The document discusses Fitbit's corporate wellness program and how it can help companies gain executive support for wellness initiatives. It provides statistics showing the benefits of wellness programs in increasing engagement, retention and health while decreasing costs. Tips are given for overcoming objections from executives, such as emphasizing the return on investment from improved productivity and health. Case studies showcase how programs using Fitbit devices and apps achieved high participation rates and positive health outcomes at companies like IU Health. The presentation aims to demonstrate how Fitbit can help companies implement effective wellness programs.
The document discusses gaining executive buy-in for corporate wellness programs. It provides statistics showing the benefits of wellness programs, such as improved health, reduced costs, and increased productivity. Tips are given for convincing CEOs to support wellness programs, including emphasizing the return on investment, using CEOs as spokespeople, and tracking program metrics and results. Rallying cross-departmental support and champions is also recommended to help implement programs.
Target partnered with Fitbit to launch a comprehensive wellness program for its 321,000 employees. The program included distributing Fitbit devices, holding month-long step challenges, and promoting healthy nutrition. Over 52% of employees participated in the initial Fitbit challenge, logging billions of steps and miles. Within 6 months, the program helped Target save $5.4 million and increased wellness product sales by 32%.
The document discusses workplace wellness and the need for a 24/7 approach. It notes statistics on Americans' health and well-being today, such as 29% being inactive and 38% being overweight. It then discusses how lines are blurred between work and personal life with technologies like smartphones, social media, transportation apps and wearable devices. Case studies show organizations achieving cost savings, health improvements and returns on investment from wellness programs that incorporate wearable technology.
Corporate wellness programs are rapidly changing with advances in technology and the transfer of consumer tools into the enterprise environment. ShapeUp hosted the webinar these slides came fromto share with you the major areas of innovation that we see occurring in the wellness space so you can make sense of what’s going on, learn new ways to tackle the challenges you face, and keep an eye toward the future. Watch the full webinar at http://www.shapeup.com/lp/8-innovations-that-are-transforming-corporate-wellness-programs.
The memo proposes implementing a Fitbit wellness program to address rising healthcare costs, decrease employee stress and fatigue, and improve productivity. It notes healthcare spending is 30% of total costs for employers and obesity contributes to increased spending. A survey found 71% of employees feel tired at work. The proposal is to distribute Fitbits, incentivize participation and health goals, and gather feedback to improve the program over time. It is estimated the program could save $3.27 for every $1 spent by decreasing medical costs and increasing performance. The director recommends starting April 1st and looks forward to discussing details.
The Surprising ROI of Employee WellnessMedgate Inc.
If you see wellness programs as a nice-to-have, but not core to your employee health programs, you could be missing an opportunity to greatly improve your company’s bottom line. If you structure the program properly, show commitment, and promote it well, you could make huge cost savings while improving the overall health of your employees and their families.
In this case study webinar, Johnny White, Benefits, Medical and Wellness Leader at Logan Aluminum, will showcase the striking successes of its wellness program, which has been in place for over 20 years.
At Logan, the wellness data is so rich that their healthcare benefits provider has renewed at less the half the national average increase for thirteen years running. Logan’s employees make no contribution towards this coverage. That Logan is able to make these huge compound savings in a state that consistently ranks in the bottom ten for public health indicators makes it all the more remarkable.
Vigor Source provides wellness consulting services to help companies establish wellness programs. Their services include staffing wellness teams, collecting health data, creating wellness plans and choosing interventions. Partnering with Vigor Source can boost a company's bottom line by reducing healthcare costs and increasing productivity. On average, their clients see a 28% reduction in sick leave, 26% reduction in health costs, and 30% reduction in workers compensation claims. Their goal is to enhance employee and corporate well-being through health risk reduction and promotion of fitness.
The document summarizes Happy Body at Work (HBAW), an 8-week wellbeing program that focuses on sitting less, moving more, managing stress, and improving sleep. It provides employers with tools and strategies to improve employees' mental and physical resilience. Surveys show the program is effective, with most participants finding it relevant, beneficial, and an indication their employer cares about challenges they face. It has been implemented across various organizations in Australia and other countries.
The document discusses gaining executive buy-in for corporate wellness programs. It provides statistics showing the benefits of wellness programs, such as improved health, reduced costs, and increased productivity. Tips are given for convincing CEOs to support wellness programs, including emphasizing the return on investment, using CEOs as spokespeople, and tracking program metrics and results. Rallying cross-departmental support and champions is also recommended to help implement programs.
Target partnered with Fitbit to launch a comprehensive wellness program for its 321,000 employees. The program included distributing Fitbit devices, holding month-long step challenges, and promoting healthy nutrition. Over 52% of employees participated in the initial Fitbit challenge, logging billions of steps and miles. Within 6 months, the program helped Target save $5.4 million and increased wellness product sales by 32%.
The document discusses workplace wellness and the need for a 24/7 approach. It notes statistics on Americans' health and well-being today, such as 29% being inactive and 38% being overweight. It then discusses how lines are blurred between work and personal life with technologies like smartphones, social media, transportation apps and wearable devices. Case studies show organizations achieving cost savings, health improvements and returns on investment from wellness programs that incorporate wearable technology.
Corporate wellness programs are rapidly changing with advances in technology and the transfer of consumer tools into the enterprise environment. ShapeUp hosted the webinar these slides came fromto share with you the major areas of innovation that we see occurring in the wellness space so you can make sense of what’s going on, learn new ways to tackle the challenges you face, and keep an eye toward the future. Watch the full webinar at http://www.shapeup.com/lp/8-innovations-that-are-transforming-corporate-wellness-programs.
The memo proposes implementing a Fitbit wellness program to address rising healthcare costs, decrease employee stress and fatigue, and improve productivity. It notes healthcare spending is 30% of total costs for employers and obesity contributes to increased spending. A survey found 71% of employees feel tired at work. The proposal is to distribute Fitbits, incentivize participation and health goals, and gather feedback to improve the program over time. It is estimated the program could save $3.27 for every $1 spent by decreasing medical costs and increasing performance. The director recommends starting April 1st and looks forward to discussing details.
The Surprising ROI of Employee WellnessMedgate Inc.
If you see wellness programs as a nice-to-have, but not core to your employee health programs, you could be missing an opportunity to greatly improve your company’s bottom line. If you structure the program properly, show commitment, and promote it well, you could make huge cost savings while improving the overall health of your employees and their families.
In this case study webinar, Johnny White, Benefits, Medical and Wellness Leader at Logan Aluminum, will showcase the striking successes of its wellness program, which has been in place for over 20 years.
At Logan, the wellness data is so rich that their healthcare benefits provider has renewed at less the half the national average increase for thirteen years running. Logan’s employees make no contribution towards this coverage. That Logan is able to make these huge compound savings in a state that consistently ranks in the bottom ten for public health indicators makes it all the more remarkable.
Vigor Source provides wellness consulting services to help companies establish wellness programs. Their services include staffing wellness teams, collecting health data, creating wellness plans and choosing interventions. Partnering with Vigor Source can boost a company's bottom line by reducing healthcare costs and increasing productivity. On average, their clients see a 28% reduction in sick leave, 26% reduction in health costs, and 30% reduction in workers compensation claims. Their goal is to enhance employee and corporate well-being through health risk reduction and promotion of fitness.
