Mike Rayburn

Hall of Fame Speaker, Comedian, World-Class Guitarist, Carnegie Hall Headliner

Topics: Innovation, Change, Music, Arts & Culture, Creativity, Entrepreneur, Success, Inspirational & Motivational, Elite Performance, Productivity, TED Speakers

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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 over 5,000 presentations in 20 countries on five continents. Rayburn is a pioneering music/internet entrepreneur, a featured artist on Sirius/XM, and an 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.

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 lifeblood. Being a mega-successful artist and an innovative entrepreneur, Mike Rayburn is meant to teach artistic principles in a business context, giving uniquely qualified businesses and teams the edge they need to innovate and perform like virtuosos…and thus transform their success and significance.

Mike Rayburn’s personal accolades are a testament to his success and expertise. They include:

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

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Videos

Mike Rayburn, Become a Virtuoso, 2026 Speaker Reel

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Bohemian Rhapsody guitar cover, Mike Rayburn, keynote speaker

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Create Change Through The "What If" Mindset

Mike Rayburn's electrifying "What If" keynote inspires your leadership and business teams to rethink change and initiate more possibilities and innovation for your organization and customers. He delivers real-world tools and strategies to help your people create better solutions and generate more revenue for your business.

The “What If…?” Experience

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 - click here for video
Create change, rather than manage change - click here for video
Discover the opportunities they’re currently missing - click here for video
Set and achieve bold, empowering goals - click here for video
Embrace their uniqueness as their competitive edge -click here for video

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. Click here for more info / to watch a video.

Become A Virtuoso - Elite Performance Mastery

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 - click here for video
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

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

Mike Rayburn will make your conference unforgettable!!!

Testimonials

Mike was a huge hit. I only wish we could have had him the last day of the meeting, instead of the first. Our executive said it was hard to follow an act like that.

– Walmart

His talent is only outdone by his charming nature. He was a delight to work with!

– Ford Motor Company

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. I continue to receive "thank you" calls from our attendees on Mike's behalf.

– Purina Mills

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

Shortly after attending Mike's “What IF?” presentation I got inspired and put together a rather aggressive business strategy and a monthly goal that was quite large and I have never achieved it before. I shared that goal with a business associate and he said, “That's a huge goal. You may be setting yourself up for failure with such an aggressive goal." Without thinking for a moment I said what Mike says, "Ya, but WHAT IF I hit it?" Shortly after that conversation I realized that this month, my first month setting that goal...I am not only hitting it, but I've DOUBLED IT.

– Darla Johnson Pellersels, Prosperity Financial Associate

Rayburn was AMAZING!! Standing ovation, swarmed by the masses, lots of laughing, tears & goosebumps. His talent is beyond comparable to anything I’ve seen.

– Delta Vacations

We have worked with Mike Rayburn on two separate occasions – and both times Mike delivered! We always look for speakers who motivate and inspire, and Mike’s message of “What If” was spot-on. It’s important to have audiences learn, but also have some fun along the way – and Mike really helped us do that by being thought-provoking and entertaining. I highly recommend Mike to anyone looking for a keynoter who can engage an audience on how to make the impossible, possible.

– Mike Corkery, President & CEO of Deltek