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"Shaping Minds One Speech at a Time"
Colleges and Universities value the future of their students’ lives. At GBS, our famous university speakers deliver an informative and productive message that persuades students to follow a positive career path most suitable for them. Whether you are looking for a speaker for graduation, a panel discussion, or a full day event, Great Black Speakers can accommodate you. Below are a few of the most famous and top motivational speakers that have a passion to enlighten the youth about the benefits that an education can bring.
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 Les Brown
- Author, "Live Your Dreams," "It's Not Over Until You Win," and "Up Thoughts for Down Times"Price Range: $25,000 - $50,000 Categories: Motivation, Empowerment, Goal Setting, Life Balance, Communication, Sales A renowned speaker, author, and TV personality, Les Brown has risen to national prominence by delivering a high energy message that tells people how to shake off mediocrity and live up to their greatness. Les has electrified audiences from Fortune 500 companies to inner-city youth with the message of his own life and the struggles he has overcome. Born a twin in low-income section of Miami, Florida, Les and his twin brother, Wes, were adopted at six weeks of age by Miss Mamie Brown, a single woman who had very little education and financial means, but a very big heart. As a child, his inattention to school work, his restless energy, and the failure of his teachers to recognize his real potential, resulted in his being mislabeled as a educably mentally retarded. This stigma stayed with him, damaging his self-esteem to such an extent that it took him years to overcome this obstacle. Les has had no formal education after high school, but with persistence and determination, he has initiated and continued a process of unending self-education that has distinguished him as an authority on human potential. Read More... |
 Keith Harrell
- The world's top corporations choose Keith Harrell to deliver motivational speaking.Price Range: $25,000 Categories: Motivation, Leadership, Change, Attitude Keith Harrell has personally experienced failure and success in the game of life. He was born in Seattle, Washington where, throughout his formative years, he aspired to become a professional basketball player. Keith pursued his dream with great tenacity, achieving All-American status in high school and being selected as the Most Valuable Player of the state championship team. In college he was the captain of the basketball team for three of four years and averaged more than sixteen points per game in his senior year. It was during this time he learned the importance of a positive attitude, improving performance, teamwork and the art of competition on and off the court. Today Keith is known across "Corporate America" for his energetic, innovative presentations. Keith Harrell is a dynamic performance coach who specializes in changing behaviors through a positive attitude. The Wall Street Journal refers to Keith as "A Star With Attitude" and states: "What sets him apart from less successful speakers is driving ambition and an attitude that refuses to flag." Though he gave up on his boyhood dream of playing for the NBA, this one-of-a-kind presenter can show you how to play with your Natural Born Ability and motivate you to keep slam-dunking everyday. One of the country's leading lecture agencies has placed Keith on its list of "22 Guaranteed Standing Ovations!" Read More...
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 Earvin "Magic" Johnson -
NBA Legend and CEO of Magic Johnson EnterprisesPrice Range: Call for Quote Categories: Sports/Athletics, Motivation, Success Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers as the number one pick in the 1979 NBA Draft, "Magic" went on to become one of the most talented and recognizable players in the history of basketball. His uncanny vision of the floor and magnificent passing ability dazzled both opponents and fans alike. While with the Lakers, "Magic" won five NBA championships (1980, '82, '85, '87, '88,), and he was selected three times as the NBA Most Valuable Player (1987, '89, '90). Magic was named the first-ever rookie NBA Finals MVP in 1980 and won the award two more times in 1982 and '87. Read More... |
 Donna Brazile
- Political Commentator and Chair of the Voting Rights InstitutePrice Range: Call for quote Categories: Political, Women in Society, Black History, Diversity Donna Brazile is one of the best known, most influential African American women in modern American political life. She is Chair of the Democratic National Committee’s Voting Rights Institute (VRI), an organization established in 2001 to help protect and promote the rights of all Americans to participate in the political process. Brazile is the author of Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics, a memoir about her life in the political arena, and co-author of What We Do Now, published by Melville House in 2004.
