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Inspiration Speakers

Inspire Your Team with these Top Keynote Speakers 

In an era marked by true adversity, nothing is as imperative to a company's success as inspiration. Emerging from a global pandemic, only to find ourselves on the brink of a recession, has left every industry dealing with change and uncertainty. Now is the time to fall back on our own morale, resilience, and emotional intelligence. And to do so, your team needs to be inspired to find the fight and reach new heights.

Inspiring Motivational Speakers for Your Next Event

Our carefully curated roster of highly acclaimed Inspirational Keynote Speakers holds people from every walk of life who are passionate about helping others find their best version of themselves through inspirational keynote speaking. You'll find championship athletes, business moguls, successful entrepreneurs, adrenaline junkies, mountain climbers, top academics, researchers, and more. Each Inspirational Keynote Speaker brings their own unique perspective to their audience in order to motivate them to overcome any challenge.

The Power of a Personal Story

We understand the profound impact that a powerful story can have on an organization. Bringing in inspirational speakers with compelling life stories and remarkable accomplishments is an investment in your team's motivation and mindset. These speakers share authentic tales of overcoming adversity and achieving success, which resonate deeply and foster a stronger organizational culture. A speaker who has experienced profound personal triumph can ignite passion, boost employee engagement, and inspire innovative thinking across all levels of your company. Whether it's a serial entrepreneur who built an empire from scratch or a leadership authority whose TED talk went viral, their experiences provide actionable insights that drive both personal growth and professional development. Our roster of top motivational speakers offers the perspective your team needs to see challenges as opportunities, directly contributing to enhanced morale and productivity.

The Best Motivational Speakers for Your Corporate Event

National Geographic Explorer and United Nations Speaker Chris Bashinelli brings his extreme worldview to his audiences to inspire them by changing their perspective. He’s traveled the world, from the United States to Lebanon to China and more, to understand the true human connection and what brings us all together. He surveys different cultures and perspectives to help reshape his audiences’ ideas of what is possible, what you can achieve, and how you view your dreams and goals.

Bert Jacobs, ​​Co-Founder and Chief Executive Optimist of Life is Good, launched a t-shirt company out of his van with his brother John when they were fresh out of school. From there, the company took off as a global source of optimism and a positive lifestyle brand. Throughout the years, the Life is Good Kids Foundation took shape and has helped over 120,000 kids daily facing poverty, violence, and illness with the profits from the business. Jacobs attributes this success to his view of life and his ability to always stay positive. He helps his audiences harness this positive worldview for their own success.

Maybe your team is inspired by extreme, action-packed stories. For those vicarious adrenaline junkies, we have speakers like Nicole Malachowski, a pioneering aviator, and the first woman Thunderbird pilot. As a 21-year USAF veteran, combat pilot in Iraq and Kosovo, commander of the F-15E Fighter Squadron, and a White House and Pentagon Fellow and Advisor, Malachowski’s inspirational keynote speeches are chalked full of real-life stories and personal experiences in the military. She pushes her audiences to a better version of themselves by guiding them through change, friction, and adversity.

Allison Massari is an Inspirational Keynote Speaker focused on resilience, change, adversity, and triumph. As a burn survivor herself, she advocates for the patient experience within the healthcare system. Massari applies her ideas for ideal patient care to help organizations transform internally and externally. She also pulls on her past experience to help her audiences find the art of happiness in the face of any adversity.

Alex Sheen is a social entrepreneur, humanitarian, and philanthropist who believes in the value of his word and your word. He’s on a mission to help transform our collective way of thinking about accountability and staying true to our word. Inspired by his own father’s dedication to his promises, he began a nationwide movement called Because I Said I Would that helps teach everyone from youths to corporate leaders the power of their promise.

Whether your team needs someone to speak to their soul with heartfelt stories or get their blood pumping with action-packed experiences, we have an Inspirational Keynote Speaker who can motivate and uplift them. Now more than ever, companies around the world are in need of a morale boost and actionable items to help them overcome adversity and maintain a can-do mood. Move your team to action and inspire them to achieve greatness with a tailored keynote speech from one of our top Inspirational Keynote Speakers.

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Jon Acuff, Motivational Business Speaker

Jon Acuff

  • New York Times Bestselling Author of Soundtracks, Finish & Do Over
  • One of Inc.'s Top 100 Leadership Speakers 
In Person-Fee:

$30,000 - $50,000

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Tennessee

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Mariana Atencio keynote speaker

Mariana Atencio

  • Peabody Award-Winning Journalist & Host/Moderator
  • Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author of Perfectly You: Embracing the Power of Being Real
  • Inspiring Storyteller with one of the top 10 most viewed TEDx talks of all time on authenticity
In Person-Fee:

$20,000 - $30,000

Virtual Fee:

$20,000 - $30,000

Travels From

Florida

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Cam Awesome

Cam Awesome

  • 2-time National Champion Heavyweight Olympic boxer 
  • Former Captain of Team USA Boxing
  • Inspires audiences worldwide with his incredible journey of turning setbacks into triumphs and harnessing the mindset that led him to unprecedented success.
In Person-Fee:

