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Tracey Conway Fee Range: $4,000 - $9,500 Speaker's Home Base: WA Emmy Award-winning actress Tracey Conway literally dropped dead in the middle of filming her television sketch-comedy show. Paramedics got her heart beating again. Her miraculous recovery combined with a comedienne’s point of view creates a poignant yet laugh-out-loud message of inspiration for women to take control of their health. Uniquely poised to address heart disease; our nation’s number one health threat, Tracey’s presentations inspire both belly laughs and tears, as she relates the circumstances and details of her deadly cardiac event and subsequent recovery at age 38. Fans frequently greet Tracey shouting, “Hey! You’re the ‘Worst Girlfriend in the World!’” She earned that nickname playing a notorious femme fatale character on her half-hour comedy, “Almost Live!” Now, however, she’s more likely to hear she’s the “Drop Dead Gorgeous” woman, as she candidly tells the story of the night she died on stage, from a fatal heart arrhythmia. Question #24 on the Seattle Fire Department's Medical Incident Report, filed by responding EMT's, asks "Patient Condition On Arrival?" and provides only two Reponses: 1.) Alive and 2.) Dead. On Tracey's form there is a big circle around option number two. It's official. She is one of the less than seven percent of Sudden Cardiac Arrest victims to be successfully resuscitated out of hospital with full brain function. Further, Tracey is a young, non-smoking, active female. Not at all the typical image of someone who would drop dead from heart problems. An Emmy award-winning actress and featured guest on “Oprah,” Tracey appeared on the TV sketch comedy “Almost Live!” for ten years, which aired throughout the Pacific Northwest and on cable network Comedy Central. The popular show earned over a hundred regional Emmys and ten prestigious Iris awards, the highest honor bestowed to local programming. Tracey’s performing credits include live theatre as well as appearing on HBO and film. She earned BFA and MFA degrees with honors in Theatre, from the University of New Mexico and the University of Southern California. An internationally acclaimed speaker with engagements from Boise to Budapest, Tracey is also an author whose most recent work is the lead story in “Chicken Soup for the Soul, Healthy Living: HEART DISEASE.” Sought after for her effervescent yet educated presence, she was selected to serve as a panelist on Second Opinion, the national PBS series that shows how doctors navigate their way through tough medical decisions in a way you’ve never seen before. Tracey is active in community programs in her home city of Seattle that support heart disease research and education, emergency medical services, and pet-partner therapy animals. She serves on the board of Seattle’s Hope Heart Institute and is a professional member of the National Speakers Association. Tracey shares her home with the “most beautiful dog in America,” her Siberian Husky, Lulu. Let her tell-it-like-it-is, best-pal style give your audience their wake-up call! Preview demo DVD available. Please ask. Most Popular Program: Drop Dead Gorgeous A Heart Disease Survivor’s Story Tracey Conway is "drop dead funny." Literally. Doubt it? You won't after hearing about the night this young woman's heart stopped beating and she collapsed on the set of her television sketch-comedy show from sudden-death cardiac arrest. Talk about a scene stealer! Conway's presentation inspires both belly laughs and tears as she relates the circumstances and details of her deadly cardiac event and subsequent recovery at age 38. Bringing a lifetime of performing experience to her dynamic presentations, she combines humor and education with the poignant observations of a young woman who has experienced clinical death first-hand, and "returned" to amuse and inspire. Conway is passionate, funny, entertaining – and above all, memorable. Let her tell-it-like-it-is, best-pal style give your audience their wake-up call! This keynote is devoted to galvanizing audiences to reassess their life and health priorities. Programs for Health Professionals and Nurses: Healing the Broken Heart Forging the Bond Between Patient and Caregiver This presentation often is a follow-up or breakout session to accompany Tracey Conway’s popular Drop Dead Gorgeous! keynote speech. It delves more deeply into the emotional aftermath of a life-changing health event. Depression, both mild and severe, is a common consequence following major heart surgery as is a new perception of what the mending body and spirit will withstand. Though Conway enjoyed an amazingly swift physical recovery, she was surprised to find herself in need of both counseling and drug therapy within a year of her sudden death cardiac arrest. Exploring ways to heal emotional and mental damage is a large part of the chronic patient's path to recovery. In "Healing the Broken Heart," Conway shares her experience as a person now living and thriving with a serious "pre-existing condition" and her methods of coping with a variety of challenges, fears and frustrations. Drawing on her hallmark humor, she addresses the misconceptions of how heart disease does and doesn't affect the way survivors can be fully contributing members of society, adapting to healthy change, facing economic challenges due to an altered medical status and embracing life as fully as possible. In particular, she covers the importance of building a team approach to working with the caregivers on one’s medical team, and finding ways to make these interactions both productive and personally fulfilling for all concerned. Ideal audiences: physicians, nurses and caregivers related to working with patients with chronic health conditions. "Lights!...Camera!...SUCtion!!" A Crash-Cart Course in "Me Doctor, You Patient" Skills For Doctors, Nurses and all Health Practitioners Humor is known to be an effective ice-breaker, so why not use it to crack the nut of developing communication skills and interaction in healthcare settings – between patients, doctors, nurses, and everyone involved in patient care. Tracey Conway, a sudden cardiac arrest survivor has some experience as a patient – she’s had 4 ICD devices implanted. She’s an even more experienced sketch comedy writer and Emmy winning actor. Tracey’s taken this expertise and, through experiential learning, helps people see themselves and their communications skills through the lens of humor (while never discounting the serious nature of the work). This is Saturday Night Live on surgical steroids, where people learn and remember what they learn. After all, the surgical team’s workplace is called the Operating Theatre! This is an opportunity for Oscar-worthy performances, without the drama. Watch out, George Clooney, there's a new Dr. McDreamy in town. Tracey Conway offers expertise in: Heart Health, Humor, Mother-Daughter Programs, Womens Health Tracey Conway is a good fit for: Association Keynote, Heart Health Events, Spouse Program, Keynote Womens Event, Community Health Education, Nursing Education |
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The fee categories listed on this website are intended to serve as guidelines. Fees vary based on many factors and may change without notice. The exact fee for your event may be above or below the stated range. Fees are generally for keynote speeches up to 90 minutes in the Continental U.S. and are exclusive of travel expenses. Read more...