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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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Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Speaker

Yassmin Abdel-Magied

  • Founder and Chair of an organisation based in Australia, Youth Without Borders
  • 2015 Queensland Young Australian of the Year
  • Named Australia’s most influential Young Woman and engineer
In Person-Fee:

$20,000 - $30,000

Virtual Fee:

$10,000 - $15,000

Travels From

United Kingdom

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Isabel Aguilera, Speaker

Isabel Aguilera

  • Former President of General Electric, Spain and Portugal
  • Former Managing Director of Google, Spain and Portugal
  • Top 50 Most Influence Speakers
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Travels From

Spain

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Carlos Alvarado Quesada, keynote speaker

Carlos Alvarado Quesada

  • 48th President of the Republic of Costa Rica
  • Widely praised for his innovative approach to sustainable energy
In Person-Fee:

$20,000 - $30,000

Virtual Fee:

$15,000 - $20,000

Travels From

Costa Rica

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Scott Amyx, speaker

Scott Amyx

  • Managing Partner at Astor Perkins
  • Voted the Most Influential Leader in Smart Cities and IoT and awarded the 50 Most Impactful Smart Cities Leaders by World CSR Congress
  • Tribeca Disruptor Foundation Fellow, presented in collaboration by the Tribeca Film Festival and Harvard Business School
  • Singularity University/ Smart City Accelerator Mentor
In Person-Fee:

$20,000 - $30,000

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Travels From

New York

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Chris Bashinelli Speaker

Chris Bashinelli

  • Expert on “Trust” & National Geographic Explorer who Teaches a Revolutionary Framework for Forging Lifelong Connections with Colleagues and Clients
  • United Nations Emcee & Interactive Speaker who delivers High-energy, Customized Keynotes that equip Top Performers to better lead their teams
  • Actor from “The Sopranos” (HBO) who brings audiences on a Global Adventure, coupled with Stunning Video Footage and Thought-Provoking Exercises
  • TV Host & Entrepreneur who Inspires Audiences to Action through Experiential Learning with Clear, Practical Takeaways
In Person-Fee:

$15,000 - $20,000

Virtual Fee:

$15,000 - $20,000

Travels From

New York

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Stacie Berdan

Stacie Berdan

  • Consultant and Expert on Women and International Careers
In Person-Fee:

$5,000 - $10,000

Virtual Fee:

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Travels From

Connecticut

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Lisa Bodell Speaker

Lisa Bodell

  • Futurist And Founder Of FutureThink – The World’s Largest Source Of Simplification & Innovation
  • 2x Bestselling Author: Why Simple Wins And Kill The Company
  • Helps Companies Elevate Performance While Also Improving 'The People Metrics'
In Person-Fee:

$30,000 - $50,000

Virtual Fee:

$30,000 - $50,000

Travels From

New York

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Anthony Bourke, Speaker

Anthony Bourke

  • Founder & CEO, Mach 2 Consulting
  • Decorated Fighter Pilot and Award-Winning Business Leader
  • Combines technical knowledge and business expertise to drive results
In Person-Fee:

$20,000 - $30,000

Virtual Fee:

$10,000 - $15,000

Travels From

Utah

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Richard Branson Speaker

Richard Branson

  • Founder and President, Virgin Group
  • Global Entrepreneur, Adventurer and Philanthropist
  • Holds the records for the fastest ever Atlantic Ocean crossing, a series of hot air balloon journeys and kitesurfing across the Channel
In Person-Fee:

Over $200,000

Virtual Fee:

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Travels From

California

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Adam Braun keynote speaker

Adam Braun

  • Renowned Leadership & Innovation Speaker
  • 3X Award-Winning Entrepreneur, New York Times Bestseller
  • Business Insider 40 Under 40, Wired's 50 People Who Will Change the World
  • Authentic, Powerful Storyteller With Actionable Lessons
In Person-Fee:

$20,000 - $30,000

Virtual Fee:

$10,000 - $15,000

Travels From

New York

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Kevin Briggs, Speaker

Kevin Briggs

  • "Guardian of the Golden Gate"
  • Former California Highway Patrol Officer
  • 2013 recipient of the ASIS International Outstanding Officer Award, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Public Service Award, Heroes Award, given by the Northern California Association of Public Safety Communications Officials International
In Person-Fee:

$10,000 - $15,000

Virtual Fee:

$7,500 - $10,000

Travels From

California

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Harry Broadman

Harry Broadman

  • CEO and Managing Partner of Proa Global Partners LLC
  • Former U.S. Assistant Trade Representative & Chief of Staff, President’s Council of Economic Advisors
  • Author of Three Best-Selling Books on Foreign Policy & the Global Economy

 

In Person-Fee:

$20,000 - $30,000

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Travels From

District of Columbia

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Gregg Brown, keynote speaker

Gregg Brown

  • Award Winning Thought Leader on and Building Future Ready Cultures, Change and the Future of Work
In Person-Fee:

$10,000 - $15,000

Virtual Fee:

$10,000 - $15,000

Travels From

Canada

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Nicholas Burns, Global Leadership Speaker

Nicholas Burns

  • Former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • Former U.S. Ambassador to Greece and NATO
  • Former White House Special Assistant and Current Harvard Professor
In Person-Fee:

$20,000 - $30,000

Virtual Fee:

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Travels From

Massachusetts

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Daniel Burrus keynote speaker

Daniel Burrus

  • Global Technology Futurist, Business Strategist, Bestselling Author, and Disruptive Innovation Expert
In Person-Fee:

$30,000 - $50,000

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Travels From

Wisconsin

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Steve Cadigan Speaker

Steve Cadigan

  • First Ever CHRO at LinkedIn
  • Founder of Cadigan Talent Ventures
  • Future of Work Thought Leader  
In Person-Fee:

$20,000 - $30,000

Virtual Fee:

$15,000 - $20,000

Travels From

California

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Susan Cain

Susan Cain

  • Bestselling Author, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
  • Lecturer and Expert on Leadership and Innovation
  • TED Talk has been viewed over 30 million times
  • Her latest masterpiece, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole, debuted #1 on the NYT Bestsellers List
In Person-Fee:

$50,000 - $100,000

Virtual Fee:

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Travels From

New York

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Ram Charan Speakers

Ram Charan

  • World-Renowned Business Advisor
  • Execution Expert
  • Best Selling Author
In Person-Fee:

$30,000 - $50,000

Virtual Fee:

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Travels From

Texas

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Geoff Colvin, Speaker

Geoff Colvin

  • Fortune Senior Editor-At-Large.
  • Reports for Fortune on the Infotech Revolution, Leadership, Business Strategy, Global Business, Government Regulation, Competition, The Economy, Worker/Workforce Issues, and Related Topics.
  • Author of Three Bestselling Books – Humans Are UnderratedTalent Is Overrated, and The Upside Of The Downturn.
  • Since 1995, Host of Regular Business Insights on The CBS Radio Network with 7 Million Listeners.
  • Unpacks What Top Leaders Are Thinking, Seeing, and Doing to Win in Spite of Relentless Technological, Competitive, Economic, and Workplace Change.
In Person-Fee:

$20,000 - $30,000

Virtual Fee:

$20,000 - $30,000

Travels From

Connecticut

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Amy Cuddy, Coaching / Mentoring Speaker

Amy Cuddy

  • Social Psychologist, Award-Winning Harvard Lecturer, and Bestselling Author
  • "Trust is the conduit of influence; it's the medium through which ideas travel."
In Person-Fee:

$50,000 - $100,000

Virtual Fee:

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Travels From

California

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