Pink25 Keynote Announcement – Diana Nyad, ‘Find a Way’

Pink News Editor | April 15, 2024 Pink25

It wasn’t a goal for the faint-hearted. It took an epic feat of endurance and human will.

Imagine a grueling 53-hour, 111-mile continuous swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida, across jellyfish- and shark-infested ocean waters – without using a shark cage – and doing this at 64 years old.

Diana Nyad did more than imagine it. She set a world record and became the first person to achieve her lifelong dream – 35 years after her first attempt.

She initially undertook this goal at the age of 28 when she was at the height of her championship long-distance swimming career; but, due to ocean conditions, was forced to give up partway. Although not swimming another stroke for 30 years, Diana "got the itch to chase her big dream" again at the age of 60.

Four years and four attempts later – 35 years after her first try – Diana Nyad achieved what has been termed the Mount Everest of swims and that she describes as her "Holy Grail". As she stumbled across the Key West beach to the finish line on September 2, 2013, Diana said three things:

  1. Never, ever give up
  2. You’re never too old to chase your dreams
  3. It looks like a solitary sport, but it’s a team

Diana’s spirited account of what it takes to face one’s fear, engage one’s passion, and never give up is described in her memoir, Find a Way: The Inspiring Story of One Woman's Pursuit of a Lifelong Dream.  And another exciting tidbit is that actresses Annette Bening and Jodie Foster were nominated for Oscars for their performance in the 2023 movie, Nyad – a film profiling Diana Nyad’s epic swim.  Check it out here.

Galvanize your team to never give up by attending Pink25, the 28th Annual International IT Service Management Conference and Exhibition being held February 2-5, 2025, at the Bellagio, Las Vegas and listen, first-hand, to Diana Nyad’s keynote address about her incredibly inspiring journey.

Pink has the undisputed reputation for developing an unsurpassed lineup of speakers and meaningful subject matter at our annual conferences. Pink25’s sessions include in-depth and up-to-date knowledge, as well as practical guidance on everything ITSM, Lean IT, Agile Scrum, DevOps, business relationship management, organizational change management, and much more. There are still ten months to go until the event but many speakers and content-rich sessions are already confirmed! For more details, click here.

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  • $200 off conference pass
  • 4 FREE hotel room nights
  • One FREE live, virtual course

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