Leadership Development
Programs that strengthen executive presence, leadership credibility, accomplishment communication, and readiness for greater responsibility.
Executive • Career • Entrepreneur Visibility & Reputation
Put Your Paper Back on the Wall™
You earned the degree. Led the team. Solved the problem. Built the experience. It is time for what you have accomplished to be seen, understood, and working for you.
Put Your Paper Back on the Wall™ is EVG’s signature leadership and professional development framework for individuals and organizations ready to identify what has been earned, determine what proof is missing, and build the confidence, visibility, and reputation for what comes next.
“The opportunity isn’t the first impression. The search results are.” Stefanie Magness, The Reputation Elevator™
The gap is not always experience
The opportunity can arrive before your proof is ready.
Strong work does not automatically become a strong reputation. If your accomplishments are buried, outdated, missing, or difficult for you to talk about, decision-makers may never see the full picture.
“You’re helping me see who I am.”Words from a mentee
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You have accomplished a lot, but you struggle to identify which achievements matter most.
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Your “papers” exist, but they are not visible in the places people look before making decisions.
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You are not sure which credentials, experiences, awards, or proof you need for your next level.
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You minimize what you have earned because talking about yourself feels uncomfortable.
If any of this feels familiar, you do not need to become someone else. You need to make what is already there easier to see.
Choose How You Want to Work With EVGOne framework. Two ways to experience it.
Everything begins with the paper.
The “paper” may be a degree, promotion, award, certification, successful project, leadership experience, or hard-earned lesson. EVG uses the Put Your Paper Back on the Wall™ framework in one-on-one sessions and organizational programs to turn those accomplishments into confidence, visible proof, and professional momentum.
Professional Development
Practical training that helps career professionals identify their contributions, communicate their value, and prepare for advancement.
Visibility Strategy
Executive, career, and entrepreneur visibility programs focused on showing up in the right places with a clear and credible message.
Reputation Strategy
Strategic advising that aligns public profiles, proof, recognition, and digital presence with what a person or organization wants to be known for.
The EVG signature framework
Put Your Paper Back on the Wall™
A leadership visibility and professional development experience for people who have spent too long shrinking their accomplishments to make other people comfortable.
Bring This Training to Your Organization- Identify the accomplishments that demonstrate leadership and impact
- Communicate value without apologizing, overexplaining, or shrinking
- Build an accomplishment portfolio for evaluations and advancement
- Strengthen visibility, credibility, and professional reputation
Designed for executives, career professionals, entrepreneurs, emerging leaders, leadership cohorts, employee resource groups, associations, and professional teams.
Ways to work with EVG
For your organization. Or for your own next chapter.
The work can begin inside a company, association, or leadership program. It can also begin one-on-one with a person who is ready to recognize what they have earned and decide what comes next.
Develop your people.
Leadership and professional development experiences that strengthen confidence, accomplishment communication, visibility, credibility, and professional reputation.
- Interactive workshops and trainings
- Leadership cohorts and employee programs
- Association and conference sessions
Put your paper back on the wall.
Every one-on-one session is guided by the Put Your Paper Back on the Wall™ framework. Together, we identify the “papers” you have already earned, determine what new proof you need, and strengthen your confidence to own your value.
- Identify accomplishments, credentials, and experiences that matter
- Recognize gaps in your professional portfolio
- Determine what new “papers” support where you want to go
- Communicate what you have earned without shrinking
Stefanie Magness
News &
Appearances
Selected moments in speaking, authorship, and recognition that reflect Stefanie’s work in leadership development, professional visibility, and reputation.
September 10–11, 2026
Visibility Panelist
NAWBO Richmond Women Empowerment Summit & Expo in Richmond, Virginia.
September 18, 2026
100 Women of Excellence Honoree
Selected for recognition at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Coming September 23, 2026
Put Your Paper Back on the Wall™
Put Your Paper Back on the Wall™, the message behind Stefanie’s signature leadership visibility and professional development experience.
November 17, 2026
Featured Professional Development Presenter
Presenting on personal branding, networking, and elevator speeches for JAG Arizona Leads and University of Phoenix.
These engagements reflect EVG’s work at the intersection of leadership development, professional growth, visibility, credibility, and reputation.
The moment before the moment
Before they say yes, they will look you up.
Before decision-makers say yes, they look beyond the résumé. They verify whether the full story adds up.
BeforeYou run for public office.
BeforeYou are considered for a promotion or C-suite role.
BeforeYou apply for a board seat or government appointment.
BeforeYou are nominated for an award or major recognition.
BeforeYou step onto a major stage or into a media interview.
BeforeYou become the public voice of an organization.
