A truly inspiring story. Until September 12,1991, Darcy Keith's life was pretty normal. A gifted student in actuarial science at Ball State University in Muncie, IN, the attractive, intelligent and popular 22-year-old led an active, normal collegiate life.
Then tragedy struck. She was riding home with four sorority sisters from a function at Morehead State University in Morehead, Ky., when their car was hit from behind by a semi-tractor trailer. The car was crushed completely by an impact so great that the license plate of the semi-tractor was imprinted into its crumpled side panel. Two of Keith's friends in the backseat, where she was also sitting, were killed instantly. Learn how determination and hope kept her alive. Hear about how she became known as the "Miracle Child".
Darcy has been recoginized internationally for her speaking by being selected by ThinkFirst chapters nationally and around the world as the 2006 Global ThinkFirst VIP Speaker of the Year, is being inducted into Global Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals, 2006-07 edition and was selected by Ball State University as Graduate of the Last Decade award winner in 2000, among other honors listed on this website. Darcy is an accomplished speaker and has obtained her Competent Toastmaster (CTM) designation, as well as serving as a charter member of Toastmaster's Talking Heads Club #761 and a member of Beacon Advanced Communicators Toastmasters Club #2259 located in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is also a CLASS graduate (Christian Leaders Authors Speakers Seminar), studying under Florence Litthauer, CSP, CPAE, world-renowned Christian speaker, and attended Christian speaker Carol Kent's "Speak Up with Confidence" speech clinic at the Weslyan Women's Ministry Summit.
She has touched many lives through her work with the Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group since 1994. And through the international program, ThinkFirst, she makes many classroom presentations about her recovery process. She has touched thousands of students by sharing how her life changed in one instant from an unexpected event.
Keith gladly volunteers up to two weeks of her personal vacation time every year to make these appearances. Her main goal in this work is to promote brain injury prevention, especially with teenage audiences, who are especially vulnerable to these injuries.
"It is the obligation of the cured to help others, I believe. We can choose to be the victims of our circumstances,or to decide to accept, grow and learn from our hardships. I chose not to be a victim, and this has made all the difference for me. I hope that it can help others to overcome their challenges in life as well."
Why should you hire this internationally recognized award-winning speaker and author?
You will: Be taught the formula for surviving and thriving in any trial or challenge. Make good choices when things happen that are not in your control. Be happier by getting back and focusing on the basics of life. Understand how to persevere through tough times. Learn how to beat the odds and achieve the unimaginable goals in life. Challenges others to make and strive for higher goals.
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"Turning Quicksand Into Solid Ground" series:
"Survive and Thrive"
"The Miracle Child"
"The Little Decison"