The document summarizes Happy Body at Work (HBAW), an 8-week wellbeing program that focuses on sitting less, moving more, managing stress, and improving sleep. It provides employers with tools and strategies to improve employees' mental and physical resilience. Surveys show the program is effective, with most participants finding it relevant, beneficial, and an indication their employer cares about challenges they face. It has been implemented across various organizations in Australia and other countries.
Ransomware plagues internet users and organizations daily. It is a type of malware that restricts access to an infected system and demands ransom payment to remove the restriction. It can encrypt files, making them impossible to access without paying ransom, or lock the system displaying messages encouraging ransom payment. Over $350 million in damages were caused by ransomware targeting users and organizations in 2015, with US users being the main targets. Many users lack knowledge of ransomware or believe they won't be infected, opening the door for attacks. Prevention through security education and processes is the best protection against ransomware for organizations.
Este documento describe el método científico en psicología social. Explica que la psicología social busca responder preguntas sobre el comportamiento humano mediante la prueba de hipótesis en el laboratorio y el campo. También discute ejemplos de estudios observacionales y correlacionales, y las etapas de la observación como un método de investigación en psicología social.
Este documento presenta una introducción a varios conceptos y modelos de machine learning, incluyendo: (1) modelos populares como clustering, análisis predictivo y detección de anomalías; (2) árboles de decisión y Random Forest; (3) preparación de datos. Explica los diferentes tipos de problemas que pueden abordarse como predicción binaria, continua, clustering y series de tiempo. Resalta que la limpieza y preparación de datos es fundamental para el éxito de los modelos.
UX STRAT Europe 2019: Angel Brown, Digitas Health (Workshop)UX STRAT
The document outlines a workshop on developing an omnichannel experience strategy for a pharmaceutical company, Imedeen. It discusses Imedeen's product and challenges with stagnating sales. The workshop plan involves deconstructing the challenge, mining insights from research, developing a positioning statement, and planning customer journeys and tactics. Key insights include that dermatologists need convincing on data to recommend supplements and only have 10 minutes per patient. The strategy aims to prioritize growth by attracting new or competitor users through dermatologist recommendations.
Weight Watchers International provides weight management services globally through meetings, digital subscriptions, product sales and franchises. The document provides an overview of Weight Watchers, how its programs work, international presence and financial performance. It also includes a PEST analysis, 5 forces analysis, examination instructions and interpretation for two potential exam questions focusing on competitive strategies and growth options for Weight Watchers.
Tackling the Challenge of Effective Patient Engagement: How Health Catalyst i...Health Catalyst
Effective population health management within a provider organization is an interesting combination of technology, change management, and modified financial incentives. Turns out, managing a team member population to the same goals requires a similar set of tools and effort. It is possible to improve team member clinical outcomes (both individually and as a population) while driving down both corporate and personal health costs.
Join Jeff as he draws parallels between managing these surprisingly similar groups, using tools and principles that guide our thinking across both our client patient populations and our corporate team member populations, and suggests strategies for corporations to improve outcomes for their most important asset – their people.
Wednesday, June 8
1-2PM EST
Attendees will learn:
Parallels between patient and employee populations, and how one group informs the other for success.
Effective strategies Health Catalyst employs for both populations.
The “gamification” of wellness programs, and how this will drive future patient engagement and care management.
The document proposes a wellness analytics service to help clients track, measure, and manage workplace wellness programs. It would analyze internal employee wellness data from devices and apps, as well as external data from wellness providers. This would enable better decision-making and returns on wellness investments. Deloitte is well-positioned to deliver the service using its expertise in technology, analytics, and human capital. The proposal estimates $11.7 million in revenue over three years by capturing 1% of the growing Canadian wellness market.
The document outlines Vigor Health's business plan to provide a web-based nutritional planning service. It describes the growing obesity problem and failure of existing diet programs. Vigor Health will educate clients on nutrient-dense foods through customizable meal plans and online resources. The plan details the company's products, marketing strategy targeting women aged 25-45, and financial projections. The goal is to acquire a large company like Microsoft or Google within 5 years to expand the service.
ROI of wellness programs - Optimity webinar series Dec 2016Jane Wang
The document discusses return on investment (ROI) for wellness programs and strategies for 2017 cost containment. It provides 2016 statistics showing rising healthcare costs for businesses. The Optimity digital platform produces ROI through holistic employee health support 24/7 via mobile coaching. Case studies show clients achieving engagement increases, cost reductions, and savings of $1.50-$6.50 for every $1 spent on wellness programs. The presentation recommends gathering data, identifying health issues, and tracking results to realize estimated ROI over 2-5 years.
This direct marketing plan aims to increase sales of Fitbit's trackers, especially the Fitbit Charge, through a campaign targeting women ages 25-40. The campaign will use emails, direct mail, social media, and retargeting with ads offering a 5% discount. It is estimated to generate over 2000 orders over 10 months at a nominal budget. Fitbit has a leading market share in the fitness tracker industry but faces competition from Apple, Garmin, Jawbone and others. The campaign targets a health-conscious demographic based on statistics showing many women aim to lose weight and stay fit as New Year's resolutions.
The document discusses the concepts and benefits of lean thinking in healthcare. It provides examples of how Virginia Mason Medical Center successfully implemented lean principles to streamline processes, eliminate waste, and improve patient flow. This resulted in increased capacity, improved quality of care, and savings of $1 million by avoiding planned capital expansions. The presentation emphasizes using lean tools like value stream mapping to identify waste and continuously improve processes with a focus on the patient experience.
This document summarizes UnitedHealth Group's strategy around consumer engagement and consumer-driven health plans. It discusses expanding adoption of consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) and health savings accounts (HSAs), and introducing a new "Simply Engaged" wellness program. The document also outlines Access Insurance's experience adopting a dual health plan option and CDHP with HSA, and the resulting cost savings and increased employee engagement in their health. Best practices for successful adoption are shared.
Training Amigo is a corporate wellness company that provides online and onsite wellness solutions including customizable software, health education resources, and reporting/analytics tools. Their solutions help companies lower healthcare costs by encouraging employee engagement in wellness programs and creating a culture of health. However, many companies struggle with low employee participation in wellness programs and a lack of engagement at work. Training Amigo addresses these challenges through software that tracks employee activity/goals, management tools, and a focus on developing a wellness-conscious culture.
The document summarizes a new fitness app called Lifestyler that aims to provide personalized training and nutrition plans at an affordable price by using advanced algorithms. It discusses the problems with current fitness apps and the opportunity in the market. Lifestyler's system can generate highly individual plans on par with a personal trainer and covers a wide range of fitness goals. The founders have fitness industry experience and plans are in place to expand the team and features of the app.
This document outlines three steps to improve a company's competitive advantage by focusing on employee health and well-being. Step one is to gain buy-in from senior management by demonstrating how initiatives to improve workforce resilience can increase productivity and reduce absenteeism and staff turnover. Step two is to continuously reinforce the value of individual health and well-being to everyone in the organization. Step three is to nurture a healthy eating culture within the company. The document provides specific actions under each step and argues that small changes to support employee health can significantly benefit a business.
