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Inspiration

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.

Top Inspiration Keynote Speakers

Alex Banayan

Alex Banayan

Author of the #1 international bestseller The Third Door: The Mindset of Success

Speaker Fee: $30,000 - $50,000
About Alex
ALEX BANAYAN is the youngest bestselling business author in American history. The Third Door chronicles Banayan’s seven-year quest decoding the definitive mindset of growth and success. The book is a #1 international bestseller and has been translated into twenty languages. Over the course of his... Read Full Bio »
Speaker Fee: $30,000 - $50,000
Charles Bolden

Charles Bolden

12th Administrator of NASA (2009-2017)

Speaker Fee: $20,000 - $30,000
About Maj. Gen. Charles
Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden’s journey was both unlikely and a uniquely American one at that. Having failed to secure the endorsement from his home state Congressman and U.S. Senators to attend the U.S. Naval Academy during an era that attempted to deny minorities the... Read Full Bio »
Speaker Fee: $20,000 - $30,000
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Ryan Campbell

Ryan Campbell

What’s Your Pink Cadillac? The Joy-Fueled Roadmap to Building Cultures Where People and Performance Thrive

Speaker Fee: $15,000 - $20,000
About Ryan
Ryan Campbell is one of the world’s leading mental health and resilience keynote speakers. His gripping story of adventure and adversity leaves audiences in laughter, tears, and inspired into action. As a teenager, Ryan became the youngest solo pilot to fly around the world... Read Full Bio »
Speaker Fee: $15,000 - $20,000
Princess Sarah Culberson

Princess Sarah Culberson

Princess of Sierra Leone, Humanitarian, and Educator

Speaker Fee: $20,000 - $30,000
About Sarah
Princess Sarah Culberson has an extraordinary journey that has been featured on CNN, GMA, BBC, and numerous other media outlets. Her story inspired the book she co-wrote, A Princess Found, which is being adapted into a live-action movie with Disney. With over 15 years of... Read Full Bio »
Speaker Fee: $20,000 - $30,000
Managed
Jim Davidson

Jim Davidson

Resilience Expert

Speaker Fee: $15,000 - $20,000
About Jim
Jim Davidson is a resilience expert who has survived not just one epic mountain disaster, but two. From his real-world survival experiences, he distills hard-won lessons about forging the resilience to overcome change, challenge, and uncertainty. While climbing Mount Everest, Jim and his team survived... Read Full Bio »
Speaker Fee: $15,000 - $20,000
Inky Johnson

Inky Johnson

Inspirational Sports Speaker & Author

Speaker Fee: $50,000 - $100,000
About Inky
September 9, 2006. It started as a normal college football game in Neyland Stadium. If anything, the event was an afterthought, dropped into the schedule at the last minute. For Inky Johnson, though, the game changed everything. A routine tackle turned into a life-threatening injury,... Read Full Bio »
Speaker Fee: $50,000 - $100,000
Nataly Kogan

Nataly Kogan

Happiness Expert, Venture Capitalist & Successful Tech Entrepreneur

Speaker Fee: $20,000 - $30,000
About Nataly
Nataly Kogan is a former VC and the founder of Happier, a global technology and learning platform helping individuals and organizations to to realize full potential by adopting scientifically-proven practices that improve their well-being. From her teenage years as a Russian refugee learning English in... Read Full Bio »
Speaker Fee: $20,000 - $30,000
Travis Mills

Travis Mills

Retired U.S. Army Staff Sergeant and Quadruple Amputee

Speaker Fee: $30,000 - $50,000
About Travis
On April 10, 2012, United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills of the 82nd Airborne was critically injured on his third tour of duty in Afghanistan by an IED (improvised explosive device). As a result of the blast, Travis suffered the loss of both... Read Full Bio »
Speaker Fee: $30,000 - $50,000
Managed
Robert O’Neill

Robert O’Neill

Former SEAL Team Six Leader, Naval Special Warfare Development Group

Speaker Fee: $30,000 - $50,000
About Robert
Robert J. O’Neill is one of the most highly decorated combat veterans of our time. He served at SEAL Team Two, SEAL Team Four, and eight years at the legendary SEAL Team Six. Having taken part in and led over 400 combat missions, Rob... Read Full Bio »
Speaker Fee: $30,000 - $50,000
Michelle Poler

Michelle Poler

Co-Founder of Hello Fears, Social Entrepreneur & Creative Director

Speaker Fee: $30,000 - $50,000
About Michelle
Born and raised in Caracas-Venezuela, Michelle Poler is a creative and passionate social entrepreneur, keynote speaker, fear-facer, and branding strategist. She is the Founder of Hello Fears, a social movement that has reached over 70 million people worldwide and has empowered thousands to step outside... Read Full Bio »
Speaker Fee: $30,000 - $50,000
Mel Robbins

Mel Robbins

The Most Trusted Expert in Personal Growth

Speaker Fee: Over $200,000
About Mel
Mel Robbins is the creator and host of the award-winning The Mel Robbins Podcast, one of the most successful podcasts in the world, and a #1 New York Times bestselling author. She has amassed 25 million followers online and is considered the most sought... Read Full Bio »
Speaker Fee: Over $200,000

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.