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GuideSpark Announces Monthly Newsletter Dedicated to Financial Wellness and Benefits Communications topics
April 14, 2010
Today, GuideSpark announced the availability of a monthly newsletter dedicated to Financial Wellness and Benefits Communications topics. This email publication will be dedicated to providing Human Resources professionals with information, tips and best practices for implementing workplace Financial Wellness programs and establishing best-in-class Benefits Communications.
"Over the last two years, HR interest in effective approaches for helping employees understand their workplace benefits and solve their personal financial issues has grown considerably," said John Wolff, Vice President, Business Development. "This newsletter will serve as a platform for sharing what we've learned in a decade of experience helping employees in these areas."
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Financial Wellness and Benefits Communications newsletter
GuideSpark Webcast to Address Value of Employee Financial Wellness for Employers
November 30, 2009
In an upcoming Webcast, financial wellness experts from GuideSpark will discuss the increasing need for employers to address employee financial education and health - and realize a return on investment of over 3:1.
Poor employee financial health is having a negative impact on organizational objectives and productivity. Four out of five employees in financial distress spend time at work dealing with such financial issues – resulting in a 12 to 20 hour drain on productivity – each month.
"The Need for Financial Wellness” webcast is scheduled for Tuesday, December 8 at 11:00 a.m. PST. John Wolff, vice president of business development, will discuss the issues of employee financial health, and ways employers can address this growing problem. Registration for the complementary webcast is at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/438311969... MORE
Poor Employee Financial Health Is Hurting Performance and Organizational Productivity, says GuideSpark
November 11, 2009
Employee financial health issues are negatively impacting key organizational objectives and should be a key priority among employers, advises GuideSpark.
Forward-thinking companies that implement financial wellness initiatives can expect a return on investment of over 3:1, according to recent studies.
In its new white paper, "The Need for Financial Wellness," experts from GuideSpark (formerly ThriveOn) discuss the advantages available to companies that take ownership of the financial health and wellness of their employees... MORE
ThriveOn Changes its Name to GuideSpark
November 10, 2009
ThriveOn has changed its name to GuideSpark, reflecting increasing market applications for its online training beyond its initial financial wellness focus.
GuideSpark echoes the company’s roots in facilitating improved employee financial health and workplace benefits communications. Beyond these core opportunities, GuideSpark enables cost effective Web 2.0 training for many customized applications within corporations and organizations... MORE
GuideSpark Announces Open Enrollment and New Hire Training Modules
August 31, 2009
GuideSpark, Inc. announced two new modules for their online Benefits Learning Center solution, streamlining Open Enrollment communications and New Hire Training.
GuideSpark automates these key yet resource-intensive business processes to free up HR staff, reduce costs and allow employers to realize the full value of their benefits investments.
Each module provides a central online destination to access multimedia benefits education. The Open Enrollment module details benefits changes for the upcoming plan year, offers customized checklists of items to be completed and links to enrollment resources. The New Hire Training module educates new employees about their total compensation package, benefits enrollment procedures and orientation-related topics. Both provide a cost-effective option for using rich, engaging multimedia to educate and communicate with employees on HR topics.
Please see GuideSpark’s New Hire Training and Open Enrollment module demos. MORE
Five Ways to Leverage Web 2.0 to Transform Benefits Communications
July 14, 2009
With studies showing nearly four out of five employers feel their employees do not understand their benefits, a different approach to benefits communication is needed, according to a new white paper by GuideSpark.
In a short time period, Web 2.0 technologies have transformed the way people learn and get information, yet have barely touched benefits communication. Lengthy text documents and static Web pages typify the ways companies attempt to educate their employees on increasingly complex benefit offerings.
Yet should companies care? In a new white paper, "Five Ways to Leverage Web 2.0 to Transform Benefits Communications," GuideSpark experts Keith Kitani and Joseph Larocque discuss how many companies have failed to realize their investments in benefits, and ways they can use Web 2.0 technologies to transform benefits communications.
