Meg Soper is a keynote motivational humourist who combines the skills of a premiere stand-up comic with hands-on experience in health care to provide inspirational entertainment for her audiences. She delivers a unique package of humorous anecdotes and stress busting strategies for everyday living, based on her life as a stand-up comic, operating room nurse and mother of two teenagers.

A veteran stand-up performer, Meg got her start in comedy clubs across Canada, and over the years performed with many leading comedy acts including Ray Romano and Ellen Degeneres. Her diverse content has been shaped by her experiences as a staff nurse and later as an operating room nurse in major urban teaching hospitals and regional health care facilities.

Meg's emergence as a leading workplace motivational humourist was inspired by her ability to make people laugh. She saw how laughter could alter attitudes and help people cope in difficult situations. It was out of the pressure packed environment of the hospital operating room and balancing two careers that Meg came to realize that humour offered one of the most effective means for dealing with stress and difficult situations.

In 1999 together with close friend Ann Morrison, she co- founded Comic Vision, an annual national five city comedy tour that raises funds and awareness for the Foundation Fighting Blindness. The idea was inspired by Ann's son, who is the same age as Meg's son, and was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a degenerative disease of the retina. Comic Vision has gone on to raise over a 1.5 million dollars and is evidence that humour can make a difference.

In 2006 Meg co-authored the book, Expert Women Who Speak ... Speak Out (volume 6), a collaborative work of women professional speakers, trainers, and coaches. Meg has appeared on the CBC Television network, Women's Television network and Prime TV, as well as being featured in many radio and comedy festivals.

Meg's central message is this: it all comes down to choices. There is always a choice about how you do your work, even if there is not a choice about the work itself. You choose the attitude you bring with you to work or life. That attitude dictates whether any given day will be good or bad. How you react to a situation is totally up to you. If you have the ability to step back from a situation and see the humour in it, you quickly realize that life can be less stressful. Humour melts stress!

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