Hyper-niche segments of customers are becoming ever more readily reachable. There are an incredible amount of channels and tools at our disposal to reach any particular target audience, so is it really necessary that life science companies spend their precious marketing and sales resources creating conference exhibits, flying staff around the world, and paying conferences for exhibition booths?
The costs are huge. Previous studies have found that B2B companies spend 20% of their marketing budgets on conferences. At the same time, conferences are ranked very highly for both generating leads and driving awareness and are also broadly viewed to be effective. Considering that lead generation is consistently ranked as the top marketing challenge perhaps conferences are still worth the cost after all.
Are conferences really still worth it? Are we over-investing in them at the expense of higher-ROI opportunities? Or perhaps they’re so effective that we almost can’t spend enough. With input from over 50 life science marketing professionals, these are the questions this study answers.
Ransomware plagues internet users and organizations daily. It is a type of malware that restricts access to an infected system and demands ransom payment to remove the restriction. It can encrypt files, making them impossible to access without paying ransom, or lock the system displaying messages encouraging ransom payment. Over $350 million in damages were caused by ransomware targeting users and organizations in 2015, with US users being the main targets. Many users lack knowledge of ransomware or believe they won't be infected, opening the door for attacks. Prevention through security education and processes is the best protection against ransomware for organizations.
Este documento describe el método científico en psicología social. Explica que la psicología social busca responder preguntas sobre el comportamiento humano mediante la prueba de hipótesis en el laboratorio y el campo. También discute ejemplos de estudios observacionales y correlacionales, y las etapas de la observación como un método de investigación en psicología social.
Este documento presenta una introducción a varios conceptos y modelos de machine learning, incluyendo: (1) modelos populares como clustering, análisis predictivo y detección de anomalías; (2) árboles de decisión y Random Forest; (3) preparación de datos. Explica los diferentes tipos de problemas que pueden abordarse como predicción binaria, continua, clustering y series de tiempo. Resalta que la limpieza y preparación de datos es fundamental para el éxito de los modelos.
UX STRAT Europe 2019: Angel Brown, Digitas Health (Workshop)UX STRAT
The document outlines a workshop on developing an omnichannel experience strategy for a pharmaceutical company, Imedeen. It discusses Imedeen's product and challenges with stagnating sales. The workshop plan involves deconstructing the challenge, mining insights from research, developing a positioning statement, and planning customer journeys and tactics. Key insights include that dermatologists need convincing on data to recommend supplements and only have 10 minutes per patient. The strategy aims to prioritize growth by attracting new or competitor users through dermatologist recommendations.
Weight Watchers International provides weight management services globally through meetings, digital subscriptions, product sales and franchises. The document provides an overview of Weight Watchers, how its programs work, international presence and financial performance. It also includes a PEST analysis, 5 forces analysis, examination instructions and interpretation for two potential exam questions focusing on competitive strategies and growth options for Weight Watchers.
Tackling the Challenge of Effective Patient Engagement: How Health Catalyst i...Health Catalyst
Effective population health management within a provider organization is an interesting combination of technology, change management, and modified financial incentives. Turns out, managing a team member population to the same goals requires a similar set of tools and effort. It is possible to improve team member clinical outcomes (both individually and as a population) while driving down both corporate and personal health costs.
Join Jeff as he draws parallels between managing these surprisingly similar groups, using tools and principles that guide our thinking across both our client patient populations and our corporate team member populations, and suggests strategies for corporations to improve outcomes for their most important asset – their people.
Wednesday, June 8
1-2PM EST
Attendees will learn:
Parallels between patient and employee populations, and how one group informs the other for success.
Effective strategies Health Catalyst employs for both populations.
The “gamification” of wellness programs, and how this will drive future patient engagement and care management.
The document proposes a wellness analytics service to help clients track, measure, and manage workplace wellness programs. It would analyze internal employee wellness data from devices and apps, as well as external data from wellness providers. This would enable better decision-making and returns on wellness investments. Deloitte is well-positioned to deliver the service using its expertise in technology, analytics, and human capital. The proposal estimates $11.7 million in revenue over three years by capturing 1% of the growing Canadian wellness market.
The document outlines Vigor Health's business plan to provide a web-based nutritional planning service. It describes the growing obesity problem and failure of existing diet programs. Vigor Health will educate clients on nutrient-dense foods through customizable meal plans and online resources. The plan details the company's products, marketing strategy targeting women aged 25-45, and financial projections. The goal is to acquire a large company like Microsoft or Google within 5 years to expand the service.
ROI of wellness programs - Optimity webinar series Dec 2016Jane Wang
The document discusses return on investment (ROI) for wellness programs and strategies for 2017 cost containment. It provides 2016 statistics showing rising healthcare costs for businesses. The Optimity digital platform produces ROI through holistic employee health support 24/7 via mobile coaching. Case studies show clients achieving engagement increases, cost reductions, and savings of $1.50-$6.50 for every $1 spent on wellness programs. The presentation recommends gathering data, identifying health issues, and tracking results to realize estimated ROI over 2-5 years.
This direct marketing plan aims to increase sales of Fitbit's trackers, especially the Fitbit Charge, through a campaign targeting women ages 25-40. The campaign will use emails, direct mail, social media, and retargeting with ads offering a 5% discount. It is estimated to generate over 2000 orders over 10 months at a nominal budget. Fitbit has a leading market share in the fitness tracker industry but faces competition from Apple, Garmin, Jawbone and others. The campaign targets a health-conscious demographic based on statistics showing many women aim to lose weight and stay fit as New Year's resolutions.
The document discusses the concepts and benefits of lean thinking in healthcare. It provides examples of how Virginia Mason Medical Center successfully implemented lean principles to streamline processes, eliminate waste, and improve patient flow. This resulted in increased capacity, improved quality of care, and savings of $1 million by avoiding planned capital expansions. The presentation emphasizes using lean tools like value stream mapping to identify waste and continuously improve processes with a focus on the patient experience.
This document summarizes UnitedHealth Group's strategy around consumer engagement and consumer-driven health plans. It discusses expanding adoption of consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) and health savings accounts (HSAs), and introducing a new "Simply Engaged" wellness program. The document also outlines Access Insurance's experience adopting a dual health plan option and CDHP with HSA, and the resulting cost savings and increased employee engagement in their health. Best practices for successful adoption are shared.
Training Amigo is a corporate wellness company that provides online and onsite wellness solutions including customizable software, health education resources, and reporting/analytics tools. Their solutions help companies lower healthcare costs by encouraging employee engagement in wellness programs and creating a culture of health. However, many companies struggle with low employee participation in wellness programs and a lack of engagement at work. Training Amigo addresses these challenges through software that tracks employee activity/goals, management tools, and a focus on developing a wellness-conscious culture.
The document summarizes a new fitness app called Lifestyler that aims to provide personalized training and nutrition plans at an affordable price by using advanced algorithms. It discusses the problems with current fitness apps and the opportunity in the market. Lifestyler's system can generate highly individual plans on par with a personal trainer and covers a wide range of fitness goals. The founders have fitness industry experience and plans are in place to expand the team and features of the app.
This document outlines three steps to improve a company's competitive advantage by focusing on employee health and well-being. Step one is to gain buy-in from senior management by demonstrating how initiatives to improve workforce resilience can increase productivity and reduce absenteeism and staff turnover. Step two is to continuously reinforce the value of individual health and well-being to everyone in the organization. Step three is to nurture a healthy eating culture within the company. The document provides specific actions under each step and argues that small changes to support employee health can significantly benefit a business.
