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Mike Rayburn
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.…
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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 videoBecome a Virtuoso
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!!!
Rock the Team...
is an exhilarating, music-themed team-building exercise designed to ignite collaboration, creativity, and cohesion within corporate teams. This immersive experience combines the power of music with dynamic group activities. It is flexible and customizable based on a pre-event call with Mr. Rayburn to incorporate your theme, areas of focus and desired outcomes. Based on your preferences participants will work in pairs or small groups to do any one of the following co-creative activities.
1. Write and perform a song… based on a specific theme or topic relative to your organization. They will choose a style of music and will perform the song for the group. This can be an original song or a parody of an existing song (as Rayburn does in his presentations).
2. Write a commercial jingle for a given a product or cause which they will perform for the group and the end. Again, they can parody a jingle they know, or write an original.
3. Build a Human Orchestra: Assign different musical instruments or vocal parts to each team member. Instruct them to create a harmonious piece of music by imitating the sounds of their assigned instruments or vocals using only their voices and bodies. This exercise encourages teamwork, coordination, and active listening.
As a professional songwriter and guitarist Mr. Rayburn will coordinate, facilitate, instruct and encourage each team as necessary to guide them in a fun, musical, and often hilarious experience!
At the end we will come together as a group to share observations and takeaways.
“Rock the Team” fosters a supportive and energetic environment, encouraging participants to harmonize their strengths, communicate effectively, and work toward a common goal, resulting in enhanced teamwork, active listening, adaptability, and trust.
Virtuoso Time/Life
“Virtuoso Life: How To Master Your Time!” is an empowering breakout session designed for corporations and teams seeking to enhance productivity and well-being by mastering the art of time management, which ultimately translates into effective life management. This engaging session revolves around three key principles: Values, Priorities, and Actions. From your simple daily “get-to-do” lists, to learning the long-term life-cycle of every entity called the “Sigmoid Curve,” participants gain valuable insights into aligning their time by choosing and ranking their core values, using their values to determine their priorities, and using their priorities to most effectively choose their actions. This session revolves around the powerful premise that “There’s not enough time to do everything. There IS enough time to do the most important things.”
We live busy lives. In fact, from this day forward you will have more to do every day than is humanly possible. The ones who are most successful are the ones who will accurately and most effectively choose what to do and what not to do.
Through interactive discussions and practical exercises, attendees learn to make conscious choices, eliminate time-wasting habits, and get the most out of their time… and thus their lives!
Your time is your LIFE. Learn how to get the most of it!
Write Music You Can’t Play
In this powerful, interactive breakout/workshop session you and your teams you will learn to think big – bigger than you have – about your business, life and career. They say a mind, once expanded by a new idea never regains it’s original shape. That is exactly what we’re going to do. You will learn to stop filtering your goals through what’s possible, and instead start with what’s cool! What’s right! What’s the dream case scenario? Goals that complete this phrase: “OK, this is crazy but we’re going to _________! Why set a course which is obvious and boring? Why not start with the dream case scenario… In a perfect world what would you do? THAT is the type of goal which brings elevation and transformation.
We will then translate your new vision into specific goals, actionable plans, and commit them to the calendar. The idea is for everyone – individuals, teams and entire organizations to know what to do starting day one to achieve your highest aspirations! This session is completely customizable to fit your people, your organization and your desired outcomes.
You will also learn the secrets of goal achievement. These are the tools, practices and principles utilized by top 1% achievers in any field to sharpen your learning curve and streamline your accomplishment of even the boldest of goals! Among them you will learn techniques for visualization, morning routines, and programming the subconscious mind for maximum efficiency!
Together, we’re going to write music you can’t play… and then do whatever it takes to play it!
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