HR Life and Work Connections connects University of Arizona employees with the resources, education, and support to focus on their total health: physical, mental, emotional, and social. Foster a culture of well-being in your office by including these presentations in a meeting or a department retreat.
A Great Place to Start
These two presentations offer a great refresher for those already familiar with HR Life and Work Connections and a great introduction to those less familiar with us.
Life & Work Connections Overview
How to Earn up to $200 with HIP
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Available Workshop Topics/Titles
| Title | Description | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Life & Work Connections Overview | Take advantage of the tools and resources provided by Life and Work Connections to enhance your total well-being - at work and at home. | 20-30 minutes |
| How to Earn to up $200 with the Health Impact Program (HIP) | Learn about the State-run Health Impact Program (HIP) – how to navigate and use the portal, and start collecting points for participating in health and wellness activities. Log your steps, see the dentist, get your annual wellness exam and see the points add up. Collect enough and receive up to a $200 incentive. | 20 minutes |
| Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training | QPR stands for question, persuade, and refer – three simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Just as people trained in CPR help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Each year, thousands of Americans like you are saying "yes" to saving the life of a friend, colleague, family member, or neighbor. | 90 or 120 minutes |
| Title | Description | Length |
|---|---|---|
| How to Earn to up $200 with the Health Impact Program (HIP) | Learn about the State-run Health Impact Program (HIP) – how to navigate and use the portal, and start collecting points for participating in health and wellness activities. Log your steps, see the dentist, get your annual wellness exam and see the points add up. Collect enough and receive up to a $200 incentive. | 30 minutes |
| Movement Efficiency in the Workplace | This workshop will help participants learn exercises to perform on their own to help increase mobility and gain an understanding of techniques to improve movement efficiencies. | 15 minutes |
| Title | Description | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Loving Your Heart So It Loves You Back | Learn the risk factors of heart disease and how early detection through regular health screenings can help to prevent or mitigate disease, including knowing and tracking your essential health numbers: blood pressure and cholesterol. | 45 minutes |
| The Sweet Control to Prevent High Blood Sugar | Type 2 diabetes is largely preventable. Learn the risk factors of diabetes and how early detection through regular health screenings can help to prevent or mitigate disease, including knowing and tracking your essential health numbers: blood sugar and weight. | 45 minutes |
| Not Your Parents' High Blood Pressure | You can keep your blood pressure in a healthy range! Learn the risk factors of high blood pressure and how to detect it early through regular health screenings, including knowing and tracking your essential health numbers: blood pressure, cholesterol, and weight. | 45 minutes |
| Weight is More than Just a Number | We'll talk about the best way to maintain a healthy weight: know and track your essential health numbers: weight, cholesterol, and blood sugar, and talk about lifestyle changes that can have a positive impact on your health. | 45 minutes |
| Title | Description | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Social-Emotional Learning at Home | Children develop social-emotional skills through interactions with family members, caregivers, and peers. Explore ways to support your child’s social and emotional learning. | 15 minutes |
| Kicking Caregiver Guilt to the Curb | When you're balancing caregiving - whether for a child or an adult - and managing your career, it's natural--and normal--to feel guilt at some point. This workshop will share strategies to turn your guilt into positive feelings. This workshop has two options: a 30-minute version (lecture/q&a based) and a 60-minute version that includes hands-on activities. | 60 minutes |
| Making Connections through Storytelling | As we communicate more and more in virtual ways, learn how to connect in a deeper way through storytelling. Understand the benefits of telling stories and take away creative ways to record and share your storytelling moments. | 30 minutes |
| Are You Kidding Me? When Caring Meets Laughter | This presentation demonstrates how laughter can be one of the most effective tools for anyone caring for a loved one. Learn how humor helps caregivers take a break from stress, feel better, and find moments of joy even during tough times. Discover why laughter is good for your body and mind, and get practical tips for using humor in healthy ways. | 45 minutes |
| Title | Description | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Improving Time Management Skills | Does it feel like there are not enough hours in the day to manage work, school, and home life? Good planning can help you maximize your week and feel accomplished in all your roles. | 30 minutes |
