Announcing the Text4baby Toolkit for Employers: A free addition to your maternity education and benefits communication

From the moment we heard about text4baby—a free, bilingual health education text messaging service for pregnant women and new moms—we were committed! We wanted to join forces in providing critical information to help moms give their babies the best possible start in life. And we loved how text4baby used a common form of technology to achieve this. More

What do Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For do for their Benefits Communication?

Fortune’s list of 100 Best Companies to Work For came out last week, and we are thrilled and honored to have three clients in the top 20!

Many people have asked us, what do our clients do with their benefits communication that helps reinforce being a top 100 company? They follow the best practices that we talk about all the time! More

What employers can do about childhood obesity

Some issues are just too important to ignore—childhood obesity is one of them. Our friend Fran Melmed has been writing about children, the food industry and why employers should care. Read her blog on what employers can do. More

Take one minute to sign petition against PIPA and SOPA

The web is buzzing today about two bills—the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House—that could potentially limit free speech, innovation and compromise Internet security for web users and organizations. This is such an important topic, we’re skipping our normal blog to tell you what you can do. More

Is health care reform comic-worthy? New resources to help with your benefits communication

We love innovative ways to educate. Particularly around hairy concepts like health care reform. Check out two we’ve recently discovered. More

12 blog posts to help you keep your 2012 HR and benefits communications resolutions

Each New Year, we all create a laundry list of new goals to tackle. Everyone desires positive change, but without a game plan, many abandon resolutions short of realizing their goals.

Well—here’s help with your game plan. These are 12 of our favorite blog posts of 2011 to help you reach your 2012 HR and benefits communications resolutions. More

New Year's resolutions = Perfect way to talk up wellness programs

We’re the first to admit it is a little clichéd. But the New Year—with all the promises people make to themselves to live better and be healthier—can be the perfect way to start an ongoing conversation with your employees and their families. Why? Because your wellness programs are your company’s way of helping them meet their health goals for the New Year. Learn how your programs can help support people in the most common resolutions. More

Happy holidays and warm wishes in the new year

Thank you for making 2011 a fantastic year! Happy holidays and best wishes for 2012! More

Three tips to communicate after enrollment

Open enrollment was a challenge. You used every tool you have to get the word out about your benefits programs and meet your goals.

Here’s a thought: Keep doing that.

Before you call us crazy, consider this: The next best communication time period after open enrollment is the start of the plan year. For most companies, that’s January 1.

See our three tips for communicating after enrollment. More

The latest Internet statistics: Health is a top search subject

The latest Internet statistics are out and one thing is clear: People want to find health information online.

The statistics, from Pew Internet study released last month, show that the web is likely the top choice—outside of a physician’s office—for finding medical information, sharing medical stories, reading about others’ experiences and tracking a personalized health program. More

Delayed Implementation: Summary of Benefits and Coverage

The Department of Labor (DOL) announced that the Summary of Benefits Coverage (SBC) will not be required by March 23, 2012, as originally stated in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). A new deadline has not yet been announced. And the DOL has not shared the target timeframe for the final regulations. Read more on our blog about what the SBC is and why it matters. More

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday—because it is about gratitude, family and a shared meal. Somehow, it has avoided the rampant commercialization of every other holiday (although maybe the turkey and cranberry producers don’t think of it as not commercial!).

I have so much to be thankful for, on this holiday and every day. I want to start with a big thank you to all of you—all of our clients, fans, friends and supporters who have helped us create and grow a business that lets me and my team do what we love. I am truly grateful for this privilege, every day. More

Open enrollment and Twitter: Real people, real voices.

One of our favorite things about social media is hearing real people share real feelings in real time. And what better time to hear what people are thinking than right in the middle of open enrollment. Here are just some of the comments we found on Twitter in the last week. More

Introducing @managertip—tweets for people managers and communicators

@managertip is updated frequently with articles, statistics and research on everything from helping new hires get through their first three months to learning how to give and receive feedback. More

Six tips to effectively communicate wellness programs during open enrollment

You can’t just casually slip in a mention about biometric screenings during open enrollment. Those are sensitive topics. Oh, and they also just might change your entire approach to benefits. More

Know your audience: Stats on finances, health, benefits and more

As you put together your open enrollment content, you need to think about your audience—your employees. How much exercise are they doing? Where do they get information? What’s important to them? To help you frame these conversations, here are some important statistics covering health, financial security, benefits and more. More

Getting the most from open enrollment: A roundup of our favorite tips and resources

We’re right in the middle of open enrollment, and it’s not too late—even if you’ve already started enrollment—to have a positive and powerful impact on your employees through effective benefits communication. Grab our favorite open enrollment tips and resources—all in one place. More

Top tweets of September

Between attending Health 2.0 in San Francisco and launching our Facebook page, we’ve spent a lot of time thinking about social media and health technology in general. Our top tweets are all about the latest data and breakthroughs in health technology. And don’t forget to like us on Facebook to download all our free resources! More

Three steps to success

We had a super exciting week. Sunday and Monday I was in Dallas at EBN’s 24th Annual Benefits Forum & Expo, the largest benefits conference in the country. I was honored Monday morning to do the keynote presentation and share our three best practices for benefits communication. Read them on our blog! More

We need one definition of an out-of-pocket limit

Have two minutes to help change the health care system? (Think of it as your good Samaritan duty of the day—because you’re just the person the country needs today!) See our blog to learn how to send an email to get the definition of out-of-pocket limits standardized. More