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Welcome to "Five Minutes With...," the monthly podcast show brought to you by Employee Benefit News. Each month, you'll find four new podcasts to correspond with articles in the issue.
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Current Episodes:
Pub Date: Apr 27, 2008
Adoption benefits with Rita Soronen of the Dave Thomas Foundation
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Rita Soronen, the executive director of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, talks about workplace trends in adoption benefits and why employers should offer them.


Pub Date: Apr 27, 2008
How to recession-proof your business with Ed Kaplan of Segal
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Employee Benefit Adviser's Editor in Chief brings us today's episode of "Five Minutes With..."
Pub Date: Apr 25, 2008
Paul Keckley gets tough on the U.S. health care system
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Dr. Paul Keckley, executive director of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, has some harsh words for the American health care system.
Pub Date: Apr 25, 2008
How to get your total rewards package in tip-top shape
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Chris Ellis, senior vice president at Sibson Consulting talks about trends and best practices in total compensation and total rewards.
Pub Date: Apr 15, 2008
Karen Kerrigan talks about innovative work/life programs
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Karen Kerrigan, CEO of We-Inc., answers questions about a recent podcast highlighting three companies with innovative work/life programs.
Pub Date: Apr 15, 2008
Michael Vittoria discusses
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Innovative health care programs and reaching out to employees via communications and branding strategies helped Sperian lower their health care costs. Hear their story.
Pub Date: Apr 15, 2008
Retirement in prime time: Ian Sheridan talks about PBS' new televised retirement special
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Ian Sheridan, vice president and chief marketing officer for the retirement services division of MassMutual, talks about "Retirement Revolution”, a PBS two-part documentary that explores the financial challenges baby boomers face in retirement.
Pub Date: Mar 27, 2008
Mark Gow discusses how to talk benefits with the C-suite
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Mark Gow is the HR director of IAP Worldwide Services in Cape Canaveral, Fla. He talks about the best ways to speak to senior executives about benefit costs.
Pub Date: Mar 27, 2008
Predictive modeling 101 with Dr. Russell Robbins
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Associate Editor Chris Silva gets a crash course in predictive modeling with Dr. Russell Robbins, Principal and Clinical Consultant at Mercer.
Pub Date: Mar 27, 2008
To telework or not to telework: Cindy Auten of the National Telework Exchange speaks out
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Cindy Auten, general manager of Telework Exchange, talks about educating non-teleworkers on telework programs in light of new research suggesting that the programs might have an adverse effect on workers who remain in the office.
Pub Date: Mar 27, 2008
Benefits: should you stay or should you go?
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Editor in Chief Kelley Butler shares thoughts on whether or not employers should continue to sponsor benefit plans.
Pub Date: Mar 14, 2008
Jed Jacobson of Delta Dental discusses the importance of Oral Cancer screenings
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Jed Jacobson of Delta Dental talks to employers about why they should encourage oral cancer screenings. He also discusses why employers should be concerned about early detection of the disease.