Who are the Best Black Female Motivational Keynote Speakers?  We have a list curated for you!

What is motivation? It’s the force that drives us to excel and achieve our goals. External motivation, such as higher salary or promotions, are often used as tools to motivate employees. Yet, these external rewards rarely keep us motivated for the long term. Internal motivation, on the other hand, comes from within and drives us to continually excel even in the face of the greatest challenges.

If you’re looking for how to spark your own internal motivation, our top black female motivational keynote speakers can help you light the fire. These keynote speakers have overcome the odds and achieved success in multiple arenas: as the first black female combat pilot, as a top Olympic athlete, or successful entrepreneurs.

1) Vernice Flygirl Armour
FlyGirl is a top inspirational speaker, America’s first African-American female combat pilot, and the author of Zero to Breakthrough. You’ll find FlyGirl’s highly contagious energy, moving stories, and gutsy essence will motivate your audience to action.

2) Cassandra Worthy
Cassandra Worthy is a motivational keynote speaker, innovator, and the world’s leading expert on Change Enthusiasm® Cassandra inspires and empowers her audiences so they can shine and overcome any challenge in their life.

3) Jade Simmons
Jade Simmons is a rockstar concert pianist and a powerhouse motivational performer. She delivers stunning mainstage presentations that combine virtuoso performance and riveting storytelling to speak to the hearts, minds, and goals of a company’s most valuable resource…its people.

4) Wema Hoover
Wema Hoover is a motivational speaker and currently the Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Google. Wema is an engaging and inspirational keynote speaker that moves audiences to action on DE&I topics.

5) Natalie Nixon
Dr. Natalie Nixon is a motivational speaker focusing on creativity and leadership. As president and founder of Figure 8 Thinking, LLC., she advises leaders and teams on unique approaches to transformation, while leveraging creativity as an innovation resource to rapidly achieve business goals.

6) Kimberly Bryant
Kimberly Bryant is a top diversity keynote speaker, creator of Black Girls Code, and 2015 Apple Stem Partner. She shares with her audience how she became an accidental entrepreneur and what drove her to succeed.

7) Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Yassmin inspires audiences as one of the 2020 LinkedIn Changemakers. She is a globally sought-after advisor on issues of social justice and has travelled to over 24 countries across five continents, speaking to governments, civil society and corporates on inclusive leadership, tackling bias and achieving substantive change.

8) Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Jackie is an Olympic Gold medalist and was voted the Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century by Sports Illustrated for Women. She inspires audiences on her long journey to Olympic Gold.

9) Butterscotch
Butterscotch, a top empowerment speaker and vocal percussionist virtuosa, who uses her powerful voice to defy gender and music social constructs. She shares her story of how she overcame overt biases and emotional tax to become crowned the world’s first female beatbox champion.