2019 ISPA CONFERENCE & EXPO
Friday General Seion
HELP ONE, HELP MANY:
Changing the World with Mick Ebeling
“Impossible is a fallacy.
Everything that’s impossible
now is on the trajectory to
being possible.”
— MICK EBELING
dIgItal Pulse exClusIve!
See deborah Szekely present mick Ebeling
with the IsPa alex szekely humanitarian
award by clicking here in the digital
version of Pulse.
A
fter two incredible days of
evolution, iSPa chairman
Garrett mersberger took the
stage for the final General
Session of the 2019 iSPa conference &
expo. he circled back to something
Susan cain said on the first day: that
each of us has a battery or tank that is
filled or drained by what we do. after
this week, said mersberger, “my heart
and tank are full.”
although conference was
wrapping up, mersberger reiterated
that iSPa is a year-round resource,
not just a conference. Benefits like
the member directory, iSPa Job
Bank and the iSPa academy can be
used by iSPa members year-round.
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novEmbEr/dEcEmbEr 2019
2019 overall innovation of the Year
award. the twelve innovate award
winners were honored onstage
before the overall winner, noel
asmar Uniforms, was announced.
The Godmother of Spa
he also highlighted the brand-new
iSPa talent Symposium and resource
Partner Summit next april, offering
an exclusive discount to those
attending the final General Session.
Before leaving the stage,
however, mersberger participated
in the presentation of the annual
iSPa innovate awards, as well as the
next, spa pioneer Deborah Szekely
took the stage for her annual remarks;
this marks the 29th conference at
which she’s spoken. after a standing
ovation, Szekely delivered a poignant,
retrospective speech that celebrated
the passage of time and the growing
impact of wellness. “my life has been a
mosaic of work, family and public
service,” said Szekely, who emphasized
that life grows and evolves organically.