Refreshing Benefits

Your voice in creating a better experience.

By The Refresh You Staff Category: Refreshing Benefits, Refreshing Stories

The folks over at Dean Clinic have a cool program called “Dean Listens.” Long story short: It’s an interactive online way to quickly gather meaningful opinions about things at Dean Clinic. You DON’T have to be a Dean Clinic patient or have Dean Health Plan insurance to participate — it’s open to everyone.

Unlike traditional (and awful) online survey research, it’s not page after page of boring surveys with thousands of check boxes. It’s way better than that. We saw the survey interface, and it’s kind of (dare we say it) fun.

So why would you want to do this? Simple. It’s a way for you to provide direct feedback about various aspects of health care and Dean Clinic. Short and sweet. Right to the point. Dean, in turn, uses your confidential feedback and makes system-wide improvements and upgrades for the benefit of everyone.

They even throw in some chances to win cool Amazon.com gift cards and charitable donations in your name.

Here’s the link to get started with Dean Listens.

A Night with Chef Rod: A recap of the fun, complete with recipes and photos.

By The Refresh You Staff Category: Refreshing Benefits, Gallery

What a wonderful time at the Mansion Hill Inn! A big thank-you to all our guests, Chef Rod, Brava Magazine, the Mansion Hill Inn staff, the Refresh You service line pros from Comprehensive Weight Management, Davis Duehr Dean Optical, Davis Duehr Dean Refractive Surgery, the Dean Aesthetic Surgery Center and Essentials Skin Care.

As promised, here are the awesome Chef Rod recipes from our Mansion Hill Inn event.

And by all means, don’t miss the dazzling photos.

We hope you and your guests had a wonderful time!

Refresh You contests are the little prize in the Cracker Jack box of life. Except our prizes rock.

By The Refresh You Staff Category: Refreshing Benefits

It’s November 1, and as soon as we can drag our Marketing Director out of a meeting, someone’s about to win Refresh You member Kim Gregson just won a professional makeover, a professional makeover for a friend, and $600 worth of makeup to split. Nice, huh. Yep, another Refresh You contest has come to an end, and more are on the way.

Are you seeing a pattern of cool contests here?

Dig, if you will, the picture:

Last time, it was a health club-caliber bathroom scale. Before that it was a tandem bike. Before that it was two subscriptions to organic fruits and veggies. And who can forget the two $5,000 makeovers we gave away? (Certainly, Stephanie and Aaron can’t.)

So now it’s November, and what better way to bring a slice of joy to this otherwise dreary month than to roll out a brand new three brand-new contest contests.

Contest #1: Win dinner for two at Harvest in Madison.

Contest #2: Win an eyeglasses makeover and a complete pair of fashion-awesome glasses from Davis Duehr Dean.

Contest #3: Win a You and a Girlfriend Makeover with a Couple of Tickets to Something Way Cool. (The ink is still wet on this one, but trust us, you’ll love it.)

So keep checking back for new contests! You need to be a Refresh You member to enter, but that’s totally easy because it’s totally free. Just click on “Join” in the upper right corner. See it up there?

And don’t forget about new stories, new information and new events. Here’s an idea: Bookmark www.deanrefreshyou.com and make it easy on yourself to check back a few times a week. Deal?

[Private note to Amy in Chicago: Just back off, OK? Look, this is a Wisconsin thing, and the border is closed. No soup for you! You want in on the whole Refresh You contest thing? Fine. Move here.]

POLL: How often do you get new glasses?

By The Refresh You Staff Category: Refreshing Benefits, Eyes

Remember: YOU have the power to prevent eyewear fashion tragedies like this.

Late spring is almost here, and that means the coolest new eyewear styles and hippest new frames are about to hit the market.

So glasses wearers, it’s time to speak up: Are you a slave to fashion trends and design? Do you update your look every few years? Do you still rock a pair from the early days of the Clinton Administration? Tell us below!