What to Look for When Hiring a Motivational Speaker

Posted by joelpenton on December 11th, 2014

Keeping people motivated is an important aspect of personal development and this is true regardless of how mature or young your setting might be. Whether it is a school assembly or a corporate talk you are preparing for, you need a qualified and skilled motivational speaker with the right words to lift your audience's spirits up. Great motivational speakers are not content with just inspiring and melting the hearts of an audience. They want them motivated to make changes in their own lives by using outstanding content and making sure that their delivery leaves an impact. When looking for a motivational speaker for any type of audience, here are some general things that you should look for to make sure the person you will hire will leave a lasting effect on his listeners:

• Results-oriented – Find a motivational speaker that is concerned about making a speech that will motivate the group to take action instead of merely delivering a carefully structured narration of a personal success story. A deeper message should be evident because it is the speaker's job to be a catalyst for change that will help the listeners create their own success story and be motivated to achieve their own goals.

• Added value – To many professional motivational speakers, speaking is actually the easy part. Their challenge lies within creating substance beyond their talk. Choose a motivational speaker that is eager to make lasting changes by creating unique after-event strategies that will guarantee that the effects of their motivational speech are not thrown to the back burner only a few days after the assembly. Find a speaker with tried and tested ways to keep the listener's fire and momentum going long after the microphones and the lights are turned off.

• Flexibility – There are 2 kinds of motivational speakers—those that give at least 100 presentations  and speeches a year, each delivered in a unique way and those that deliver the same presentation a hundred times. Choose the first. A speaker that delivers the same material over and over may not be the best choice for your group, especially when he doesn't even take time to tailor the speech for the practical needs of the audience. Choose a speaker that offers variety and has the flexibility that comes with a passion to truly affect change to his unique listeners.

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