Motivation: Delivering a motivational speech

Speaker Judge John Amaechi has seen good and bad motivational speakers, both in sport and the business world.

"It is vital that you have a connection to the topic," John told us. "It's not just about being roundly passionate about your subject, but you have to have some enduring reason that you want to talk about this and be able to pass that on to your audience".

John's advice is to metaphorically move your audience, with a driving narrative: "You pull your audience from this place in time, from some boring conference room, in a dull town somewhere, and you pull them from there into your mind's eye. That's the key, it's vital that you can make them see this vision that you have".

Michael Vaughan, Ashes winning England cricket captain

Ashes winning England cricket captain Michael Vaughan talked us through the basics of communication as a team leader.

"The art of good captaincy is knowing when to speak, knowing what to say and knowing the right thing to say at the right time," Michael explained. "Also, if there's nothing to be said then don't say anything at all because your voice becomes too obvious to them".

"My top three tips for a young captain or a leader," Michael told us, would be: "Number one, be yourself; number two think what you would want to hear from a leader; and number three, lead from the front".

Michael continued with an all important fourth: "Have a lot of luck".

Gavin McColl, Personal Trainer

Motivation, Inspiration... Perspiration

Gavin McColl is a Personal Trainer in South Manchester.

An ex-Army Physical Training Instructor, Gavin is an Everyday Speaker who's seen all sorts of motivational techniques in action.

For Gavin, it's all about building confidence: "It's a case of pepping people up, giving them a little bit of positive feedback, just to keep them going, especially when they're tired".

"The motivational techniques come to me quite naturally," Gavin told us, "But over time I've learnt the right times to use them".

Clearly, it's not just about what you say, or even how you say it - context is just as important.

Watch John and Michael's top tips on motivational speaking, and see Gavin in action using the video player above.

• Have a clear message to pass on to your audience

• Aim to move your audience (not literally!)

• Don't speak too often

• Use positive language

• Consider the context of your message