the
storyroom
firebrand
This Event is About Getting Clarity on Your Message + Delivering With More Weight
Your message isn’t just content
— it’s a Kingdom assignment.
Hosted by, MelIssa Lea Hughes
Faith-based business coach, personal brand strategist, and entrepreneur
May 5th-6th, 2026
GRAND RAPIDS MI
Downtown Grand Rapids
Most people don't realize it's not just what they say, it's HOW they say it.
Your words matter.
It’s time to get clarity and confidence around your brand story!
Your story is the foundation of your personal brand. Storytelling also helps you go from being an informational speaker to a transformational speaker online and on any stage.
You don’t need more content.
You need more conviction.
more conviction
Firebrand Story Room is a 2-day speaker communication activation + social media training designed to:
Unlock your stage presence so your delivery matches your calling.
Help you articulate your message with clarity, conviction, and confidence from the Holy Spirit.
Sharpen your storytelling + social media content so your words stick — and sell.
Release you into a new level of your anointing so you stop hiding and
start leading.
This is workshop style — interactive, hands-on, and deeply Spirit-led.
You’ll write. Reflect. Practice. Share. Receive. Be seen.
If you’ve ever…
Tried to explain your business but felt yourself rambling or losing people.
Recorded yourself on video but spent hours trying to make a video and never posted anything.
Tried to craft your keynote but feel like you don't have a repeatable structure to nail it every time.
Spoken on stage giving amazing information but no one comes up to you after saying, "That was for me!"
…then you already know: It’s not a visibility problem. It’s a voice problem.
Firebrand Story Room is where you:
Gain confidence at articulating the value of what you do so people want to work with you.
Identify your REAL brand story in a way that shifts atmospheres, builds trust, and gets people to want to buy from you.
Increase your delivery and presentation skills so you’re unforgettable in any room.
Learn how to create social media video content in less time and more engaging.
This Isn’t Just About Speaking on Stage
It’s about becoming the kind of communicator who shows up with clarity and confidence everywhere — in sales calls, live videos, social media, networking events, podcasts, and one-on-one conversations.
And the people you’re called to reach are waiting for the sound of your voice.
Coaches who want to increase their influence and someone people want to buy from and work with by mastering their social media content. + speaker delivery.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
Business owners who want to show up with more confidence + conviction online and create talking head videos in less time. They are ready to speak in any setting from social media, to a networking event to a keynote.
Visionaries who know they have a prophetic message but struggle to articulate it in a way that lands.
Speaker or aspiring speakers who want to go from being informational to be unforgettable on stage with their keynotes.
WHO
What You’ll Master
Discover how to say less better and in less time in your video content online + master your messaging.
Social Media Video Content
Keynote Stage Presence + Delivery
How to stand, speak, and pause with authority so you command any room.
Identify your brand story and the moment that connects your audience to your mission and offer so you have massive clarity in your marketing.
Your Signature Brand Story
Learn how to monetize your speaking to Invite action without feeling pushy or salesy.
Story-to-Sell Bridge
What You’ll Walk Away With
Walk Away
master
A professionally edited video media asset of your story that you can use to pitch for stages, podcasts + pin on your social media
Stage presence skills that make you an unforgettable speaker.
Exactly how to record video content in less time and increase engagement immediately.
A signature story ready to use in keynotes, interviews, podcasts, and sales conversations.
Video content creation time so you can walk away with content for your brand.
A practical keynote framework that you can use for any keynote that makes you confident + inspirational without notes.
Clarity on your social media content pillars and how to generate endless content ideas that are cohesive to your brand story and messaging.
A prophetic activation to release your voice with power and purpose.
10 vip firebrand experience ticket spots left
General Admission
$897
$697
Full-day Firebrand Story Room training + prophetic activation.
How to craft your brand story framework.
Stage presence + delivery drills to elevate your confidence in any room.
Learn the Story-to-Offer Bridge to sell without feeling salesy.
Live coaching + feedback on your messaging and delivery.
Prophetic prayer and activation over your voice and calling.
Networking with other Kingdom-driven leaders, coaches, and visionaries.
Private VIP Networking Experience
Join us May 4th from 3–5 PM for an exclusive, intimate networking opportunity before the event even begins.
VIP Lunch + Connection Session
Enjoy a chef-prepared entrée lunch on Tuesday, curated exclusively for VIP ticket holders.
Guest Speaker Experience
Connect over lunch with Tamara Andress of Fit Press Media, alongside event host Melissa Hughes.
Post-Event 1:1 Voice Coaching Feedback
Share your brand story with Melissa after the event and receive personalized, one-on-one voice coaching feedback to refine your message.
The Social Media Workbook how to craft your bio, create your content pillars and over 60 tried and true hooks for content.
VIP FIREBRAND EXPERIENCE
$997
$1297
Increase your visibility, network and brand with this exclusive experience.
Everything you need to unlock your voice, master your delivery, and sharpen your message:
Tuesday 9-4:30pm your story +
Activate Your Voice
Story, Speaking + Messaging
Connections + Collaborations
Prophetic Activation
Prophetic Identity Activation: Who you are as a communicator in the Kingdom.
Clarifying your message + crafting your signature story.
Embodying the value you carry and how to communicate it.
Understand your unique God appointed positioning so you can stand out in the market.
Networking with other Christian women entrepreneurs
Stage presence training
Delivery Skills training
Story-to-offer bridge for increasing sales and impact.
Hands on video content creation time
Receive prophetic encouragement + strategy for using it immediately in your brand.
Wednesday 9am-4:30pm
Translate Your Story Into Content
Social Media Content Day!
Video Confidence Training: Learn my video recording hack and record content with less fear, less time and more engaging.
Content Pillars Workshop: Define 3–5 brand pillars from your story so content feels consistent and cohesive
Batch Recording Session: Learn how to record 10–15 pieces of short-form content in 1 hour
On-site content creation time at this Still Welle Farm retreat experience!
Discover how to take videos + pictures quickly, easily and go home with content for your brand.
Trust your voice +
grow your brand with women who get you!
Complimentary cocktail hour hosted by Embassy Suites, perfect for evening networking + connection.
What Past Firebrand Women Are Saying
“I've watched Melissa activate + equip roomsful of women who have a message but have no idea how to put it out there. I HIGHLY recommend Melissa as a speaker, trainer and coach. She is leader among leaders." — Polly H.
“Firebrand is changing my life and kingdom business!" - Michele S.
"I’m leaving this evening so inspired and feeling like the investment was 1000% worth it. I learned so much. i loved the practical tips and takeaways. "
— Alexa B.
"The content was a 10! I seriously felt like I could activate many things I learn right away! It seems attainable and clear." - Lynnsy K.