Hyper-niche segments of customers are becoming ever more readily reachable. There are an incredible amount of channels and tools at our disposal to reach any particular target audience, so is it really necessary that life science companies spend their precious marketing and sales resources creating conference exhibits, flying staff around the world, and paying conferences for exhibition booths?
The costs are huge. Previous studies have found that B2B companies spend 20% of their marketing budgets on conferences. At the same time, conferences are ranked very highly for both generating leads and driving awareness and are also broadly viewed to be effective. Considering that lead generation is consistently ranked as the top marketing challenge perhaps conferences are still worth the cost after all.
Are conferences really still worth it? Are we over-investing in them at the expense of higher-ROI opportunities? Or perhaps they’re so effective that we almost can’t spend enough. With input from over 50 life science marketing professionals, these are the questions this study answers.
This document discusses the implementation of a Balanced Scorecard at Monsanto, an agriculture company in Pakistan. The Balanced Scorecard translates Monsanto's mission and strategy into key performance measures across four perspectives: financial, customer, internal processes, and learning and growth. For each perspective, the document outlines strategic objectives and metrics that Monsanto would track. It provides examples of objectives for customers, internal processes, and learning and growth. Overall, the Balanced Scorecard helped Monsanto measure performance, identify areas for improvement, and align the organization with its strategy.
This document discusses the implementation of a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) framework at Monsanto, an agriculture company in Pakistan. The BSC translated Monsanto's mission and strategy into key performance measures across four perspectives: financial, customer, internal processes, and learning and growth. For each perspective, the document outlines strategic objectives and metrics that Monsanto would track. Implementing the BSC helped Monsanto measure performance, identify areas for improvement, and align all levels of the organization behind the company's strategy.
This document discusses the implementation of a Balanced Scorecard at Monsanto, an agriculture company in Pakistan. The Balanced Scorecard translates Monsanto's mission and strategy into key performance measures across four perspectives: financial, customer, internal processes, and learning and growth. For each perspective, the document outlines strategic objectives and metrics that Monsanto would track. Implementing the Balanced Scorecard helped Monsanto measure performance, identify areas for improvement, and align all levels of the organization behind the company's strategy.
Fitbit started as a fitness tracker to encourage personal health but has expanded into a platform that tracks various health and activity metrics through wristbands and apps. It motivates users through social features, challenges, and weekly progress reports. However, Fitbit faces threats from competitors like Jawbone and Apple expanding into the wearables space through potential smartwatch devices.
Fitbit started as a fitness tracker to encourage personal health but has expanded into a platform that tracks various health and activity metrics through wristbands and apps. It motivates users through social features, challenges, and weekly progress reports. However, Fitbit faces threats from competitors expanding into the wearables space like Apple and Jawbone, and will need to continue innovating its products and analytics to stay ahead.
Building Production Ready Search Pipelines with Spark and MilvusZilliz
Spark is the widely used ETL tool for processing, indexing and ingesting data to serving stack for search. Milvus is the production-ready open-source vector database. In this talk we will show how to use Spark to process unstructured data to extract vector representations, and push the vectors to Milvus vector database for search serving.
Your One-Stop Shop for Python Success: Top 10 US Python Development Providersakankshawande
Simplify your search for a reliable Python development partner! This list presents the top 10 trusted US providers offering comprehensive Python development services, ensuring your project's success from conception to completion.
Skybuffer AI: Advanced Conversational and Generative AI Solution on SAP Busin...Tatiana Kojar
Skybuffer AI, built on the robust SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP), is the latest and most advanced version of our AI development, reaffirming our commitment to delivering top-tier AI solutions. Skybuffer AI harnesses all the innovative capabilities of the SAP BTP in the AI domain, from Conversational AI to cutting-edge Generative AI and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). It also helps SAP customers safeguard their investments into SAP Conversational AI and ensure a seamless, one-click transition to SAP Business AI.
With Skybuffer AI, various AI models can be integrated into a single communication channel such as Microsoft Teams. This integration empowers business users with insights drawn from SAP backend systems, enterprise documents, and the expansive knowledge of Generative AI. And the best part of it is that it is all managed through our intuitive no-code Action Server interface, requiring no extensive coding knowledge and making the advanced AI accessible to more users.
Have you ever been confused by the myriad of choices offered by AWS for hosting a website or an API?
Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail, Amplify, S3 (and more!) can each host websites + APIs. But which one should we choose?
Which one is cheapest? Which one is fastest? Which one will scale to meet our needs?
Join me in this session as we dive into each AWS hosting service to determine which one is best for your scenario and explain why!
Freshworks Rethinks NoSQL for Rapid Scaling & Cost-EfficiencyScyllaDB
Freshworks creates AI-boosted business software that helps employees work more efficiently and effectively. Managing data across multiple RDBMS and NoSQL databases was already a challenge at their current scale. To prepare for 10X growth, they knew it was time to rethink their database strategy. Learn how they architected a solution that would simplify scaling while keeping costs under control.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/temporal-event-neural-networks-a-more-efficient-alternative-to-the-transformer-a-presentation-from-brainchip/
Chris Jones, Director of Product Management at BrainChip , presents the “Temporal Event Neural Networks: A More Efficient Alternative to the Transformer” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
The expansion of AI services necessitates enhanced computational capabilities on edge devices. Temporal Event Neural Networks (TENNs), developed by BrainChip, represent a novel and highly efficient state-space network. TENNs demonstrate exceptional proficiency in handling multi-dimensional streaming data, facilitating advancements in object detection, action recognition, speech enhancement and language model/sequence generation. Through the utilization of polynomial-based continuous convolutions, TENNs streamline models, expedite training processes and significantly diminish memory requirements, achieving notable reductions of up to 50x in parameters and 5,000x in energy consumption compared to prevailing methodologies like transformers.
Integration with BrainChip’s Akida neuromorphic hardware IP further enhances TENNs’ capabilities, enabling the realization of highly capable, portable and passively cooled edge devices. This presentation delves into the technical innovations underlying TENNs, presents real-world benchmarks, and elucidates how this cutting-edge approach is positioned to revolutionize edge AI across diverse applications.
zkStudyClub - LatticeFold: A Lattice-based Folding Scheme and its Application...Alex Pruden
Folding is a recent technique for building efficient recursive SNARKs. Several elegant folding protocols have been proposed, such as Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Protostar, and others. However, all of them rely on an additively homomorphic commitment scheme based on discrete log, and are therefore not post-quantum secure. In this work we present LatticeFold, the first lattice-based folding protocol based on the Module SIS problem. This folding protocol naturally leads to an efficient recursive lattice-based SNARK and an efficient PCD scheme. LatticeFold supports folding low-degree relations, such as R1CS, as well as high-degree relations, such as CCS. The key challenge is to construct a secure folding protocol that works with the Ajtai commitment scheme. The difficulty, is ensuring that extracted witnesses are low norm through many rounds of folding. We present a novel technique using the sumcheck protocol to ensure that extracted witnesses are always low norm no matter how many rounds of folding are used. Our evaluation of the final proof system suggests that it is as performant as Hypernova, while providing post-quantum security.
