Dan MacQueen

Dan MacQueen

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Vancouver , British Columbia

Mindset & Perspective Shifts | Resilience | Overcome Adversity in Change Expert

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MIcCHEK

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Life is fragile the Dan MacQueen Story
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The Resilience Podcast

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Recovery and Resilience interview with Dan MacQueen
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A Little More Good

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Resilience, gratitude and overcoming obstacles with Daniel MacQueen

DAN MACQUEEN BIOGRAPHY

Dan MacQueen is a resilient speaker who’s been there and conquered adversity.  Dan’s life took an unexpected turn when a brain hemorrhage left him unable to walk, talk or even smile. But, instead of giving in, he fought back with determination.  Through months and years of recovery, he discovered powerful strategies for overcoming obstacles and achieving your goals.

Dan MacQueen was a healthy, active 28-year-old who suddenly suffered from severe headaches. After an optometrist’s appointment to find the cause was cut short, he was handed a sealed envelope and told to go directly to hospital. What followed on June 21, 2014 was emergency brain surgery and a massive hemorrhage that shattered the life he knew. He spent weeks in a coma and months in a rehab hospital. What he learned along the way might surprise you: there is nothing like a brain injury to refocus the mind.

Driven by a positive attitude, Dan MacQueen battled to recover and return to a job he loved. He’s grateful for the doctors who saved him and the friends and family who supported him. Now he wants to pay it forward. The tools that helped Dan recover can be used by anyone facing adversity and challenges.

With Dan’s spellbinding storytelling and practical life hacks, he’ll show your team how to shift perspectives and tackle adversity head-on. From boosting morale to reigniting motivation, Dan’s message will leave your team inspired and ready to take on anything. Dan’s message isn’t just about surviving—it’s about thriving. With a blend of humour and heart, he captivates audiences and leaves them motivated to achieve their goals.

Dan MacQueen has appeared on dozens of podcasts and has spoken to businesses, community organizations and to health care and government workers. He’s given speeches at Hootsuite, an international social media management company, to salespeople at Spendesk, a Fintech SaaS company based in London and to rehab patients at the NHS Wolfsen Hospital in London. His audiences were moved and uplifted by Dan’s story and ready to use his practical approaches to triumph over adversity.

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Advocate Q&A episode 2: Dan MacQueen | In our 2nd SameYou Advocate Q&A video series, we are talking with Daniel MacQueen. Dan is a brain injury survivor, SameYou Advocate and an inspirational speaker. In this Q&A, he shares this knowledge around resilience and provides a few tips to motivate other survivors.
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Dan MacQueen Topic Presentations

Resilient Dude Who Speaks About How Mindset and Perspective Shifts Can Overcome Business and Personal Crises

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  • Let Dan show your team the way out through light-hearted, perspective-shifting hacks that will help your team be better than yesterday tomorrow. Sprinkle in some dark-understated humour and you’ve got a keynote they’ll be talking about for some time.

Moonshot Goal Setting—how To Set Audacious Goals and Reach Them

Resilient Mindset. “it Was Not Easy, But It Was Simple.”

Mental Health: How You Can Overcome Your Obstacles By Reframing Them

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Testimonials

If you are looking to motivate your team, I highly recommend contacting Dan. Through his powerful story and authentic vulnerability, Dan inspires people to embrace their own struggles and find the courage to overcome life’s many challenges, big and small. After Dan shared his story on our podcast, we were contacted by listeners, thanking us for having Dan on. His message of hope and perseverance had struck a nerve.

Joe Perkin

News Director
CHEK-TV, Victoria, B.C.

I could not recommend Daniel MacQueen highly enough for any revenue team. It’s funny how much we spend on coaching skillsets for Sales teams and disregard mindset and perspective. An average skill set with a great mindset will get you twice the results of a great skillset with a poor mindset. Dan was able to both share perspective as well as giving our team tips to hold a positive mindset when times get tough! As you’re designing your L&D and enablement strategies for next year – get in touch with Dan!!

Paddy O'Neill

Country Manager
United Kingdom, Spendesk

Dan is a gifted and authentic speaker, who is able to translate the exceptional challenges he has experienced into life lessons we can all benefit from. Dan is able to connect with his audience in a way that is rare. Recommend everyone take any opportunity to witness his story and hear his perspective.

Sherry McRae

Director, Professional Services
Hootsuite

We engaged Dan MacQueen to come speak to our employees about overcoming adversity and mental wellness. Dan was raw and honest and used his personal experiences to send very strong and effective messages on how we can be better every day! Dan was inspirational and he motivated our team to use really simply everyday hacks to become better versions of ourselves. We highly recommend Dan MacQueen as a speaker for your next session.

Marta Jones

Manager of People and Culture
Hollyburn Country Club, West Vancouver

Dan MacQueen, you just knocked it out of the park at our quarterly Equity, Diversity, Inclusion presentation at HealthTech Connex Inc. In our efforts to support diversity, including neurodiversity, we loved hearing and learning from you. The amount of adversity that you’ve overcome since your brain injury is astounding and inspirational! Thanks for the spellbinding storytelling and the practical tips. Highly recommend.

Tanja Yardley

Vice-President
Clinical Innovation, HealthTech Connex Inc, a NeuroHealth technology company

As a guest on our podcast, Dan shared his inspiring story of survival and recovery after suffering a devastating brain hemorrhage. Dan’s unique perspective on life, gained from his experience, provides valuable insights and life hacks that can help anyone facing challenges. His actionable strategies have inspired and motivated audiences to push through their struggles and achieve their goals. We recommend him to anyone seeking to be inspired and empowered.

Jeremie Saunders

Host
SickBoy Podcast

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