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Motivational
speakers are persons engaged in public speaking who help motivate others with
their knowledge and real-life stories in public setting such as sales seminars
and corporate meetings. Many are
well-known figures such as retired athletes and movie and TV actors while others
are persons who have received little public attention early in their lives but
have been raised by events to the status of war hero or other heroic figure such
as a firefighter involved in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks
or the 1995 Oklahoma City federal building bombing. Often,
"inspirational" material is included in such presentations, usually
of somewhat generic "spirituality" but occasionally an overtly Christian
message. The best-known parody of
this occupation in North America in recent years was that performed as a recurring
sketch comedy character on Saturday Night Live by the late Chris Farley . <<back |