Paper Link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/257
FREE A4 Cyber Security Awareness Posters-Social Engineering part 3Data Hops
Free A4 downloadable and printable Cyber Security, Social Engineering Safety and security Training Posters . Promote security awareness in the home or workplace. Lock them Out From training providers datahops.com
Dandelion Hashtable: beyond billion requests per second on a commodity serverAntonios Katsarakis
This slide deck presents DLHT, a concurrent in-memory hashtable. Despite efforts to optimize hashtables, that go as far as sacrificing core functionality, state-of-the-art designs still incur multiple memory accesses per request and block request processing in three cases. First, most hashtables block while waiting for data to be retrieved from memory. Second, open-addressing designs, which represent the current state-of-the-art, either cannot free index slots on deletes or must block all requests to do so. Third, index resizes block every request until all objects are copied to the new index. Defying folklore wisdom, DLHT forgoes open-addressing and adopts a fully-featured and memory-aware closed-addressing design based on bounded cache-line-chaining. This design offers lock-free index operations and deletes that free slots instantly, (2) completes most requests with a single memory access, (3) utilizes software prefetching to hide memory latencies, and (4) employs a novel non-blocking and parallel resizing. In a commodity server and a memory-resident workload, DLHT surpasses 1.6B requests per second and provides 3.5x (12x) the throughput of the state-of-the-art closed-addressing (open-addressing) resizable hashtable on Gets (Deletes).
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
HCL Notes und Domino Lizenzkostenreduzierung in der Welt von DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-und-domino-lizenzkostenreduzierung-in-der-welt-von-dlau/
DLAU und die Lizenzen nach dem CCB- und CCX-Modell sind für viele in der HCL-Community seit letztem Jahr ein heißes Thema. Als Notes- oder Domino-Kunde haben Sie vielleicht mit unerwartet hohen Benutzerzahlen und Lizenzgebühren zu kämpfen. Sie fragen sich vielleicht, wie diese neue Art der Lizenzierung funktioniert und welchen Nutzen sie Ihnen bringt. Vor allem wollen Sie sicherlich Ihr Budget einhalten und Kosten sparen, wo immer möglich. Das verstehen wir und wir möchten Ihnen dabei helfen!
Wir erklären Ihnen, wie Sie häufige Konfigurationsprobleme lösen können, die dazu führen können, dass mehr Benutzer gezählt werden als nötig, und wie Sie überflüssige oder ungenutzte Konten identifizieren und entfernen können, um Geld zu sparen. Es gibt auch einige Ansätze, die zu unnötigen Ausgaben führen können, z. B. wenn ein Personendokument anstelle eines Mail-Ins für geteilte Mailboxen verwendet wird. Wir zeigen Ihnen solche Fälle und deren Lösungen. Und natürlich erklären wir Ihnen das neue Lizenzmodell.
Nehmen Sie an diesem Webinar teil, bei dem HCL-Ambassador Marc Thomas und Gastredner Franz Walder Ihnen diese neue Welt näherbringen. Es vermittelt Ihnen die Tools und das Know-how, um den Überblick zu bewahren. Sie werden in der Lage sein, Ihre Kosten durch eine optimierte Domino-Konfiguration zu reduzieren und auch in Zukunft gering zu halten.
Diese Themen werden behandelt
- Reduzierung der Lizenzkosten durch Auffinden und Beheben von Fehlkonfigurationen und überflüssigen Konten
- Wie funktionieren CCB- und CCX-Lizenzen wirklich?
- Verstehen des DLAU-Tools und wie man es am besten nutzt
- Tipps für häufige Problembereiche, wie z. B. Team-Postfächer, Funktions-/Testbenutzer usw.
- Praxisbeispiele und Best Practices zum sofortigen Umsetzen
A Comprehensive Guide to DeFi Development Services in 2024Intelisync
DeFi represents a paradigm shift in the financial industry. Instead of relying on traditional, centralized institutions like banks, DeFi leverages blockchain technology to create a decentralized network of financial services. This means that financial transactions can occur directly between parties, without intermediaries, using smart contracts on platforms like Ethereum.
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In summary, DeFi in 2024 is not just a trend; it’s a revolution that democratizes finance, enhances security and transparency, and fosters continuous innovation. As we proceed through this presentation, we'll explore the various components and services of DeFi in detail, shedding light on how they are transforming the financial landscape.
At Intelisync, we specialize in providing comprehensive DeFi development services tailored to meet the unique needs of our clients. From smart contract development to dApp creation and security audits, we ensure that your DeFi project is built with innovation, security, and scalability in mind. Trust Intelisync to guide you through the intricate landscape of decentralized finance and unlock the full potential of blockchain technology.
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Trusted Execution Environment for Decentralized Process MiningLucaBarbaro3
Presentation of the paper "Trusted Execution Environment for Decentralized Process Mining" given during the CAiSE 2024 Conference in Cyprus on June 7, 2024.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
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#1
wearable
globally
64
countries
54,000
stores
53
million
devices
sold to date
Source: 1 IDC Worldwide Wearable Device Tracker, May 2016. 2 As of Q2 2016
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Fitbit
GLOBALLY SEARCHED MORE THAN
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#8th Most Loved Brand Worldwide
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WHAT SETS FITBIT APART
Broad range of
fitness products,
styles, and
price points
CHOICE
Proprietary
technologies and
sleek & stylish
designs with easy-to-
use experience
INNOVATION
Compatible with 200+
iOS, Android &
Windows devices,
plus computers
COMPATIBILITY
Large & growing
community with
motivating social tools
COMMUNITY
We stand
for health
& fitness:
we make
fitness fun
BRAND
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enables all organizations to lead more
engaging and effective wellness programs
with technologies and services.
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GROUP HEALTH ADVANTAGES
ENGAGEMENT
FULFILLMENT
MEASUREMENT
Bring a beloved brand, compelling social
experience and market-leading products to your
company and members.
Leverage the infrastructure and partnerships of a
top consumer technology company for seamless
integration.
Evaluate the effectiveness of your program by using
data to power your decision making and
communications.
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Do corporate wellness the right way
REWARDING
EXPERIENCES
SCALABLE &
MEASURABLE
CONNECTED
COMMUNITY
SELF-MOTIVATED
CHANGE
$62.3B
or 11.3 days resulting
from insomnia's effect on
the average U.S. worker's
productivity.
57%
of employees would
exchange health &
wellness data for reduced
health care premiums.
7 in 10
employees say that health
& wellness programs
positively impact the
culture at work.
of benefits professionals
say they spend a great
deal of their time working to
increase wellness plan
participation.
nearly
Source: Insomnia and the Performance of U.S.
Workers. SLEEP. (2011).
Source: The State of Workplace Productivity.
Cornerstone on Demand. (2014).
Source: The Business of Healthy Employees.
Workforce Management and Virgin Pulse.
(2013).
Source: Inside Benefits Communication
Survey. NBCH and Benz Communications.
(2014).
45%
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2014
15 MILLION
DEVICES SOLD
THRU2015
38 MILLION
DEVICES SOLD
THRU
43 MILLION
TO DATE:
DEVICES SOLD
Introductions
Your name, organization, role
Your experience in gaining executive
approval for wellness
DISCUSSION BREAK
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How to get executive support
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WHY WORKPLACE WELLNESS IS
IMPORTANT
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Reducing costs, improving health
The rising prevalence of chronic diseases is
putting increasing pressure on healthcare
budgets, and countries are looking for ways
to reduce costs while improving health.
