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Mike Rayburn

Mike Rayburn, CSP, CPAE

What If...? Carnegie Hall and Las Vegas Headliner teaches possibility thinking... how to get to YOUR Carnegie Hall

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Price range

  • $20,000
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Expert

  • Comedian/Comedienne
  • Entertainment
  • Entrepreneurism
  • Humor
  • Inspirational
  • Motivation
  • Peak Performance
  • Vision/Purpose
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Experience

  • Associations
  • Corporate
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Career

  • 40 Years
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  • About

    When organizations need innovation, change and peak performance, where do they go? Usually it’s to business leaders, authors, or famous sports figures. Rarely do they go to artists! Yet for artists, innovation, peak performance and change are their life blood. Being a mega-successful artist, as well as an innovative entrepreneur, Mike Rayburn is uniquely qualified to teach artistic principles in a business context, to give businesses and teams the edge they need to innovate and perform like virtuosos…and thus transform their success and significance.

    Mike Rayburn is a TEDx Presenter who teaches innovation, change and peak performance using world-class guitar and humor to create a transformational experience and generate exponential results. He has headlined Carnegie Hall, Las Vegas, and performed more than 5,000 presentations in 20 countries on five continents. Rayburn is a music/internet pioneering entrepreneur, feature artist on Sirius/XM and Artist In Residence at High Point University. His more than 1000 corporate clients include most of the Fortune 100, 500, and the top five, including multiple presentations for Walmart, Exxon, Wells Fargo, Lincoln Financial, UnitedHealth, IBM, Siemens, Verizon, Ford, Nationwide, MetLife, PepsiCo, Chevron, Sony, Allianz, and Liberty Mutual.

    Accolades…

    • Two TED Talks
    • Internet Pioneering Entrepreneur featured in Newsweek, Billboard and USA Today
    • Carnegie Hall Headliner (8x)
    • Las Vegas Headliner 
    • Artist In Residence at High Point University
    • Feature Artist on Sirius/XM 
    • Speaker Hall of Fame
    • 5,000+ presentations in 22 countries on five continents
    Rayburn’s Online Training
    Rayburn has designed an online training program which greatly extends the ROI of your conference. Mike wants your attendees to truly achieve a new mindset for innovation and performance. Imagine this – your attendees will be given access to 16 powerful video sessions, containing a carefully chosen What IF? question designed to align and transform your team’s mindset for innovation, opportunity and performance. 
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    Keynote | Entertainment | Humorous | Inspirational | Motivational

    • Within 30 seconds your group will know that the impossible is possible.
    • Within two minutes they’ll be laughing and totally engaged.
    • By the end they’ll be on their feet, energized and equipped with solid business tools and wisdom.
    Mike Rayburn’s “What IF? Keynote Experience” is about:
    Innovation…finding and creating the opportunities, products and processes that others miss.
    Change…moving from managing change to creating change.
    High Performance…making those opportunities happen.
    Your teams will leave with the tools to do just that.Oh, and they’ll laugh so hard it hurts! More than anything…“The What IF? Keynote Experience”is just that: An EXPERIENCE. As an opening or closing keynote, or mid-conference energizer, “What IF?” will make your event successful and unforgettable. There is no one who does what Mike Rayburn does.
    Takeaways…your teams will:
    • Learn three powerful tools to access their unrealized potential 
    • Create change, rather than manage change 
    • Discover the opportunities they’re currently missing 
    • Set and achieve bold, empowering goals 
    • Embrace their uniqueness as their competitive edge 
    Rayburn’s Online Training
    Rayburn has designed an online training program which greatly extends the ROI of your conference. Mike wants your attendees to truly achieve a new mindset for innovation and performance. Imagine this – your attendees will be given access to 16 powerful video sessions, containing a carefully chosen What IF? question designed to align and transform your team’s mindset for innovation, opportunity and performance.

    Breakout | Entertainment | Humorous | Inspirational | Motivational

    In Mike’s keynote,“Become A Virtuoso,” your teams will receive the vision, mindset and daily practices that will make them world class, high performing teams…their personal best in both career and life. And the inspiration to act on it!

    There is one decision that draws a line in the sand between those who become world class, top performing teams and individuals…and those who don’t. 

    In “Become A Virtuoso” your teams will not only learn and make this decision, they will gain the vision, mindset and daily practices it takes to become world class performers. 

    “Together, we will turn your teams into an army of motivated, high-performance business masters.” Rayburn

    Takeaways…attendees will learn:

    • Execute the specific daily practices your teams need to be world class, their personal best
    • Learn what a “Virtuoso” is and why you want to dedicate your life to becoming one 
    • Focus on fundamentals, the relentless practice of the highest achievers
    • Succeed Anyway, what world class performers do when confronted with the inevitable obstacles 
    • See how obstacles are integral, necessary for goal achievement 
    • Apply “deliberate practice” in leadership, business, sales, and life
  • Testimonials
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    “Mike’s program was amazing! He was a joy to work with, he made me look very good and I appreciate that! I cannot recommend him enough… FANTASTIC!”

    Lincoln Financial Group
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    “Mike Rayburn’s incredible talent, humorous delivery, stage presence and ability to connect with the group kept us all engaged and entertained. I cannot remember the last time one of our speakers concluded to a thunderous standing ovation like Mike did.”

    Hilton Hotels
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    “Mike exceeded my expectations from our first meeting to his performance during our opening day. He has an unbelievable musical talent that he combines with a message of challenging one’s mindset, attitude and desire to succeed. His opening session provided my team with a high energy, positive, entertaining and thought-provoking start to a critical sales meeting.”

    Ansell, Ltd
Mike exceeded my expectations from our first meeting to his performance during our opening day. He has an unbelievable musical talent that he combines with a message of challenging one’s mindset, attitude and desire to succeed. His opening session provided my team with a high energy, positive, entertaining and thought-provoking start to a critical sales meeting.
Ansell, Ltd