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10 Motivational Speakers to Hire for Your Next Company Event

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Not only can the right motivational speaker invigorate your workforce, but also they can add prestige to your next company event. Nowadays, there are many to choose from from all walks of life. Here's our list of the top 10 motivational speakers.

David Goggins

You often find Navy SEALs going on to be motivational speakers, but David Goggins is no ordinary Navy SEAL. He also graduated from the Army Ranger School and Air Force Tactical Air Controller training, and he's spent 20 years pushing his body to the limits.

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Scott Harrison

Scott Harrison is an engaging storyteller with an inspiring story about how he reinvented charity to provide clean water to more than 8.4 million people worldwide. He's the founder and CEO of charity: water, which has raised upwards of $320 million.

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Tamara McCleary

The founder and CEO of Thulium, a company specializing in digital marketing, is a world-renowned expert on brand identity and online influence. She's also conspicuously female in an otherwise male-dominated field.

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Amanda Kahlow

Amanda Kahlow's ups and downs have made her a formidable authority on machine-learning and predictive intelligence for B2B sales and marketing. She's the Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chairperson of 6sense.

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Leslie Berland

Leslie Berland believes passionately in increasing women's numbers and visibility in tech. She's the CMO and head of HR at Twitter, but she's often giving motivational talks, such as speaking on an all-women panel at the CES alternative event.

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Adelyn Zhou

Artificial intelligence expert Adelyn Zhou is described as one of the 10 people to follow in the bots field. She has spoken at SXSW, Launch Festival, 500 Startups, Harvard Business School, Cornell and elsewhere while also contributing to Wired, VentureBeat and Forbes.

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Tarah Wheeler

Tarah Wheeler has an impressive resume. She's an information security researcher, an entrepreneur, a scientist and an accomplished keynote speaker. She's got some interesting stories too, having made a career out of breaking into things.

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Robin Matlock

With over 25 years of experience in marketing, Robin Matlock has a lot of expertise to share. Since she became Chief Marketing Officer at VMware, she's been instrumental in positioning the mobile cloud company as a global market leader.

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Nicholas Webb

Inventor Nicholas Webb has filed more than 45 patents for his technologies, including medical implants and wearables. He's also the author of several books, including "The Innovation Playbook" and "What Customers Crave."

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Lisa Bodell

Founder and CEO of futurethink, Lisa Bodell is on a number of international company's speed dial. Her simple, straight-talking approach is both inspiring and highly motivating. She's the author of "Why Simple Wins."

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