Deloitte, Global Health Outlook, 2015
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Wellness spend is on the rise
Businesses have been spending 60% more
per employee on wellness since 2010.
In the U.S., the corporate wellness industry
is expected to be over $9.9 billion in 2019.
Fidelity and NBGH, March 2015
IBIS World, August 2015
60%
$9.9B
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The investment is paying off
HERO reported distinct correlation between comprehensive
wellness programs and better corporate stock
performance.
Health Enhancement Research Organization, 2016
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Programs with Fitbit may deliver a return on investment.
STUDY GOAL
Measure the impact of Fitbit technology
as part of a wellness program
RESULTS
• Two years after the Fitbit program
launched, employees who opted-in
incurred 46% less in health care
costs than their counterparts who
didn’t participate.
• Cost reduction is potentially highest
with less active individuals (average
~6,500 steps / day) – nearly 60%.
TOTAL COSTS: CONTROL GROUP VS. OPT-IN GROUP
$5,637
$5,072
$4,941
$3,830
Employee’s total health care costs average of $1,242 less per
individual than the control group when taking part in the Fitbit program
- $1,242*
Baseline Year 2
Control Group Opt-In Group
* p < .05
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Return on Investment
Tokyo Electron, a semiconductor firm, states that it was able to reduce
its annual claims growth to 5%, down from 11% in 2008.5%
Source: Forbes. “Fitbit’s Game Plan For Making Your Company Healthy” (2016)
Benefits Pro “McKesson Gets 30 Percent Return on Wellness Program” (2015)
McKesson, a healthcare services and information technology company,
saw a 30% ROI for the money it had devoted to its employee wellness
plan.
30%
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Wearable technology
Employees would wear
employer-provided wearables
in exchange for
lower health insurance costs.
PwC, 2014
68%
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Health & wellness data
Employees would exchange
health & wellness data
for reduced health care premiums.
Cornerstone on Demand, 2014
57%
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Participation rates
Generally, corporate wellness programs
show about a 20% participation rate.
Fitbit Wellness sees much higher
participation rates – sometimes over 90%.
Gallup, May 2014
20%
80%
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Considering all the data…
We believe healthier, happier employees are more
productive.
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WHAT DO CEOS THINK?
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Leaders believe wellness is a priority
94%
of CEOs believe a health and wellness program
is essential to attracting top talent.
88%
of CEOs report that their companies already
have a corporate health and wellness program
in place.
2015 Fitbit Wellness Survey of CEOs, companies with 1,000-10,000 employees, n =
200
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The top three problems
28% 23% 21%
Hard to keep
track of data
Low employee
participation
High cost
2015 Fitbit Wellness Survey of CEOs, companies with 1,000-10,000 employees, n =
200
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The top five benefits
53% more engaged
employees
51% increased
employee retention
47% lower healthcare
costs
47% stronger sense of
community
44% fewer sick days
used
2015 Fitbit Wellness Survey of CEOs, companies with 1,000-10,000 employees, n =
200
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2014
15 MILLION
DEVICES SOLD
THRU2015
38 MILLION
DEVICES SOLD
THRU
43 MILLION
TO DATE:
DEVICES SOLD
Objections
What objections have you faced and how
have you overcome them?
DISCUSSION BREAK
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YOU HAVE THE STATS TO CONVINCE
YOUR CEO. NOW WHAT?
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5 tips for working with your CEO
Get to know your CEO
Don’t do it alone
Remember: your CEO is the best spokesperson
Make your program easy to understand
Track and deliver results
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5 tips for working with your CEO
Get to know your CEO
Don’t do it alone
Remember: your CEO is the best spokesperson
Make your program easy to understand
Track and deliver results
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Get to know your CEO
• Find out what motivates your CEO
o Understand their pastimes and passions
• Tap into their competitive streak
o Encourage them to get some skin in the game
• Learn from Houston Methodist
o ‘Beat the CEO’ challenge increased activity levels
90%
Houston Methodist
employees participated
in Fitbit Wellness
16k+
Average steps taken
per day by Houston
Methodist executives
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5 tips for working with your CEO
Get to know your CEO
Don’t do it alone
Remember: your CEO is the best spokesperson
Make your program easy to understand
Track and deliver results
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You don’t have to do it alone…
• Rally a wellness committee
o Empower champions at every level
o Employees motivate other employees
• Incentivize your champions
o Healthy lunch & learns
o Corporate swag
70+
Wellness champions
across various
departments at Emory
University and Emory
Healthcare
4 years
…and growing.
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Fitbit Lives Its Passion (FLIP)
FITBIT STEP
CHALLENGE
ORGANIZED
WALKING BREAKS
WEEKLY FITNESS
NEWSLETTER
SPONSORED RUNS
FOR EMPLOYEES
Teams divided by
organization with our
founders competing
against all other teams.
Charitable donation on
behalf of winning team.
Employees are
encouraged to rep Fitbit
and participate in
sponsored races. From 5k
to full marathons, there is
something for everyone.
Employees stay in the
know thanks to a weekly
newsletter updating
readers on what (free!)
fitness activities are
available in the coming
week.
Fitbitters are encouraged to
take a much needed break
by participating in
organized group walks to
recharge, get some fresh
air, and rack up their steps.
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5 tips for working with your CEO
Get to know your CEO
Don’t do it alone
Remember: your CEO is the best spokesperson
Make your program easy to understand
Track and deliver results
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Make your CEO your best spokesperson
• Your CEO is the voice of the company
o If CEO is on board, others will be too!
• Get a quote for various employee
communications
o Internal memos, flyers, company blog, etc
6
Ways of promoting
wellness-related
content at Atlantic
Packaging
5
Professionally-
produced videos about
their wellness program
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5 tips for working with your CEO
Get to know your CEO
Don’t do it alone
Remember: your CEO is the best spokesperson
Make your program easy to understand
Track and deliver results
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Make sure it’s easy to understand
Provide engaging communication for employees (and CEO)
o Think beyond email (blogs, social media, videos)
o Incorporate your wellness plan into orientation
Push employees, but not too much
o Communicate, but don’t flood their inbox
Maintain momentum
o Host challenges a few times per quarter vs. once per year
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5 tips for working with your CEO
Get to know your CEO
Don’t do it alone
Remember: your CEO is the best spokesperson
Make your program easy to understand
Track and deliver results
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Track and deliver results. Frequently.
• Track engagement/improvements
in understandable way
• If you don’t have immediate
access to data, create your own
• Consistently report to CEO
96%
Surveyed participants at IU
Health said they are
moving more
40%
IU Health participants
decreased their BMI
60%
With diabetes who
decreased their hemoglobin
A1C
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2014
15 MILLION
DEVICES SOLD
THRU2015
38 MILLION
DEVICES SOLD
THRU
43 MILLION
TO DATE:
DEVICES SOLD
Takeaways
What strategies and tactics will you take
back with you to work?
DISCUSSION BREAK
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FITBIT GROUP HEALTH OFFERING
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Fitbit believes…
that staying active,
being well-rested, and
eating healthfully have
a positive impact on
individual productivity,
happiness and health.