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 Lynn Whitfield -
Emmy Award Winning Actress Price Range: Call for Quote Categories: Arts/Culture/Music, Inspirational, Black History, Motivation, Media Growing up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Lynn Whitfield first watched the likes of Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and Bette Davis in "All About Eve" from her grandmother's lap. She loved classic movies and with child-like confidence, she could see no reason she could not become an actress and some day play those same types of roles. Over the course of nearly three decades, the talent of the little girl who dreamed of being on the silver screen has taken her to the heights of the acting profession and earned the respect of the public and her peers. After gaining attention on the stage as one of the young women of color in Ntozake Shange's poetic panorama of the black female experience, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf", Whitfield began appearing in supporting roles in such films as "Doctor Detroit" (1982) and "Silverado" (1985) but did not achieve real success until starring in television films ("The George McKenna Story", "Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI", both CBS 1986) and miniseries (the acclaimed "The Women of Brewster Place" ABC 1989). Read More...
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 Marshawn Evans
- Beauty Queen Turned Corporate AttorneyPrice Range: $5000 - $7,500 Categories: Women in Society, Business, Media, Black History, Entrepreneurism, Diversity The journey for entrepreneur, attorney and author, Marshawn Evans, J.D., stretches from being labeled a problem-child to becoming one of Glamour Magazine’s and USA Today’s top women in America. Now known to audiences as “Miss Peak Performance,” Marshawn has used her story to speak words of empowerment across the nation and on such leading media outlets as ABC, VH1, CNBC and PBS. As President and Chief Branding Officer of EDGE 3M, a media, marketing and management firm for celebrities and professional athletes, she represents some of the nation’s top personalities in entertainment, the NFL and NBA. With her savvy business brawn, Marshawn attracted the attention of real-estate tycoon Donald Trump whom handpicked her as a cast member on NBC’s popular show The Apprentice, and enabled her to lead Trump’s all-women team to their only victory as the project manager. Read more... Links: Demo Video |
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 Herman Cain
- Herman Cain delivers a myriad of messages to today's corporate and nonprofit audiences. Price Range: Call for quote Topics: Business, Customer Service, Leadership, Sales, Motivation Raised in rural Georgia, Herman Cain adopted the lessons of his parents - dedication to hard work and the importance of faith - and carried them with him to the pinnacle of the corporate world. Cain earned a degree in mathematics from Morehouse College in 1967 and later earned a master's degree in computer science from Purdue University, while working as a mathematician for the Department of the Navy. He then worked as a business analyst for The Coca-Cola Company. In 1968, he married his wife, Gloria and they have two grown children. In 1977, Herman Cain joined The Pillsbury Company and within three years, at the age of 34, rose to the position of Vice President of Corporate Systems and Services. Cain, reflecting his father's drive to seek greater challenges, then set his sights on a corporate presidency.Read more... |
 Christopher P. Gardener
- A self-made millionaire whose improvised journey sticks in your mind like an unforgettable soloPrice Range: Call for Quote If Chris Gardner had become the jazz trumpeter that he once dreamed of becoming, his horn not his life would probably be his testimony. Instead, the baritone, bald-headed Christopher P. Gardner today is president and CEO of the Chicago-based brokerage firm Gardner Rich & Co., which he founded in 1987. He is a self-made millionaire whose improvised journey sticks in your mind like an unforgettable solo. Prior to launching his own firm, Mr. Gardner worked for several prestigious Wall Street firms. He landed his first job in the securities industry in 1981 with Dean Witter Reynolds. Later, he spent four years with Bear Stearns & Co., first in San Francisco and later in New York, where he became a top earner. A father of two and benefactor to many thousands of students, teachers and other school employees around the nation, Mr. Gardner has directed his firm to contribute 10 percent of all profits to communities where the company does business. Gardner Rich & Co. has donated more than $1 million to public education institutions in the communities it serves. “Our motto is simple,” says Mr. Gardner, “equal opportunity also means equal responsibility.” Read more... |
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 Roland Martin