$10,000 - $15,000

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Travels From

Texas

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David Bach, Speaker

David Bach

  • Personal Finance Expert
  • 9x New York Times bestselling author
  • Appeared six times on the Oprah Winfrey Show
In Person-Fee:

$50,000 - $100,000

Virtual Fee:

$30,000 - $50,000

Travels From

New York

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Chris Barez-Brown, Speaker

Chris Barez-Brown

  • Internationally Acclaimed Creativity Guru
  • Founder of business consultancy Upping Your Elvis
  • Author of three bestselling books
In Person-Fee:

$20,000 - $30,000

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Travels From

England

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Joy Bauer Speaker

Joy Bauer

  • Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyle Contributor for NBC’s TODAY show 
  • Nationally Renowned Health Expert,
  • #1 New York Times bestselling author of 14 books
  • Spearheaded “Heart Smart Kids”, a groundbreaking program implemented in underserved communities of Harlem
In Person-Fee:

$20,000 - $30,000

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Travels From

New York

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Kim Becking, speaker

Kim Becking

In Person-Fee:

$15,000 - $20,000

Virtual Fee:

$10,000 - $15,000

Travels From

Missouri

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Lonise Bias, Coaching / Mentoring	Speaker

Lonise Bias

  • Community Centered, Motivational Speaker, Trainer and Consultant
In Person-Fee:

$5,000 - $10,000

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Travels From

Maryland

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Peter Bielagus, Economics speaker

Peter Bielagus

  • Young America's Financial Coach
  • Known as the “Go-To Guy For Young People and Their Money”
  • Author of three books on money management and creator of Youtube personal finance show Money In The Movies
In Person-Fee:

$5,000 - $10,000

Virtual Fee:

$7,500 and Under

Travels From

New Hampshire

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Brooke Billingsley, Cancer Speaker

Brooke Billingsley

  • Expert in Customer Service
  • Cancer Survivor
  • Co-owner and CEO of Perception Strategies, Inc., the nation's largest healthcare mystery shopping company
In Person-Fee:

$5,000 - $10,000

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Travels From

Indiana

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Tom Bilyeu

Tom Bilyeu

  • Co-Founder - Quest Nutrition 
  • Co-Founder and CEO - Impact Theory 
  • Shares insights on entrepreneurship, personal development, and leveraging social media for business success
In Person-Fee:

$50,000 - $100,000

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Travels From

California

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Gary Bradt, Speaker

Gary Bradt

  • Author, clinical psychologist, and leadership consultant
  • Expert on Change Management
  • Encourages adaptation in business and everyday life
In Person-Fee:

$20,000 - $30,000

Virtual Fee:

$15,000 - $20,000

Travels From

North Carolina

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Tony Brigmon, keynote speaker

Tony Brigmon

  • Former Face of Southwest Airlines culture as their official "Ambassador of FUN"
  • One of the 1st to Pioneer the Positive Culture Movement in Corporate America
  • Top 10 Speaker for Meetings & Conventions Magazine
In Person-Fee:

$10,000 - $15,000

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Travels From

Texas

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Ed Brodow, Negotiation Speaker

Ed Brodow

  • Conservative Political Commentator & Dubbed "The King of Negotiators"
  • Bestselling Author of 10 books including: Negotiation Boot Camp: How to Resolve Conflict, Satisfy Customers, and Make Better Deals
  • Emphasizes that you can overcome economic malaise and overtake the competition by using core negotiation skills
In Person-Fee:

$20,000 - $30,000

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Travels From

California

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Bobbi Brown, CEO's Speaker

Bobbi Brown

  • Makeup Artist, Author, Entrepreneur and Founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and Beauty Evolution
In Person-Fee:

$100,000 - $200,000

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Travels From

New York

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Tanya Brown keynote speaker

Tanya Brown

  • Mental Health & Domestic Violence Prevention Advocate
In Person-Fee:

$10,000 - $15,000

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Travels From

California

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Dan Buettner Speaker

Dan Buettner

  • World Renowned Explorer and National Geographic Fellow
  • Founder of the Blue Zones®
  • NYT bestselling author: “The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons from the World’s Happiest People"
In Person-Fee:

$50,000 - $100,000

Virtual Fee:

$50,000 - $100,000

Travels From

Florida

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Augusten Burroughs keynote speaker

Augusten Burroughs

  • Best-Selling Author of “Running with Scissors” and “Dry”
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Travels From

California

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Karl Burrows

Karl Burrows

  • Founder and Managing Director of Hakaworks
  • Business Leader
  • Futurist
  • Sports Personality
In Person-Fee:

$20,000 - $30,000

Virtual Fee:

$10,000 - $15,000

Travels From

New Zealand

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Valorie Burton

Valorie Burton

  • President and CEO of The Coaching and Positive Psychology (CaPP) Institute,
  • Life Strategist and International Speaker in the pioneering field of applied positive psychology
  • Author of 13 books translated into multiple languages, including Let Go of the Guilt, It's About Time, and Successful Women Think Differently
In Person-Fee:

$20,000 - $30,000

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Travels From

Georgia

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