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Why Fitbit Works
Power of a market-
leading brand
Enormous network
of loyal users
World-class
ecosystem
Flexible for any
company
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Easy access to
exportable reporting
on activity levels and
program performance.
The Program Management Dashboard
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“Step It Up” at IU Health
• Indiana’s largest and most
comprehensive healthcare system
• Comprised of hospitals, physicians,
allied services and health plans
STEP IT UP CHALLENGE
Fitbit activity-based challenge focused on
increasing activity using Fitbit technology
• Sold 3,000 subsidized trackers in
three hours
• Discounted trackers for family &
friends
WITH FITBIT WELLNESS
• Powerful brand & connected
community
• Easy fulfillment, enrollment, and
operation
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Results: Lifestyle changes
93%
79%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
"I'm going to continue using my Fitbit."
"I'm interested in having more awareness of my
daily achievements."
96%
99%
84%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
"I'm moving more."
"I forsee myself moving more after the challenge
ends."
"The challenge motivated me to be more active
with family and friends."
POST-CHALLENGE RESULTS FROM COMPANY-WIDE SURVEY
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Results: Employee sentiment
“A better sense of
self”
“Taking the stairs more”“I lost 26 pounds in the
challenge!”
“I can really see a
difference in my
motivation to move more”
What changes has the competition motivated in you?
“Eating healthier, exercising regularly,
losing weight”
“I lost 11 pounds and have no
intention of regaining them”
“I’m maintaining increased level of
activity and healthier food choices. This
has become a lifestyle change for me.”
What changes will you sustain as the challenge ends?
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The Million Step Man
Lost 10% of his body weight, normalized his cholesterol numbers, and lowered a borderline A1c number to normal.
10,000 Broviak’s initial daily step goal with the IU Health challenge.
HOW HE GOT HIS START
45,000 The number of steps Broviak walked the first Sunday of June, after
seeing a colleague record an all-time high step count
HOW HE WAS INSPIRED
34,000 Broviak’s average daily step count in June
8 The number of miles Broviak walked every morning at 4am with his
dog, Dexter
1,036,747
The number of steps Broviak took in August 2014.
Despite physical setbacks in July, he was determined to
meet the million step goal.
A CHALLENGE FROM HIS DAUGHTER
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The Million Step Man
Lost 10 percent of his body weight, normalized his cholesterol numbers, and lowered a borderline A1C number to
normal.
10,000 Broviak’s initial daily step goal with the IU Health challenge.
HOW HE GOT HIS START
45,000 The number of steps Broviak walked the first Sunday of June, after
seeing a colleague record an all-time high step count
HOW HE WAS INSPIRED
34,000 Broviak’s average daily step count in June
8 The number of miles Broviak walked every morning at 4am with his
dog, Dexter
1,036,747
The number of steps Broviak took in August 2014.
Despite physical setbacks in July, he was determined to
meet the million step goal.
A CHALLENGE FROM HIS DAUGHTER
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Employee Wellness
HR Executive Roundtable
Wearables in the Workplace
December 6, 2016
Krista Bobo, Sr. Health Education Specialist
Steven Barr, Project Coordinator
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Objectives
• Review strategy of integrating
physical activity into wellbeing
programming.
• Discuss how Fitbit supports
engagement in wellbeing at
Beaumont Health.
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• Supports employees in providing compassionate,
extraordinary care every day.
• Creates “high touch” conditions for employees to thrive
and feel a greater sense of wellbeing
at work.
• Takes a holistic approach to wellbeing,
focusing on six dimensions…
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Re-Launch May, 2016!
As an investment in their health, Beaumont employees are able to
purchase Fitbit activity trackers at a preferred price or discounted
rate through the ‘Bwell with Fitbit’ online storefronts.
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Process to Participate
1. Purchase a tracker, if applicable.
• 1,784 ordered with subsidy
• 176 through F&F storefront
2. Join the ‘Bwell with Fitbit’ group
(voluntarily) for:
• Ongoing inspiration and tips
• Challenge opportunities
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Challenges
with Fitbit Summer Challenge
Go for the
Gold!
Parade Yourself through Thanksgiving
Challenge!
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2016 Challenge Data
Challenge
Total Steps;
Avg/Day
Total in
Group
Total
Participants
Met Goal
Walk to Bwell,
June 4
2,950,526;
9,427
376 311
156 (51%)
(10,000 steps)
Go for the Gold,
August 3-21
69,571,867;
8,617
689 561
288 (51%)
(94 Gold; 79
silver; 115
Bronze)
Parade Yourself
through
Thanksgiving,
November 24
3,339,229;
7,659
836 432
271 (63%)
(5,600 steps)
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2016 Dashboard Data
April 15 – November 30, 2016
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Lessons Learned
• What is going well?
• Quality products
• Customer service
• Low administrative management
• Dashboard capabilities
• Areas for further development:
• Promo code production
• Mobile and non-activity challenges (i.e., sleep)
• Continued engagement
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Employee Experience
• High enthusiasm surrounding Fitbit
• Fitbit supports ‘workplace of choice’
“Since I started using my Fitbit, I’ve been more
active. I began wearing it to track my steps. I kept
wearing it because it works! Wearing the Fitbit and
connecting with others that use it encourages me to
keep moving and working toward completing my
step goal every day. When I’m more active with my
Fitbit I’m encouraged to eat healthier and work out
more as well.”
~ Judi S., Data Analyst
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NETWORKING/Q&A
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THANK YOU.
Editor's Notes
Love Index – Brands people love; Fitbit 8th most loved brand in the world
Accenture Interactive and Fjord
10-point scale across 5 dimensions
Fun: Holds people’s attention in an entertaining way; Netflix, Sony, MicrosoftRelevant: Makes it easy to find clear and customized information; Fitbit, Amazon, GoogleEngaging: Identifies with people’s needs and adapts to their expectations; Apple, Fitbit, AmazonSocial: Helps people to connect with each other; Facebook, Apple, MicrosoftHelpful: Is efficient, easy and adapts over time; Amazon, Netflix, Fitbit
-The Fitbit Wellness Team has over 5 years of experience
-We work with over 70 of the Fortune 500 companies
-We work with any type and size company from SMB to large enterprises….transition to logo slide
We empower wellness leaders with…
- Fitbit Wellness engages your employees as people – incentivizing health and wellness through rewarding experiences.
- Employers can get employees moving through self-motivated change – not coercion.
- Fitbit helps build stronger, connected communities through wellness.
- We work with the world’s leading organizations to develop scalable solutions that provide measurable outcomes.
For today’s discussion, we’ll delve into how to gain executive support.
Executives like numbers; they like research to back up the reasons why. Look at the landscapes of health and corporate wellness for the relevant details.
Chronic diseases are on the rise, healthcare costs are going up – that’s not surprising. As a result, organizations are figuring out how to reduce costs while improving health.
So we see that corporate wellness spend is on the rise.
From article: “After analyzing data from 45 publicly traded companies with top-shelf wellness programs, the Health Enhancement Research Organization found that stocks of those companies appreciated 235 percent over a six-year period compared with 159 percent for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.”
http://www.workforce.com/articles/21905-a-healthy-workforce-a-healthy-bottom-line
Talking points:
Springbuk did a study to determine if wellness programs deliver a return on investment in terms of costs for employees
The analysis shows that after two years, employees who opted in to the wearable program cost on aver- age $1,292 less than employees in the control group.
