Show Program - GES

Spa & Salon Owners
Let’s Talk Business!
ESI proudly presents Let’s Talk Business, a series
of interactive workshops specifically developed for
owners and operators of establishments dedicated
to beauty and wellness. Led by top rated experts in
their field, these 2-hour sessions provide you with
a unique opportunity to increase and refine your
management skills.
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The “Vision Board”
Sunday 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Room 205-B
In this two-hour hands-on session, we are going to create
a visual picture. Here is the great news: we may have temporarily
forgotten who we are, but our natural power, beauty
and talent still lies deep within. Ultimately, we must discover
and live our inner truth. The time comes when we must listen
to our natural instincts and claim our heart’s desire. The freedom
to be yourself, your life, relationships and business endeavours
will soar after this session. Please bring two or three
old magazines to this session.
Buying, Selling,
and Investing in Spas
Sunday 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Room 205-B
This lively presentation will help you better understand – and
maximize – the value of your current or potential spa business.
Is a spa considered a good investment How can you increase
the return of your spa business investment How much does a
spa cost to open How much can you sell your spa business for
Skip Williams will provide answers to all these questions, and
provide insight on how you can better plan for success when
opening or buying a spa. He will take you through the pitfalls
that plague many spas and prevent them from realizing their
full potential. He will help you figure out how to maximize
your “exit strategy” for higher returns on your spa business
investment.
LET’S TALK BUSINESS!
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YOUR EXPERT
LORI RAUDNASK
Lori Raudnask, author of Persistence Pays –
How Getting What You Want Is Easier Than You
Think, is a professional speaker who has devoted
her life to teaching thousands of people that
through persistence they can have anything they want. Yes – she
means everything!
Lori is a successful entrepreneur in her own right and has been
training companies and individuals around the world for the past
several years. She has traveled to such countries as Canada, the
United States, Australia, South Africa, Mexico, Columbia and Singapore
to train people and speak. Skillfully blending her 11 years of
“corporate world” along with 22 years of professional sales experience
where her team generated over 100 million in sales, Lori Raudnask
is able to connect with audiences immediately. Her unique
coaching style draws the audience into an exhilarating session of
information that makes sense. Participants leave with a blueprint
that is used to go back to the “business of business”, the results are
strategies for professional and personal growth that actually work.
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YOUR EXPERT
SKIP WILLIAMS
Skip Williams, author of The Reluctant Spa Director
and the Mission Dream and recent recipient
of the coveted “Spa Person of the Year”
award, is a recognized speaker and author in
the spa arena, with over fifteen years of experience in the management,
financial development and operational fields, for the spa and
hospitality industry as spa director, controller and business project
consultant. He brings his previous years of analytical business
experience in a broad variety of manufacturing, retail and service
businesses to studying resort spas, day spas, medical spas, wellness
centres, and salons: their profitability, how they operate, and
what makes them successful.
Williams has been involved in the development of well over 500
spas throughout the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean working with
owners, planners, operators and potential owners. His approach is
to study, analyze, educate, implement and cultivate both small and
large-scale projects.