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A Personal Brand Is Not an Account
It began the day you were named. Every website, profile, and handshake is an extension of it, offline as much as online.
Speaking
Isaac Mashman on Stage.
Keynotes and conversations on personal branding, reputation, and executive visibility, built from the Manifesto and delivered by the person who wrote it.
The Talks
Built on the Manifesto.
Six signature presentations, each drawn from the published doctrine and tailored to the room. Strategic and tactical advice, never motivational feel-good theories. Attendees can keep working afterward with the free tools on identitypositioning.com (opens in a new tab) built from the book.
Choose the subjects that fit your event. They are added to your inquiry below.
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Identity Positioning™
Group consulting and training built on his proprietary personal branding strategy: identity precedes image, and the work is to demonstrate who you are, on purpose.
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The Front-Facing Executive
How founders and executives position themselves as authoritative figureheads to drive company results.
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Internal Marketing
Leveraging the personal brands of a workforce to grow a company's image, reputation, and revenue.
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AI and Personal Branding
User-generated content, AI search, and incorporating AI into a personal branding strategy.
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Is Personal Branding a Myth?
Challenging conventional wisdom and separating fact from fiction in a competitive landscape.
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Ego Trip or Business Tactic?
The nuanced relationship between personal branding and professional success.
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Formats
In Person or Virtual.
Speaking fees available on request. Speaking for non-profits and charities is free of charge.
Inquiries come directly to Isaac. For interviews and media commentary, write to press@isaacmashman.com (opens in a new tab).
- Keynote
- In person, with time for questions
- Virtual Keynote
- Delivered live to an audience anywhere
- Q&A and Panels
- Moderated conversations and panel appearances
- Podcasts
- Guest appearances on shows about business, branding, and media
- Commentary
- Media commentary on personal branding, reputation, and Identity Positioning™
- Included
- Book signings on request · Standard A/V rider provided
On the Record
Stages So Far.
Isaac has also delivered numerous virtual engagements beyond those listed here. Beyond the stage: 100+ podcast episodes hosted, on Chase the Vision with Isaac Mashman, from 2019 to 2022.
- 2024
- Atlantic-Oase Professional Conference, Denver · Watch the keynote (opens in a new tab)
- 2025
- Atlantic-Oase Professional Conference, Cleveland, Ohio
- 2025
- Water Garden Expo, Oklahoma
- Virtual
- Dreamer's Summit, Ghana (virtual keynote) · Watch the footage
For Event Organizers
The Case for Your Stage.
Everything a planner needs to put Isaac in front of a committee, in one place: a short reel of the keynote’s key moments, the full recording, what the room leaves with, and the organizer’s own words.
The Reel
Seven Moments
The keynote in brief, each moment a link to the point in the recording.
The Full Keynote
51 Minutes
Atlantic-Oase Professional Conference, Denver, 2024: the talk, then the room’s questions.
Takeaways
Six for the Room
What an audience leaves with, in the words of the talk itself.
From the Organizer
Atlantic-Oase
The previous president’s words, and a return invitation the next year.
The Reel, in Seven Moments.
From the Denver keynote. Each link opens the full recording on YouTube at that moment.
- 2:39Watch from 2:39: A Personal Brand Since Birth, on YouTube (opens in a new tab)
A Personal Brand Since Birth
It is not a new Instagram account. It began the day you were named, and it lives offline as much as online.
- 11:27Watch from 11:27: Money, Mission, Vanity, on YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Money, Mission, Vanity
The three reasons to invest in a personal brand, and why obscurity is the enemy of success.
- 14:44Watch from 14:44: Why an Audience Follows, on YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Why an Audience Follows
Entertainment, education, inspiration and motivation, and connection: the four reasons anyone follows a person.
- 18:39Watch from 18:39: Visible Everywhere, on YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Visible Everywhere
The slide Isaac calls the most important: omnipresence, public edification, and a track record kept in public.
- 21:50Watch from 21:50: A Personal Hook, a Professional Punchline, on YouTube (opens in a new tab)
A Personal Hook, a Professional Punchline
Rewriting “I build ponds” into a marketing message with a human being behind it.
- 28:39Watch from 28:39: The Redwood and the Chainsaw, on YouTube (opens in a new tab)
The Redwood and the Chainsaw
A reputation takes a lifetime to grow and an afternoon to cut down: a personal brand is a lifelong commitment.