Total costs for engaged users dropped by 46% over a two-year period, compared to a 14% decrease among non-engaged individuals.
Cost reduction is potentially highest with less active individuals.
Therefore, the conclusion can be drawn that based on the data, wellness programs deliver a cost savings and therefore an ROI towards their bottom line
Two great ROI examples are:
Tokyo Electron, a semiconductor firm. With the help of their Fitbit Wellness program, they were able to reduce their annual claims growth to 5% which is down from 11% in 2008.
McKesson, a healthcare services and information technology company, saw a 30% ROI for the money it had devoted to its employee wellness plan.
One area of wellness that’s growing rapidly is wearable technology. You and your executives may be wondering: but is that even what employees want?
According to PwC, nearly 70% of employees would wear wearables provided by their employers, if they know they can save on health insurance.
Beyond just wearable devices themselves, employees would exchange their health and wellness data for reduced health care premiums.
Historically, corporate wellness programs don’t have high participation rates. A 2014 Gallup poll found that corporate wellness programs see about a 20% participation rate.
As Fitbit Wellness offers devices in addition to software and services, we tend to see much higher participation rates – sometimes over 80% (although these rates vary from company to company).
To pull together all this research: We know that workplace stress may contribute billions in health care expenses. 7 out of 10 employees say that health & wellness programs positively impact the culture at work. Employees are willing to exchange health data to receive a break on health insurance costs. We believe employees want to be healthier and happier. And when you’re healthier and happier, it carries over to everything that you do.
Dare we say… that healthier and happier employees, ultimately, are more productive.
Let’s turn to some newer data that we’ve gathered.
We recently surveyed 200 CEOs at companies with between 1,000 and 10,000 employees to understand the business case for wellness.
Good news – we found CEOs believe in the importance of an effective corporate wellness program. In fact, 94% of them said that a health and wellness program is essential to attracting top talent. And 88% of them report that their companies already have a corporate health and wellness program in place.
Nearly half of the CEOs we surveyed noted that they have updated the elements of their health and wellness program within the last year. But that means more than half admit to not having made changes in a year or longer. So even when company leaders see the benefits of a workplace wellness program, what’s stopping them from updating it?
28% say it’s hard to keep track of data
23% cite low employee participation
21% cite high costs
So, CEOs and executives know it’s important to have a wellness program in place but sometimes these points can make it a little difficult to get them to move forward with adding to a wellness program
And the top 5 benefits that CEOs believe a wellness program provides include…
53% said more engaged employees is a top benefit
51% said increased employee retention
47% said lower healthcare costs
47% said stronger sense of community
44% said fewer sick days used
You may notice that there is no overwhelming percentage for any one benefit – but there’s potential for any of them. Generally speaking, the vote is out there on which benefit specifically is most meaningful. CEOs know the benefits are there, but they just aren’t sure which one is really going to bring home the results.
What are some of the issues you face that prevent you from updating your CW program?
What are some pain points that you have?
It boils down to these five tips – which we have seen to be proven tactics. We’ll walk you through each one.
Find out what motivates them, what excites them. It could be simple as picking up on the fact that your CEO is a long-distance runner. Think: how would you use the information to promote your wellness program internally?
Better yet, tap into their competitive streak. We’ve seen that customers who can get their executives to get some skin in the game, have seen impressive employee engagement. For instance, Houston Methodist, the Texas-based healthcare system, had their departmental CEOs challenge their employees to beat their step count. Average step count to beat? A whopping 16,000 steps per day. This Fitbit Wellness program saw 90% engagement across the Houston Methodist employee population.
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Does anyone here have examples of getting CEOs’ participation?
You don’t have to do it alone and neither does your CEO. You don’t have to be the only person championing for employee health – and your CEO shouldn’t feel obligated to shoulder the responsibility.
Look to your own employees and empower wellness champions at every level. Maybe you can’t hire a wellness staff, but you can rally together a volunteer committee. This gives everyone some skin in the game, it gives your CEO a wellness support system, and this connected community makes the program more fun for everyone. This network of wellness champions will work hard at keeping everyone motivated, and Fitbit’s social platform essentially gives them the megaphone to more effectively do this role.
Incentivize them with healthy lunch and learns, corporate swag, or even continuing education, if you’re able to do so.
At Fitbit, we have an internal organization called FLIP. Members of FLIP are great ambassadors of our wellness program. Some of the many things we’ve done on FLIP are:
Fitbit Step Challenge
Sponsored Runs for employees
Weekly fitness newsletter
Organized walking breaks
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Do you utilize wellness champions already? If so, what are some tactics that have worked?
Do you have any success stories using incentives?
This doesn’t mean you need your CEO to champion your every single move. It’s more about taking evidence of that support and leveraging it across as many different avenues as possible. One of our customers, Atlantic Packaging, has done this well. In fact, they use 6 different content channels for promoting their wellness initiatives to employees and the public. Aside from using internal memos and flyers, they use a blog, video, Facebook and Twitter.
In one of their videos about their wellness program, they featured their CEO. Their CEO also presents the step challenge prizes at company award ceremonies.
Some of our clients, like Atlantic Packaging and communications firm August Jackson have turned the communications piece into a fun, ongoing project. Atlantic Packaging uses social media, their blog, and even professionally produced videos to get their employees and executives excited about the program. For August Jackson, they’ve incorporated their wellness program into orientation – so that employees can get on-boarded right away. To date, all of their new employees have joined the Fitbit Wellness program.
NOTE TO PRESENTER: Consider a brief Q&A break. Suggested questions below…
Are there any examples of employee communications you can share with the group?
Is there anything you’ve tried that has NOT worked for your company?
If you don’t have immediate access to data, create your own. Survey your employees on a regular basis and report this information back to executives. Indiana University Health used survey data to understand how employees perceived changes in their healthy behaviors. Among other stats, 96% of participants believe they’ve been moving more since having joined the Fitbit Wellness program.
Over time, IU Health was able to track more specific health stats. 40% of participants decreased their BMI. 60% of participants who had diabetes decreased their hemoglobin A1C.
Some other data points to consider:
Have employees reported that overall weight has gone down by a certain percent?
Are you measuring HBa1C and finding any good results?
Are employees feeling stronger or more flexible?
Are they taking more steps than they used to?
Pull this information and make sure the executives hear about it. They’ll love seeing the tangible results.
Ask the audience which strategies are most relevant to them and their situation, whether from our presentation, or their fellow participants.
With Fitbit Wellness, wellness leaders can now harness the power of a market-leading brand in their wellness programs
The Fitbit Wellness Solution can be customized to companies of any size, geographic dispersion, culture
Fitbit delivers both trackers that people love and a sticky experience that helps any individual get moving and stay motivated
Fitbit offers an ecosystem of products that helps individuals manage their activity and health from end to end, including activity, weight, sleep, food, and more.
Fitbit Wellness provides wellness leaders a seamless implementation experience, regardless of whether they integrate this with their wellness vendor or not.
The Fitbit Wellness program dashboard is an easy-to-use resource to create and manage step challenges and you can easily report on this information.
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