motivational speaker
Paid pep talker
A motivational speaker is someone who gives talks designed to inspire, encourage, or energize an audience.
They typically address conferences, corporate events, or schools, sharing personal stories of overcoming adversity or strategies for success: The company hired a motivational speaker for the sales retreat.
The term sometimes carries a whiff of skepticism about the substance behind the enthusiasm.
- stageRaised performance platform
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- hustle cultureCelebrating relentless career ambition
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- dream bigAspire to greatness
public speaking · storytelling · transformation · success story · comfort zone · persuasion · goal-setting · morning routine · self-confidence · rhetoric · emotional intelligence · Tony Robbins · personal brand · self-help book · microphone · catchphrase · resilience · voice
- communicatorsexplainer, orator, presenter, announcer, broadcaster
- event speakerspanelist, lecturer, workshop leader, moderator, emcee
- persuaderspersuader, orator, orators, speechmaker, speechmakers
- school eventsgraduation, commencement, graduation day, graduation ceremony, kindergarten graduation
- voice professionalsvoice coach, vocal coach, voice actor, voice teacher, speech coach
- conference speakerspanelist, moderator, presenter
motivational speakerdemotivator
Thing that reduces motivation
demoralizer · discourager · pessimist · defeatist · buzzkill
motivational speakerdoomsayer
Predictor of catastrophe
fearmonger · alarmist · nihilist · Eeyore · fatalist
motivational speakercritic
One who judges merit
heckler · drill sergeant · interrogator · therapist · grief counselor