- Father of the gourmet Chocolate Chip Cookie industryPrice Range: $10,000 - $12,000 Categories: Media, Black History, Civil Rights, Communication, Motivation Roland S. Martin is a nationally award-winning and multifaceted journalist. A nationally syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate and the author of Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith, and Speak, Brother! A Black Man’s View of America. He also serves as executive editor of the Chicago Defender, the nation’s largest Black daily newspaper. Mr. Martin is a commentator for TV One Cable Network also host of “The Roland S. Martin Show” on WVON-AM/1690 in Chicago. He can be heard daily from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. A provocative and insightful analyst, Mr. Martin has appeared numerous times on CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, Court TV, BET Nightly News, BBC News, National Public Radio, The Word Network and America’s Black Forum. Mr. Martin provides news reports for American Urban Radio Networks. Read More... |
 Desi Williamson, CSP, CPAE -
Former Sales Management Executive for Johnson & Johnson, Rain Bird, PepsiCo and Cadbury-Schweppes, turned real estate investor and franchisee owner.Price Range: $12,500 - $15,000 Categories: Leadership, Sales, Diversity, Motivation, Time Management/Self-Management Desi Williamson beat the odds! Despite growing up in a world surrounded by poverty, drugs, and violence, he overcame a myriad of obstacles to realize his dreams of becoming a successful businessman, professional speaker, and author. The former scholar-athlete at the University of Minnesota transforms 25 years of sales, sales/management and marketing experience into high content programs that deliver results. He doesn’t give book reports! He’s been on the front line, building multi-million dollar businesses, managing multi-million dollar budgets, and developing the potential in people for powerhouse companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Rain Bird Sprinkler Mfgr., PepsiCo, and Cadbury-Schweppes. He also owns a successful real estate investment company. Desi began his career with Johnson & Johnson where he was second in the country in total sales production, he then dedicated 7 years to wholesale distribution with Rain Bird where he built a business from $800,000 in sales to more than $10 million during his tenure. Read more...
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 Francine Ward, Esq.
- From Prostitute to Attorney, Role Model, & Legitimate Businessperson.Price Range: $5,500 - $8,000 Categories: Business, Image/Self-Esteem, Motivation, Personal Development, Women in Society, Stress Francine Ward's life reads like a great American novel. The kind where the heroine overcomes incredible odds, and then turns around to help others do the same. Francine was: » Born in Atlanta, GA, and raised in poverty in New York's South Bronx; » Addicted to heroin, alcohol, and other dangerous drugs by the age of 14; » A Vegas call girl; » Hit by a car and told she'd never walk again at 26 years old; » Today, a successful lawyer, author, professional speaker, and self-esteem coach. She proves that no matter where you start out in life or whatever your personal challenges may be, that anything is possible IF, you are willing to do certain things. Her message and compelling personal story prove that.. Read more...
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 Willie Jolley, CSP, CPAE
-America's Premier Celebrity Speaker - Singer - Author... Inspiring Millions with Music & Motivation!Price Range: $15,000 - $20,000 Categories: Entertainment, Inspirational, Best-selling author, Success, Celebrity, Customer Service Willie Jolley is America' s Premier Celebrity Speaker- Singer- Author...Inspiring Millions with Music & Motivation!" He is truly a renaissance man, who is an award winning speaker, singer, a best selling author, a national media personality and national columnist...all in one person! And most importantly, he is a Speaker Who Doesn’t Just Talk A Good Game…But A Speaker Who Gets Results! In 1999 Willie Jolley was named “One of the Outstanding Five Speakers in the World” by Toastmasters International. Less than 50 speakers worldwide have been bestowed that honor! Former winners include Nelson Mandela, Christopher Reeve, Margaret Thatcher and Colin Powell! In the same year Toastmasters also named him the "Motivational/Inspirational Speaker Of The Year!" Willie Jolley holds the two top designations that that the National Speakers Associations bestows to the best of the best. The first designation is the CPAE/ Speaker Hall of Fame Award, which is a lifetime award for speaking excellence and professionalism. In winning this award Willie Jolley joins luminaries like Ronald Reagan, Zig Ziglar, Harvey McKay and Les Brown. The other designation is the CSP designation, which is the Certified Speaking Profession designation, which is an earned honor for being a speaker who has made his mark on the speaking industry with presentations to a wide range of groups and audiences. Plus in 2003, the McDonald’s Corporation named him “A Black History Maker of Today!” Read more...
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