There are similarities between motivational speakers and inspirational speakers, and someone could be labeled as both simultaneously, but they are not necessarily interchangeable. One subtle difference is that inspirational speakers often deliver a "warm, encouraging message, sometimes based on a story of overcoming great obstacles", with a desired outcome of enlivening or exalting emotion. In contrast, motivational speakers may deliver a presentation that is more energetic in nature, with a desired outcome of moving attendees to action.
Modern scholarship on classical oratory as a means of persuading and moving audiences can look to Cicero's De Oratore as an exemplar for "the rhetoric of motivation".
Modern scholarship on classical oratory as a means of persuading and moving audiences can look to Cicero's De Oratore as an exemplar for "the rhetoric of motivation".
