Book Michelle for Engaging Personal Branding Keynotes and LinkedIn® Presence Workshops
My personal branding and LinkedIn® programs empower individuals, groups, and teams with my Own Your Lane® method so they're noticed, known and chosen for career and business growth

With the mantra, 'Own Your Lane. Own Your Future,' I believe professional success comes from defining your unique value and standing out confidently. By building a personal brand, you unlock new opportunities and empower both individuals and organizations to elevate influence, drive growth, and create lasting impact.
Book me to Speak, Facilitate a Workshop, Guest On Your Podcast, Contribute To Your Publication, and/or Moderate a Panel.
NEW BOOK!
Position Yourself® Planner - Your Guide To A Standout Personal Brand
The Position Yourself® Planner is your step-by-step guide to assessing and aligning your personal brand with your professional goals for business, career and industry opportunities.
Learn how to:
- Evaluate your current presence, online and offline.
- Gain clarity on where you stand and where you’re headed.
- Map intentional goals that align your personal brand with your vision.
Move forward with clarity, confidence and a clear path for your personal branding journey.

The LinkedIn Branding Book
The LinkedIn Branding Book: The Power of Two: Build your personal and business brand on LinkedIn for exponential growth is an actionable and quick read to confidently step out and standout on LinkedIn.
You’ll discover the power of putting yourself out there and the foundational branding steps you need to stand out and rise up on LinkedIn, either as an employee or a business. Includes a 50-page action-taking companion Brand Squared Workbook™.
"Michelle B. Griffin is a rockstar. I met her through the visibility program offered through How Women Lead, and shared a wonderful hour-long session with her to help me with messaging. She has a wonderful visibility accelerator program through her company, Standout Women Media. We highly recommended Michelle and her company for founders and brands, looking to expand their message on LinkedIn!
Coco Sellman, Founder & CEO, A Force For Good
MOTIVATIONAL & ACTIONABLE TO IGNITE YOUR GROUP
Own Your Lane. Own Your Future® Keynote
The Power and Payoff of Visibility and Building Your Personal Brand
No more blending in! It’s time to stop undervaluing yourself and confidently step out, stand apart, and go after bigger opportunities in your industry. This is the imposter-crushing and actionable keynote that both inspires and implements your group to action.
Overcome your fears, inaction and inner critic about stepping out in your industry and owning your lane of opportunity. It’s time to quit holding back or hiding from those who need you most—playing small keeps you from getting your best work out there.
Learn my P.Y.O.T. Pyramid Framework to crush fear, procrastination, and perfectionism and move forward with a plan to confidently put yourself out there for opportunities and outcomes.
Takeaways:
- Why visibility and self-advocacy matter and how you benefit and grow.
- Define, demystify, and redirect the 3 common imposter syndrome roadblocks.
- Learn actionable techniques to get clarity, differentiate yourself and share your story.
- Proven strategies to start building relationships on LinkedIn and beyond.
- Actionable and implementable tips to build your first-impression zone on LinkedIn.
All participants receive a print/downloadable checklist to easily implement presentation. This keynote can be combined with a workshop.
POSITIONING, PERSONAL BRANDING AND PR ROADMAP
Own Your Lane® Workshop
Personal Branding Accelerator
The Own Your Lane Personal Branding Accelerator workshop is a hands-on and custom-length training to accelerate professionals who are ready to step out with a visible presence, professional personal brand, and LinkedIn profile.
From pre-assessments to real-time activities, collaborative discussions, and implementation in a small group setting, attendees will develop their custom L.A.N.E. roadmap to develop and define themselves as standouts in their fields.
Takeaways:
- Navigate Your Brand: Learn how to align your unique expertise, experiences and perspectives to position your career goals in your personal brand blueprint.
- Create Your Leadership Path: Sharpen how you communicate your expertise to key audiences with your unique value prop and expert bio.
- Leverage LinkedIn: Revamp how you show up with an optimized profile and visible presence to showcase your expertise and leadership.
- Build Meaningful Connections and Collaborations: Learn effective online networking and industry partnerships for impactful professional relationships.
- Chart Your Visibility Outreach Strategy: Create a plan that boosts your visibility with targeted industry thought leadership opportunities.
All participants will create their custom and editable roadmaps, and receive a print/downloadable workbook for reference to easily implement training plus a follow-up actionable call with me within 30 days of the presentation.
LINKEDIN® PERSONAL BRANDING ACCELERATOR
LinkedIn® for Leaders Keynote or Workshop
Elevate Your Professional Positioning, Profile and Presence
For organizations, groups, and teams to power up their positioning, profiles, and presence by leveraging their personal brands and thought leadership on LinkedIn for greater industry opportunities and outcomes.
This customizable length presentation outlines the importance of LinkedIn as a powerful tool for showcasing expertise, advancing careers, and achieving business growth.
This workshop delves into the seven elements of my proprietary Standout Score Index™ and P.R.O.F.I.L.E framework to position yourself on LinkedIn for greater visibility, authority, and valuable industry opportunities.
Takeaways
- The mindset needed for "putting yourself out there."
- Clarity and positioning for an authority-focused profile.
- Master the P.R.O.F.I.L.E. framework formula to pop your profile.
- Avoid common LinkedIn missteps and learn updated practices.
- Walk away with a hands-on checklist, ready-to-use templates, and practical tips.
- Gain a standout LinkedIn presence that commands industry attention.
All participants receive a print/downloadable workbook for reference to easily implement training plus a follow-up actionable call with me within 30 days of the presentation.
"It was such a pleasure having you as part of our program. We loved your session and found it so informative - especially the approachable way of engaging your presentation. Thanks for your contribution!!
Jennie Daellenbach, Associate Director, Kellogg School of Management
"Hi Michelle. Thank you very much for your very insightful personal branding presentation today. Lots of helpful direction. I look forward to connecting and staying in touch."
Christian DeGobbi, MBA, PCM, CIM
"Learned a lot in a short amount of time about #personalbranding and social media with Michelle B. Griffin at #EntreCon. Go buy her new book today."
Mason Guttery, Creative Director
"Thank you for the amazing presentation at the Template Design Summit. After your presentation was done. I changed my profile picture and added a banner. Now I will need to update my business pages. I have noticed the new more relaxed vibe of LinkedIn so I will definitely be posting more on here going forward."
Desirae Graham, Founder, Fluent
"I was thrilled to be present for your P.Y.O.T .presentation at the LinkedIn Rocks Conference. The P.Y.O.T. framework is brilliant. And the pyramid structure and elements give a level of clarity that makes it real for me. I'm more determined than ever to dive headfirst into my lane and be prepared to serve. Now that I understand the PYOT purpose, power and payoff, thank you!"
Jane Schueler, Brain Fitness Academy
Own Your Lane. Own Your Future.
Position Yourself With a Personal brand for Success
As a former conference executive marketing director for two decades, I've hired dozens of top industry speakers, booked top-name keynotes and selected thousands of break-out session presenters. I know what works (and what doesn't) to keep an audience engaged, motivated and inspired to take action.
With a high-energy, empowering and engaging style, my presentations offer the trifecta of personable, professional and educational learning to ensure your audience stays on track and takes action with my companion workbooks + action-taking follow-up calls to keep them moving forward.
Please reach out with more about your group's needs and goals to customize a presentation/workshop that's educational, empowering, and actionable.