2008 Calendar
Tenth Annual Best Practices Conference: WHAT'S THE BUZZ?
Benefits professionals were on the firing line again this year: expected to deliver high value in the face of shrinking budgets, rising costs, and changing employee expectations. How did they meet the challenge? Creatively!
In fact, some of the most innovative benefit ideas we've ever seen were submitted in response to this year's call for nominations for New England's Best Benefits Practices of 2008. You can see for yourself at this year's holiday conference where the
"Best of the Best" will be honored, share their winning ideas, and inspire you to break out of the benefits box and create a buzz in your own organization!
In addition to hearing from this year's Best Practice award winners, our keynote speaker promises an exciting and informative morning session. Andrew Savitz, internationally known expert on sustainability and author of The Triple Bottom Line: How the Best Run Companies are Achieving Economic, Social and Environmental Success, will share his thoughts on the overlap of business and the needs of society and the environment.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
YOU, if your work or interests are related to benefits, human resources, risk management, health insurance, financial services, retirement planning and public policy.
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
This is a day that will open your eyes to new ideas, opportunities, and people. Learn about programs you can implement at your organization.
NETWORK
Like all NEEBC conferences, the Holiday Conference is a great opportunity to network with your peers throughout the New England benefits community Ñ and perhaps further your job and career goals!
LEARN ABOUT
- Boston Properties' comprehensive transportation benefits, which achieved an employee "non-drive alone" rate of 70% (recipient of a special "green" Best Practice Award)
- Biogen Idec's unique global employee recognition program which maintains consistent design and administration across international borders
- Yankee Candle's Human Resources Cost Restructuring which to date has netted the company more than $7 million in savings
- FM Global's Total Health Program which achieved exceptional employee participation and excellent results, including a total of 2,624 lost pounds
- Ocean Spray Cranberries' redesigned retirement strategy, which helped sustain the company's unique ownership structure while receiving positive feedback from employees
- EMC's successful effort to provide international travelers with improved access to proper immunizations and medications without a decrease in productivity
- Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission's communication of its Clinical Performance Improvement Initiative, which gave employees a clear and concise understanding of how their choice of providers affects their benefit levels
- Nixon Peabody's successful promotion of its voluntary long-term care program, which grew participation from 7% to 20%
CELEBRATE
End the day at a special holiday reception that promises fun, food, and prizes.
THE DAY AT A GLANCE
(preliminary schedule)
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.
REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30 - 8:45 a.m.
WELCOME AND CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
Andrew Sherman
President, New England Employee Benefits Council
Senior Vice President, The Segal Company
8:45 - 10:15 a.m.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Andrew Savitz
Principal
Sustainable Business Strategies
"SUSTAINABILITY, THE SWEET SPOT AND YOUR BUSINESS"
Sustainability is the simple idea that organizations need to pay more attention to environmental and social issues in order to succeed over the long haul. Andrew Savitz, author of The Triple Bottom Line: How the Best Run Companies are Achieving Economic, Social and Environmental Success Ñ and How You Can Too, will provide an overview of what this means in practice and how companies are changing to meet the triple bottom line of people, planet and profits. Sustainability has important implications for every department within an organization and, in particular, on human resources. Mr. Savitz will provide insight into the relationship between HR and sustainability using case studies and examples from his book and elsewhere.
Mr. Savitz, a Principal at Sustainable Business Strategies, graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an editor of the Georgetown University Law Review. He attended New College Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, earning a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and graduated, Phi Beta Kappa, from
The Johns Hopkins University. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts with his wife and three children, and is an avid, life-long Boston Red Sox fan.
NEEBC is grateful to ING Financial Advisers LLC for underwriting the costs associated with distribution of a copy of Mr. Savitz's book to all attendees.
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.
BREAK
10:45 - Noon
"BEST PRACTICES" SHOWCASE, SESSION A
Firsthand information on how the award winning programs were developed and implemented.
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
LUNCHEON & "BEST PRACTICES" AWARD PRESENTATIONS
1:30 - 2:45 p.m.
"BEST PRACTICES" SHOWCASE, SESSION B
Firsthand information on how the award winning programs were developed and implemented.
2:45 - 3:00 p.m.
BREAK
3:00 - 4:15 p.m
"BEST PRACTICES" SHOWCASE, SESSION C
Firsthand information on how the award winning programs were developed and implemented.
4:15 p.m.
HOLIDAY COCKTAIL RECEPTION AND PRIZE DRAWING
2008 "BEST PRACTICES" CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Lead Sponsor
Gold Sponsors
Health Advocate, Inc.
Hewitt Associates
Neighborhood Health Plan
Parents In A Pinch, Inc.
Spring Consulting Group, LLC
XL Communications, Inc.
Silver Sponsors
Abacus Employer Health Solutions
BeneCom Associates, LLC
BeneTemps/HR Placement Group
Buck Consultants
Cassidy Retirement Group, Inc.
Fitness Works at Work
Hanscom Federal Credit Union
KGA, Inc.
Kinloch Consulting Group
MassMutual Financial Group
Mercer
Minnesota Life
Sobel & Raciti Associates, Inc.
The Segal Company
Thorbahn Associates
Towers Perrin
UMR
UnitedHealthcare
VSP Vision Care
Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Workscape
Special thanks to ING Financial Advisers LLC for underwriting the costs associated with distribution of a copy of Mr. Savitz's book to all attendees.
GETTING TO THE CONFERENCE
The Crowne Plaza Hotel is located at 1360 Worcester Road (Route 9 East) in Natick, MA. Plenty of free parking is available.
HOW TO REGISTER
The registration fee for this conference is $210 for NEEBC members and $265 for non-members. The fee includes a continental breakfast, luncheon, refreshments, networking reception and all conference materials.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellations must be made at least 72 hours prior to the event to be refundable. You may designate a replacement if unable to attend a program. Please note that program "no shows" are not refundable.
Ways To Register:
- Click here to download a brochure with registration form
- Call:781-684-8700
- Members Secure On-line Registration
- Non-Members Secure On-line Registration
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