| Managers & Team Success | A teams' success depends greatly on the relationship and dynamics between managers and their staff and is often tied to their well-being at work. Assess how you are fostering a culture of wellness for yourself and your staff. | 60 minutes |
| The Power of Play to Transform the Everyday | We've been led to believe that work and play don't mix. But that's not true! Creative play in the workplace adds benefits well beyond just having fun, such as re-energizing creativity, building trust amongst teammates, and establishing a renewed sense of purpose. Take a play break with this workshop and learn how you can add intentional play breaks in your workday. This workshop has two options: a 15-minute version (lecture/q&a based) and a 30-minute version that includes hands-on activities.) | 30 minutes |
| Getting Started with LinkedIn Learning & EDGE | Are you wondering how to promote professional development for your full benefits-eligible employees? Learn more about how to activate a LinkedIn Learning account through EDGE Learning, along with ways to search for content to focus on professional or personal development throughout the year! While the standard time length of the presentation is 30 minutes, the presentation can be individually customized for each group to be anywhere from 10-90 minutes, depending on the needs and learning outcomes of the group. | 30 minutes |
| Age: The Forgotten Piece | Today's workplace integrates five different generations. Having a multigenerational team provides multiple benefits that are ignored. Stereotypes and biases are not uncommon challenges because age diversity is not openly discussed. Learn how to become an effective team and maximize the possibilities a multigenerational can provide. | 30 minutes |
| Beyond the Policies: Promoting a Family-Friendly Culture at Workplace | Policies alone do not guarantee a family-friendly workplace. Learn how to promote a psychological safe environment that creates the needed culture so employees feel safe to use the benefits. | 30 minutes |
| Our Workplace: Age Foe or Age Friendly? Reframing Ageism | This interactive workshop explores how aging and ageism impact everyone professionally. This presentation examines stereotypes while uncovering evidence-based realities about multigenerational workplaces. Learn to recognize age-related prejudice, dispel myths, and transform challenges into opportunities to create an inclusive, age-friendly environment where all generations thrive together. | 30 minutes |
| Bridging Caregiver & Career: Mutual Understanding and Shared Success | This workshop explores family caregiving and workplace responsibilities. Participants will gain insight into the challenges working caregivers face while discovering the valuable work-related skills they develop in managing complex care situations. The session highlights support resources and practical strategies for creating a workplace culture where caregiving conversations are welcome, flexibility is offered, and the mutual benefits of support for both employees and the university are recognized. | 45 minutes |
| Vendor | Description | Link to Catalogue |
|---|---|---|
| CAPTRUST | CAPTRUST is a retirement plan advisory firm that provides investment advice.. Employees who need help navigating their retirement benefits and other financial priorities (e.g., budgeting, debt, credit, college savings) can rely on CAPTRUST’s participant advice program. CAPTRUST is available to provide access to professional, unbiased advice. They will help guide you through the decision-making process and provide you with individual advice such as to how much you need to save, how to invest your retirement assets | CAPTRUST Catalogue (PDF) |
TIAA Financial Planners
| It's essential that you start now and stay invested for your future. Taking smart financial steps today may help lead you to a solid financial future after you’ve stopped working. TIAA can also help you work through federal repayment plans and loan forgiveness programs. | TIAA Catalogue (PDF) |
| Fidelity Investments | Fidelity Investments help you make better decisions with easy-to-use tools and straightforward insights from experienced professionals. From strategy to analysis, our calculators and tools help you plan, evaluate, and track your finances so you’re always in the know. | Coming Soon |
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Presentation Guidelines
Presentation Request Time Frames: We ask that presentation requests be made as soon as possible, ideally, with 30-days’ notice. Requests made outside of this time frame will be accommodated as staffing allows.
Length: Our presentations vary in length from 15 - 60 minutes. Please indicate if you have a preferred presentation length.
Anticipated Attendance: Our goal is to provide engaging, informative, and activity-driven presentations. Please estimate attendance so we can prepare the best presentation depending on the size of your group.
Modality: Please indicate your desired format (digital (live online), in-person, on-demand, TBD), and if in-person include your building and room number under “location” in the request form. On-demand refers to recorded presentations.
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Have questions about these resources?
Connect with the Life & Work Connections Team
Phone: 520-621-2493
Email: lifework@arizona.edu
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