Mike Rayburn Biography

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.

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.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 08/14/2025.

Mike Rayburn Speaking Topics

  • The "What IF?" Keynote Experience

    "If it ain't broke, don't fix it... right?" Here's the problem with that:

    Time Breaks Everything. Everything. Therefore you need a new mindset... for change, for innovation, for creativity.

    For seeing the opportunities that others miss.

    You need the "What IF...?" mindset.

    • Learn three powerful tools to access 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

    In What IF?, Mike will go beyond six or even 12 strings. Recognized as a world class guitarist, Mike will debut his rare, 20-string “Harp Guitar.

  • WHAT IF Application! (creativity, innovation, change, problem-solving)

    What if we could, how would we? Every major innovation, achievement and unlikely victory in human history began with a bold “What IF?” question… which is exactly what we’re going to do! In this interactive and completely customizable presentation we will use the question what if to learn creativity (especially for those who think they’re “not creative), innovation, change and radical problem-solving.

    You and your teams will learn the simple tools, practices and principles used by the greatest creative minds of all time to innovate, to create change, and to solve even the toughest of problems.

    Through interactive exercises and hands on application you and your teams will learn and actually practice the “Creative Mindstorm, “Creative Brainstorm” simultaneously tapping into their creative genius, and applying it to desire outcomes… which is the foundational essence of innovation.

    You will learn practical ways to move from a posture of managing change to one of creating and leading change.

    In a pre-event call Rayburn learn what your most desired results and pressing problems are, and together we will create an experience which achieves your highest goals, gives you huge ROI for your conference, and cement’s this simple, effective tool in people’s minds forever.

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Mike Rayburn Videos

Mike Rayburn - What If Sizzle Reel 2023

Mike Rayburn - What If Sizzle Reel 2023

Mike Rayburn - What If 2.0 - The Graveyard of Obsolescence

Mike Rayburn - What If 2.0 - The Graveyard of Obsolescence

Uploaded by cmispeakers on 2023-08-09.

Mike Rayburn - Change vs. Innovation

Mike Rayburn - Change vs. Innovation

Uploaded by cmispeakers on 2023-06-16.

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Mike Rayburn is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The "What IF?" Keynote Experience, WHAT IF Application! (creativity, innovation, change, problem-solving), Become A Virtuoso - Elite Performance Mastery and Rock the Team! (team building). The estimated speaking fee range to book Mike Rayburn for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Mike Rayburn generally travels from Reno, NV, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Cameron Atlas, Dan Thurmon, Eric Boles, Mark Schulman and Neal Petersen. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Mike Rayburn for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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