Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Who is LifeStyles INFOCUS?
Q. Why LSI?
Q. Why "Wellness in the Workplace"?
Q. Why Health and Wellness Events?
Q. Who do we normally work with and how much time do we need to properly plan for an expo?
Q. Who is our typical HOST?
Q. What is a typical expo like?
Q. Who runs the events on the day of?
Q. How are we able to do this for FREE?
Q. Is there a membership fee for our Exhibitors?
Q. Who do I contact for more information or additional questions?
Q. What are the websites to refer to?
Q. Who is LifeStyles INFOCUS?
A. We are a comprehensive Wellness Solution for companies, organizations and communities. We offer FREE onsite Health and Wellness events that are completely customized to the host, FREE onsite educational seminars, company based Well Programs and educational materials as well as customizable screenings for more specific individual needs available at a nominal fee. Although we have been in the industry for over 20 years, LSI has been around for over 3 years and has worked with over 70+ companies and 200+ wellness providers/ practitioners in that time.
Q. Why LSI?
A. We are a multi-dimensional organization designed to integrate into a company's wellness program (or assist them in designing one) and do the work for them at absolutely no cost for 90% of our services. Our goal is to link host companies and organizations with the Wellness Solutions that they need to be able to go beyond the paycheck for their employees without having to create an entire budget to do so. We bring the educational components to each host allowing them to them disseminate such information to their employees through a Corporate Wellness Program. Each health and wellness event is personalized and completely customized to the needs and demographics of the company and their employees. Our events are not cookie cutter. We take extra effort and care to meet and exceed our client's needs and vision of their event by making each one unique and specific..
Q. Why "Wellness in the Workplace"?
A. It is extremely obvious that we spend the majority of our waking hours each day at our place of work - so it is there where we target our efforts. We as a society are time deprived and thus after filling in all time after work with family, friends, errands and more - we have little time left to learn how to become more a balanced and healthy. It is an irony for sure, but who has time to be balanced now a days? Companies are now aggressively taking the initiative to be active in their employees well being. They find that healthier, more balanced individuals, lead to happier, longer term employees. It saves them time, money and retention efforts to offer their employees more comprehensive wellness programs included in their company benefits. That is where we come in.
Q. Why Health and Wellness Events?
A. While educational seminars offer a targeted audience with those individuals interested in a specific topic, not everyone is available to sit through a 30 minute to an hour presentation or is able to devote that much concentrated time during their work day. Face to face onsite events allow wellness professionals to get in front of the same targeted audience and still promote and educate about their products and services. Exhibitors can touch upon many more people in shorter periods (during their lunch hour) - on their time and terms - and gain additional visibility. We encourage attendees to stop by each exhibitor's booth in order to enter into the raffle drawing we do at each event. In addition, all attendees walk away with a giveaway bag of materials from those that attende the event that day. So whether or not they actually spoke to every person that attends, our exhibitors have some form of contact in front of everyone and all attendees can gain insight into services they may not have had the chance to learn about. It is a win win for both sides!
Q. Who do we normally work with and how much time do we need to properly plan for an expo?
A. We typically work with the HR departments and Wellness Program Coordinators. For any event we ask for at least 6-8 weeks lead time to make sure that we can properly fill the booth spaces that we need to make a complete event. Our events run roughly 2-3 hours in length, but this varies from location to location based on number of attendees, number of shifts, etc. If we have the luxury of getting an event scheduled months in advance, that helps us ear mark that date for them and get the word out even earlier.
Q. Who is our typical HOST?
A. We work with companies of all industries that range from 100 employees to 5000 or more but have done events with less. Our typical clients are looking to educate their employees either around their open enrollment time or multiple times throughout the year to encourage healthy living. These are the very proactive employers who know that wellness makes not only bottom line impact, but helps them go beyond the paycheck.
Q. What is a typical event like?
A. A typical event is roughly 20-40 vendors (for 200+ employees), 2-3 hours in
length over the lunch hour and is held on premise - either indoors in a cafeteria or large conference room space or outdoors in a designated parking lot area. We have done events as large as 200 vendors off premise, so it completely depends on the HOST. We tend to see more interest near open enrollment time for a company as they are already looking to bring in their health care providers (either spring or fall with the fall being the more popular time of year). We bring in exhibitors from all health modalities - financial, mental, physical, etc - from chiropractors, to nutritionists, to self defense, to green living and financial planners. Our list is quite comprehensive and there are many modalities to choose from. Companies can customize their events based on the themes that we offer and their current needs and desires.
Q. Who runs the events on the day of?
A. Depending on the size of the venue, the number of employees and the
location in the country, we shall either send individuals from our team to run the event on the day of or work with an onsite Wellness Champion to coach them through doing so.
Q. How are we able to do this for FREE?
A. Our goal is to give you the most comprehensive Wellness Solution possible. We know that your budgets are either small or non-existent and thus you shouldn't have to cut out programs such as this due to lack of funds. We believe that any monies you do have to spend should go to HRAs, Screenings, Educational Materials or Wellness Programs. Our events are sponsored by the exhibitors that participate as they too feel that Workforce Wellness is a necessity and are willing to do so to make your event happen.
Q. Is there a membership fee for our Exhibitors?
A. NO. As it is our mission to make each event unique to the host company we are working with, we do not have our exhibitors pay a membership fee. Rather, they are able to pick and choose which events are a good fit for them and those that our host companies would like to see them at. With membership comes a requirement to guarantee exhibitors a certain number of events. If it is not a fit, we will not force the match. This ensures that all events are NOT the same and that our prescreened exhibitors participate by invitation only.
Q. Who do I contact for more information or additional questions?
A. You can contact us at moc.sucofniselytsefil@ofni or 858.668.CARE (2273)
Q. What are the websites to refer to?
A. www.lifestylesinfocus.com