Motivational speaking

A motivational speaker or inspirational speaker is a speaker who makes speeches intended to motivate and/or inspire an audience. In a business context, they are employed to communicate company strategy with clarity and help employees to see the future in a positive light and inspire workers to pull together.^[1]

There are similarities between motivational speakers and inspirational speakers, and someone could be labeled as both simultaneously, but they are not necessarily interchangeable. One subtle difference is that inspirational speakers often deliver a "warm, encouraging message, sometimes based on a story of overcoming great obstacles", with a desired outcome of enlivening or exalting emotion. In contrast, motivational speakers may deliver a presentation that is more energetic in nature, with a desired outcome of moving attendees to action.^[2]

See also

• Speaking fee
• Life coaching
• Self-help
• Public speaking
• Keynote
• Commencement speech
• Matt Foley

References

1. ^ "Advice & FAQs about speakers", Speakers Corner
2. ^ Motivational speakers, The Speakers Group. Retrieved 3/21/09.

External links

• "The Art and Business of Motivational Speaking", Inc. Magazine January 2011
• Pinsker, Sanford, "Was Ralph Waldo Emerson Our First Motivational Speaker?", Virginia Quarterly Review, Summer 2001
• "Motivational Speaker Bureau", Parliament Speakers