- 29:24Watch from 29:24: Questions From the Room, on YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Questions From the Room
About twenty minutes of live questions: handling cruel comments, starting after decades in business, filming on a client’s property, and which platform works best.
Prefer it on paper? The Speaking One-Sheet has the six presentations, formats, and stages on one page, and the media kit has approved bios and photographs for the program.
Watch
The Denver Keynote.
Isaac's full keynote on personal branding, from the Atlantic-Oase Professional Conference in Denver, 2024. For an organizer, it is the clearest preview of the room: the pace, the material, and the conversation it starts.
Dreamer’s Summit, GhanaJuly 17, 2021
Live, Virtual Keynote Watch the Footage on YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Watch
The Dreamer’s Summit, Live.
Footage from Isaac’s virtual keynote at the Dreamer’s Summit in Ghana, on July 17, 2021: Isaac speaking live, and an audience across the globe watching in real time. For an organizer weighing a virtual keynote, it shows the format at work.
The full talk’s audio is episode 71 of Chase the Vision, with a transcript.
In the Room
Isaac Mashman deserves a lot of praise for the way he makes you question your personal and professional branding, at a high level that is yet very relatable.
Jeff Weemhoff, Previous President of Atlantic-Oase
How the booking came about: Jeff Weemhoff heard Isaac on The Deep End with Eric Triplett in 2024 and asked for an introduction. Atlantic-Oase brought Isaac to its Professional Conference in Denver that year, and back again in 2025, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Takeaways
What the Room Leaves With.
Six takeaways from the Denver keynote, given to a room of water feature professionals. As Isaac says in the recording, the ideas carry to any industry.
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Know the Why
Money, mission, or vanity: why you build. Entertainment, education, inspiration, or connection: why anyone would follow.
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Be Visible Everywhere
Press features, podcast interviews, public speaking, authorship, and association with industry leaders, so others vouch for you in public.
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Keep the Record in Public
Testimonials, reviews, and finished work, posted where a stranger can see them: a public display of competence that answers objections before the first call.
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Write the Message
A personal hook and a professional punchline: the human being first, then the work, ending on an emotional reason to choose you.
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Guard the Redwood
A reputation is slow to grow and quick to fall. If it would not be said offline, it does not get posted online.
Questions
For Event Organizers.
What does Isaac Mashman speak about?
Personal branding, reputation, and executive visibility, in six signature presentations built from Personal Branding: A Manifesto on Fame and Influence and the Identity Positioning™ methodology. His style is interactive, energetic, and thought-provoking: strategic and tactical advice, never motivational feel-good theories. His thinking on each is gathered in the topic guides to personal branding, reputation, and executive visibility.
Does Isaac speak virtually?
Yes. He delivers virtual keynotes as well as in-person talks, including a virtual keynote for the Dreamer's Summit in Ghana.
What are Isaac's speaking fees?
Available upon request. For non-profits and charities, speaking is free of charge; travel and lodging are requested.
What is included?
Book signings are available on request, and a standard A/V rider is provided.
Who handles speaking requests?
Speaking inquiries come directly to Isaac, through the form on this page or at bookings@isaacmashman.com. Press and interview requests go to press@isaacmashman.com.
Where is Isaac based?
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Is there a recording of Isaac speaking?
Yes. His full keynote from the Atlantic-Oase Professional Conference in Denver, 2024, is on YouTube: 51 minutes, the talk followed by the room’s questions. This page breaks it into seven key moments, each linked to its point in the recording.
What will our audience take away?
Six things, from the Denver keynote: a personal brand is not an account; know why you build it and why anyone would follow; be visible everywhere; keep the record in public; write a message with a personal hook and a professional punchline; and guard a reputation that is slow to grow and quick to fall.
Has an organizer booked Isaac more than once?
Yes. Atlantic-Oase brought him to its Professional Conference in Denver in 2024 and again in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2025. Jeff Weemhoff, its previous president, invited him after hearing him on The Deep End with Eric Triplett.
Is there a media kit for event organizers?
Yes. The media kit has approved bios in three lengths, photographs, fast facts, and every press citation, with a printable version.
Speaking Inquiries
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