Mike Rayburn is a captivating keynote artist with a presentation completely unlike any you've ever seen! Having been called "the World's Funniest Guitar Virtuoso," Mike uses his astounding guitar creations, uproarious songs and veteran presentation skills to encourage, challenge and inspire his audiences to leap beyond their perceived limitations. He can focus his program completely on entertainment, depending on your needs. Mike draws from a wealth of life experience as an adventurer, business owner, comedian, world-class guitarist, author, philanthropist, husband and father, to deliver a presentation which is motivational, hilarious and musically amazing!

Just to set foot on the stage at Carnegie Hall is a career moment for any performer. Mike Rayburn is one of a handful of people in the world to become a regular headliner at Carnegie Hall and to have recorded a live "Mike Rayburn at Carnegie Hall" CD. However, Mike performs most often for the world's leading corporations and associations, doing more than 100 presentations every year. Some clients have booked Mike as many as 10-12 times! His program is so unique he has been featured in USA Today, Newsweek, Billboard, Gig, Programming, American Entertainment and Successful Meetings magazines.

Where to use Mike...

• Opening and closing keynotes
• After-dinner and awards shows
• Anywhere your audience needs to be energized and totally entertained!

• What If and Why Not? - We hear it all the time, "We need to think outside the box," right? So... how exactly does one do that? In his hilarious, musically amazing, motivational keynote, "What If... and Why Not?" Mike Rayburn does what no other presenter can do. Not only is Mike a world-class guitarist and stand-up comedian, he is an authority on personal development and human potential. In this energetic presentation, Mike uses his guitar and comedy to teach three simple, powerful tools attendees can use immediately and forever to access their unrealized potential, to look at old things in a new way, and to leap beyond their perceived limitations. It is one thing to say that something is true. It's completely another to actually prove it right there on stage. That is exactly what Mike Rayburn does. He can also tailor his presentation to address and include your theme. Your attendees will leave Mike's program energized and totally inspired to take on new challenges. Oh, and they'll laugh so hard it hurts! "What If and Why Not?" is perfect for opening and closing keynotes and anywhere you need a light but powerful message delivered with uproarious, musically amazing entertainment!
  
  
• Classically Trained, Comically Derailed ... - Classically Trained, Comically Derailed is Mike Rayburn's critically acclaimed odyssey of masterful guitar; clever, universally-appealing comedy and musical combinations God never intended. When your attendees have had an intense day of break-out sessions and need to relax and unwind, or when they need an energy lift in the beginning or middle of the day, Mike Rayburn is the answer. Classically Trained, Comically Derailed is perfect for after-dinner presentations, awards shows and anywhere your event needs to be energized and totally entertained!
  
  "If Victor Borge played guitar (and drank too much coffee) he'd sound like Mike," says Carnegie Hall promoter, Mark Johnson.
  
  "A comic genius... enough wit and talent to jumpstart a pacemaker!" raves the Aspen Daily News.