Announcements

"Art of Appreciation - Life Lessons from a Clown Doctor"

Robyn MacKee

Tuesday 24th November 09

You will learn how to -

 1. Let the pain of life become pain with purpose and use it to motivate you into action and appreciate life.

 2. Taking stock of what’s truly important – it’s not the length of our lives but the spirit and passion with which we live them.

 3. Temperament is a Choice.

 4. Gratitude – the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us to overcome the difficulties in our lives.

    
Now onto something that is truly inspiring, something that will entertain you, delight you and get you thinking.
    
Do you truly appreciate what you have in life?  Have you ever wondered whether a happy disposition helps to sustain your health? Do you lead a life of Choice?
    
Our speaker Robyn MacKee will explain why the Art of Appreciation leads to greater fulfilment and a more passionate life.
    
Robyn is a Clown Doctor with the Humour Foundation who has delighted children, families, & staff in Children’s Hospitals for the past 5 years.
    
Her credentials are born from the University of Life, she has a BA in Abandonment, an Associate Diploma in Disappointment, and achieved an Honours in a Degree in Dramatic living.  She turned things around when she combined performance with heart and became a Clown Doctor and experienced how appreciation and laughter contributes to leading a healthy happy life.
    
Get ready to laugh, get ready to cry, get ready to be inspired, entertained and have your heart touched.  Please make welcome, Robyn MacKee.

About Robyn

For the last four years Robyn MacKee has worked as a Clown doctor in various children's Hospitals in Sydney. Robyn is one of a team of Clown Doctors who are employed by the Humour Foundation to work with sick children, their parents and carers to help minimise and relieve pain and suffering through the healing effects of humour as documented in ‘Gesundheit’ by Patch Adams.  Working from this unique position, Robyn has been given perspective and passion for the art of appreciation and is now embarking on a career as a professional speaker delivering to the corporate world the tools and learnings from the lessons of being a Clown Doctor.  Robyn’s message is inspirational, heart felt and long-lasting. 

Whilst working as a Clown Doctor, Robyn still works part time with her husband Donald in their company Dynamic Entertainment Services as a corporate MC/Host helping to facilitate the uptake of key messages and learnings by delegates at conferences and corporate events. Some of Robyn’s clients that she has presented to include Novo Nordisk, Johnson & Johnson, Harvey World Travel and LG. 

Robyn has a depth of performance and audience communication experience born out of being a director of Kaos Comedy Restaurants in Sydney, where she helped produce and perform in over 16 two hour live comedy shows, which were performed in 3 x 300 seat comedy venues across Sydney over a period of 10 years.
Before Robyn’s time at Kaos she worked as an on-air presenter for the Channel Nine Network as the co-host of the National top rating children’s show, The Cartoon Company.  

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