WA motivational speaker is a speaker who makes speeches intended to motivate or inspire an audience. Such speakers may attempt to challenge or transform their audiences. The speech itself is popularly known as a pep talk.
WAron Karl Riggert Anderson is a Swedish adventurer, motivational speaker and athlete. Anderson was the first wheelchair user to summit Sweden's highest mountain, Kebnekaise, and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
WBuck Angel is an American pornographic film actor, producer, sex educator, and motivational speaker. He is the founder of the media production company Buck Angel Entertainment. A transsexual man, he received the 2007 AVN Award as Transsexual Performer of the Year; he now works as an advocate, educator, lecturer, and writer. Angel served on the Board of Directors of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation from 2010 to 2016; the foundation works to affirm sexual freedom as a fundamental human right through advocacy and education.
WTariq Al Barwani is a motivational speaker in Oman who is best known for creating projects in information technology and delivering presentations that help develop people and organizations. He has created radio and TV programs in partnership with Oman government's Ministry of Information that supported talents interviews and has also created a knowledge sharing platform called Knowledge Oman that provides free seminars, workshops and training.
WNick Bontis is a Canadian academic, management consultant, professional keynote speaker, sports management executive and author. His research focuses on intellectual capital, knowledge management and organizational learning. Bontis is Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Chair of Strategic Management at the DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is also the Director of the Institute for Intellectual Capital Research a management consulting firm and research think-tank that specializes in conducting human capital diagnostic assessments for corporate and government clients. He is also Associate Editor of the Journal of Intellectual Capital and Chief Knowledge Officer of Knexa Solutions, the world's first knowledge exchange auction.
WHal Elrod is an American author, keynote speaker and success coach. He is the author of the bestselling book The Miracle Morning, The Miracle Equation, founder of the Miracle Morning book series and the host of the Achieve Your Goals podcast. In 1999, he was involved in a serious automobile accident which he later recovered from. He was born in Camarillo, California.
WYosseph "Yossi" Ghinsberg is an Israeli adventurer, author, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and motivational speaker, now based in Byron Bay, Australia. Ghinsberg is most known for his survival story when he was stranded in an uncharted part of the Bolivian Amazon jungle for three weeks in 1981. Ghinsberg's survival story was enacted in the 2017 psychological thriller Jungle, starring Daniel Radcliffe as Yossi Ghinsberg. Ghinsberg's story was also featured in the documentary series I Shouldn't Be Alive on Discovery Channel.
WUbong King was a business consultant, security expert and motivational speaker. King was the president of the Ubong King Foundation, a non-profit, non-governmental organisation targeted at training young people towards leadership. He was also the convener of the biggest youth empowerment conference in Africa, Thinkation. Prior to his foray into full-time youth development and mentorship, Ubong King worked as the Chief Executive Officer, Protection Plus Securities Limited.
WRobert J. O'Neill is a former United States Navy SEAL (1996–2012) and former Fox News contributor. After participating in May 2011's Operation Neptune Spear with SEAL Team Six, O'Neill was the subject of controversy for claiming to be the sole individual to kill Osama bin Laden.
WValerie Biden Owens is an American political strategist, campaign manager and former educator. She is the younger sister of Joe Biden, the current president of the United States. U.S. President Barack Obama nominated her as advisor to the United Nations 71st General Assembly.
WHelen Pickett is an American choreographer for stage and creator of dance for film. Described as “one of the few prominent women in ballet today,” Pickett uses a choreographic style that examines the vast possibility of human potential, focusing on the many ways intimacy is generated between human beings, with emphasis on the sensory system, and emotional and physical trust.
WRyan Swain is an English television and radio presenter, DJ, motivational speaker, philantrophist, comedian, skateboarder and artist. He was born in Malton, North Yorkshire, England.
WPita Nikolas Taufatofua is a Tongan athlete in taekwondo and cross-country skiing. He is also a UNICEF ambassador and motivational speaker and lives in Brisbane, Australia.