Feb 6, 2023
Top 10 Graduation Keynote Speakers
Over 2 million students graduate from college every year. It’s a special occasion that deserves the best keynote speaker. A great commencement speech can make the day memorable and moving while a poor one can ruin the moment.
If you’re looking for an inspiring speaker to make your graduation special, BigSpeak Speakers Bureau works with the Top 10 Graduation Keynote speakers. These graduation keynote speakers are cultural icons, athletes, and bestselling authors who can deliver a powerful and motivational graduation speech. They will inspire your graduates to overcome challenges and make a better world.
1) Molly Bloom
Molly Bloom is an inspirational speaker whose personal story was portrayed in the Oscar-nominated movie Molly’s Game. She overcame back surgery to become one of the top 3 women mogul skiers in the U.S., then moved to L.A. with nothing and built up the most successful underground poker game in Hollywood only to lose it. Audiences will be treated to valuable life lessons as they learn how she came back each time life knocked her down.
Before “Woz” became a cultural icon as the co-founder of Apple computer, he was just another engineer working from his garage in Silicon Valley. Be inspired by how Woz and Steve Jobs helped make Apple a worldwide phenomenon. Woz’s past commencement speeches have focused on continued learning throughout life and also in trusting your independent, innovative ideas.
Known as FlyGirl, Vernice Armour went from cop to combat pilot in 3 years. Within months of earning her wings, FlyGirl found herself flying over the deserts of Iraq supporting the men and women on the ground. From the moment she steps on stage, she shows audiences how to acknowledge the obstacles in life without giving them power and how to create a plan to win on the battlefield of life.
4) Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall is a scientist and UN messenger of peace. In her graduation talk “Making a Difference,” Jane will discuss the current threats facing the planet and reasons for hope in these complex times. She shows how everyone in the audience can do their part to make a positive difference every day.
5) Tan Le
Tan Le is an inspirational keynote speaker, technology entrepreneur, author, and founder and CEO of EMOTIV. She inspires audiences with her personal story of immigrating to Australia from Vietnam and developing a brainwear device that helped a paraplegic man drive a car with thoughts alone.
6) Ben Nemtin
Ben Nemtin is a top inspirational keynote speaker and author of the #1 New York Times bestselling book What Do You Want To Do Before You Die? Ben tells his story of overcoming depression to make the life he wanted. Graduates will come away from the ceremony learning how to set and achieve their own bucket list goals
7) Shawn Achor
Shawn Achor is a top motivational speaker, happiness researcher, and bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage. His happiness research has been featured on one of the most popular TED talks. What better way to start life after graduation than armed with the tools to have a happy life?
8) Alex Banayan
Alex Banayan is a self-starter who is also the youngest bestselling business author in American history. In his talk, Alex recounts his seven-year quest to uncover the definitive mindset of exponential growth and success, which he published in his book The Third Door.
Christopher Gardner is the inspiration for the movie The Pursuit of Happyness, and a top inspirational speaker, entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. Christopher shares his story of overcoming adverse circumstances in the early 1980s that left him homeless in San Francisco, before reaching the top of the financial industry.
10) Chaunté Lowe
Chaunté Lowe is an inspirational keynote speaker, 4-time Olympian, 3-Time World Championship medalist, and breast cancer survivor. She has been in high demand ever since she decided to train for the Tokyo 2021 Olympics while going through chemotherapy and a double mastectomy. Her story shows graduates the power of resilience through life’s challenges.
To bring one of these Top 10 Graduation Keynote Speakers or other graduation and commencement speakers to your event, contact BigSpeak at info@BigSpeak.com.
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