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Events

• OSIA Annual Conference :: Oct. 15-17, 2008 :: Lincoln City, OR

  The Oregon Self-Insurers Association Annual Conference features information for risk managers, workers' compensation program supervisors, claims managers for self insured companies. This year's conference will feature information to help self-insured companies maximize the effectiveness of their wellness programs.
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• IHRSA 28th Annual International Convention :: Mar. 16-19, 2009
  San Francisco, CA

  IHRSA is a trade association serving the health and fitness club industry. Recess' CEO will be speaking to fitness industry professionals about ways to more successfully introduce exercise and wellness at work sites and among populations who are not necessarily interested in frequenting gyms.
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Press Coverage & Sound Bites

• Quacks and snake oil peddlers - debunking myths surrounding wellness - Webinar

  This recorded 1 hour educational seminar is pertinent for HR and Benefits Professionals. It will discuss some of the considerations you should ponder in the implementation of a wellness program. You will walk away with a better understanding of the amount of time and effort and components necessary to support an effective wellness program in your organization. Clicking the link will take you to PayPal where you can also pay by credit card if you have no PayPal account. We will email the seminar login and password to you.
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• Let's Get Physical :: LiveWire! on OPB

  Recess Wellness Maven, Tanya Barham, shares her unique perspective on physical activity and gives a live audience of 500 radio listeners a one of a kind workout.
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• Easy, Low-Cost Wellness: Oregon Business Magazine

  Recess client, Bullivant Houser Bailey, enlisted Recess to create a fun, integrated and customized workplace wellness program.
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• No Place Like Work: Oregon Business Magazine

  Recess client, Rose City Mortgage, keeps their edge as one of the best employers to work for in Oregon in part by offering Recess on-site yoga classes to employees.
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• A Booty Kicking Workout!

  Author Ken DuBois talks to Tanya Barham about "boot camps," binge exercising, and how effective workouts sometimes defy expectations.
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• Wellness for Law Firms: Cure All or Snake Oil?

  An article featured in The Bridge (Association of Legal Administrators Bay Area publication) discussing corporate wellness, its promise and pitfalls for law firms. A great article for any company thinking about implementing a wellness program.
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• Helping Employees to Quit - a Good Idea?

  If what they are quitting is smoking, then YES! An article featured in the Business Journal on best practice workplace smoking cessation programs and their long-term benefits
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• The Fun Factor

  Recess' CEO, Tanya Barham, spoke at the IHRSA/American Journal of Health Promotion Annual Conference. Her session was titled, "The Fun Factor: Maximizing ROI by Making Effective, Science-Based Programs Fun." Have you ever heard 200 people at a conference having so much fun?
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• Wearing heels. Have bike. Will travel.

  Okay so our CEO likes to bike - in heels. She was thrilled when we told her about a blog called Copenhagen Girls on Bikes, populated entirely with her people - high fashion, all-weather bicyclists. Check out her guest spot there.
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Other Wellness News

• Rising Health Costs For Employers

  A new law passed by the 2007 Oregon Legislature might impact health insurance rates for employers with 26-50 employees and encourages small employers to use wellness programs to manage costs.
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