"Benefits are a critical lever companies use to attract, motivate and retain talented employees. Major studies support this," said Keith Kitani, founder and chief executive officer. "It’s just good business to make sure employees understand their benefits so they make the most advantageous choices for themselves and their companies."
Kitani added that employers relying on ponderous manuals and static Web pages are facing a number of trends that make the approach even more problematic – increasingly distributed workforces, the complexity caused by frequent changing of benefits, and overall, information overload among employees.
The GuideSpark white paper details five key recommendations for using Web 2.0 techniques to create more effective benefits communications. These techniques will provide real return on investment to employers. MORE
GuideSpark Unveils Benefits and Financial Education Web Software
June 17, 2009
GuideSpark, Inc. unveiled its Web-hosted workplace financial education service, a comprehensive approach that helps employees make better use of their organization’s benefits and achieve financial security.
The GuideSpark Benefits and Open Enrollment Learning Center is designed to help employers grappling with how to effectively educate employees on workplace benefits. Engaging multimedia lessons provide in-depth and self-paced information about increasingly complex benefits offerings. GuideSpark provides anytime access to benefits education, and can be customized to support key HR events like open enrollment, new hire training and benefit program changes.
The company’s Financial Wellness Center helps employees avoid pervasive financial distractions that add stress, lower productivity and adversely affect health. GuideSpark experts point out that major employers are beginning to get the message: IBM, Pepsi Bottling Group, and Home Depot have already implemented financial education and planning programs for their employees. MORE
GuideSpark announces integrated Financial Coaching service
February 8, 2009
GuideSpark announced today a new financial coaching service, the latest offering from their Financial Wellness Center solution. Customers of the GuideSpark Financial Wellness Center can now provide employees with online and telephone access to personal financial coaches. These financial coaches have extensive financial backgrounds to help users through a variety of situations, whether it's creating a new financial plan or helping solve an urgent financial issue. This new coaching service extends GuideSpark's comprehensive financial wellness solution beyond education, tools and information to include personalized support for employees. Personalized support is an important step for putting individuals on the path to improved financial health.
The GuideSpark Financial Wellness Center leverages the latest technologies and services to provide corporations and organizations with the most complete financial wellness solution available on the market. Our solution provides employees with a single financial hub for both personal financial planning and employer related planning, including detailed employer benefits education.
GuideSpark's Financial Wellness blog
November 17, 2008
GuideSpark has created the Financial Wellness blog to focus on the current financial issues and trends affecting today's employees, corporations and organizations. This blog will not only provide thoughts and ideas for improving an individual's financial well-being, but will also cover important topics for Human Resource professionals who are tasked with improving the overall wellness and productivity of employees. In the past, corporations and organizations have primarily focused on health and mental wellness, but there has been an increasing trend to address employee financial wellness, which can be a major cause of productivity loss, stress and health issues. The move toward improving employee financial wellness is even more critical in today's difficult economy. The Financial Wellness blog is dedicated to improving the financial health of employees and individuals, please visit regularly for the latest information on this important trend. Visit the Financial Wellness Blog.
GuideSpark announces corporate trial availability
September 8, 2008
GuideSpark announced today that 30-day trials of its online financial wellness solution are now available. Beginning Monday, September 8, interested corporations, governments and organizations have the ability to access GuideSpark's rich online learning experience and comprehensive benefits and financial education library. This free trial offers companies a low risk option for exploring the unique and powerful features of GuideSpark's Software-as-a-Service solution. For information about how to participate in a corporate trial, please contact sales@guidespark.com.
GuideSpark announces solution for integrating employer sponsored and personal financial plans
August 4, 2008
In an industry first, GuideSpark will provide an instructional framework and multimedia education that demonstrates how to integrate compensation and benefits plans with personal financial plans. Our decade long experience meeting with corporate employees has revealed a critical need to break down the silos that exist between company and personal plans to address such issues as when to supplement company provided survivor benefits or how to coordinate workplace stock programs and personal investing activities. GuideSpark's on demand service is the first financial education product to address these core problems, demonstrating to employees how their company provided benefits are coordinated with personal plans to accelerate progress towards financial goals.