55am                 Break

10:10am               The Pulse: Worksite Resources and Tools for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention

• Hands Only CPR
• My Life Check and Support Network
• Signs of Stroke (FAST)
• Game on! Test your knowledge of sugary beverages
• Healthy Food and Beverage Toolkit
• Life’s Simple Seven

11:30am               Break

11:45am               Heart healthy lunch buffet

12:00pm               MN launch of AHA’s Workplace Health Achievement Index (cool free resources!)

12:50pm               Wrap up, mindfulness exercise and next steps

1:00pm                 Symposium concludes, but please plan to stay for networking opportunities and
                             another optional lap around the Mall

2:00pm                 Adjourn to take what we have learned to our workplaces and communities

Questions: contact Peggy Paul (peggy.paul@heart.org). Please pass this on to your colleagues who care about heart disease and stroke prevention. It will be a morning not to miss. The Symposium is free of charge, but space is limited. RSVP here.

Have a super day and see you soon!

Jill Duevel & Traci Kubisiak

AHA Worksite Wellness Committee Co-Chairs

Peggy Paul
Senior Director, Community Health
American Heart Association