Think about what is next for you.
What are you preparing for right now?
A promotion? A board seat? A run for office? An award? A major interview? A speaking opportunity?
They are checking
Your references are only one piece of the decision.
You usually choose references who will speak well of you. Decision-makers know that. So they conduct their own due diligence.
When they compare every version of your story, does it all add up?
LinkedIn: Does your profile match the level of opportunity you are pursuing?
Google: Do your search results reflect who you are today?
AI: Does the information it repeats about you sound accurate and credible?
Résumé and CV: Can your claims be independently validated?
Bio and media kit: Are the same titles, accomplishments and areas of expertise showing up everywhere?
Social media: Does your public presence strengthen or weaken the story?
Now look at it from their side.
If they searched your name today, would everything match?
Would your LinkedIn, résumé, bio, media kit, Google results, social media, and AI results all tell the same story?
Client proof
Tina Priestly wanted to be known as a home organizing expert.
Elevate Visibility Group positioned Tina, founder of Ready, Set, Refresh, for national media opportunities that matched her expertise.
The proof
- Featured several times by Martha Stewart
- Named in Martha Stewart’s “Meet the Experts” section
- Featured by Better Homes & Gardens
- Featured by Good Housekeeping
She is no longer the only person calling herself an expert. Trusted national publications say it too.
Now ask yourself
Who else says you are the expert?
Anyone can make a claim. Proof is different.
Who else says you are the expert?
What articles, awards, rankings, speaking events, or trusted organizations back up what you want to be known for?
The EVG development approach
First, we identify your value. Then we build the visibility and reputation to support it.
Step 1
Define
Clarify exactly what you want to be known for and the opportunity you are preparing to pursue.
Step 2
Examine
Review your public footprint through the lens of a decision-maker, journalist, board, committee or voter.
Step 3
Compare
Measure whether your résumé, CV, bio, LinkedIn, Google, AI, media and professional profiles tell the same story.
Step 4
Architect
Create the blueprint for what should be corrected, elevated, added, removed or repositioned.
Step 5
Build
Develop the credible proof and strategic visibility required to support the reputation you want to own.
Be honest about what is missing.
Is what people find about you strong enough for where you want to go?
This is not just about good or bad. Is it current? Does it match your goals? Is there real proof behind it?
A quick reputation check
Is your current reputation ready for what is next?
Answer three questions. This is not a full assessment, but it will show whether there may be a gap between your accomplishments and what the public can verify.
1. Do your LinkedIn, résumé, bio and public profiles describe you consistently?
2. Can someone find credible third-party proof of what you want to be known for?
3. Have you reviewed what Google and AI currently say about you?
Our proof
Our reputation should stand up too.
Before you trust us with your leaders, professionals, visibility, or reputation, you should be able to look us up and see proof of our own.
Elevate Visibility Group
- Voted Best Maryland-Based Business in The Daily Record’s 2025 Reader Rankings
- Voted Best PR Firm in The Daily Record’s 2025 Reader Rankings
- Named one of The Daily Record’s Best Women-Owned Businesses for 2026
- Ranked among Maryland reputation management companies by DesignRush
- Recognized by DesignRush, The Manifest, Edverise, and Clutch
Stefanie Magness
- Featured in AFRO American Newspapers
- Featured in EBONY and ESSENCE
- Recipient of Pine-Sol’s Women Making a Powerful Difference recognition
- Featured in The Daily Record, Fast Company, Business.com, Southern Maryland News, and Authority Magazine
- Three-time Qwoted 100 honoree
Selected Speaking Engagements
- National Community Reinvestment Coalition
- Howard University School of Business SBDC
- DC Women’s Business Center
- Illinois Small Business Development Center
- NAWBO Richmond
Now think about your own reputation
What would people find if they looked you up?
Would they find recognition, trusted media, strong speaking experience, and proof that supports what you want to be known for?
Creator of Put Your Paper Back on the Wall™
Stefanie Magness
Stefanie Magness, The Reputation Elevator™, is a leadership visibility and reputation strategist, author of Put Your Paper Back on the Wall™, and former public affairs executive, executive director, chief executive officer, registered lobbyist, and political candidate.
Her experience across management and executive leadership taught her that doing strong work is not always enough. Leaders must also know how to communicate their impact, own their accomplishments, and build a reputation that can stand up when the stakes are high.
Founded as MagnessPR in 2009 and rebranded as Elevate Visibility Group in 2023, EVG now brings leadership development, professional development, visibility, and reputation strategy together under one firm.
Today, Stefanie works with organizations as well as executives, career professionals, entrepreneurs, public leaders, and attorneys who want their accomplishments, expertise, and leadership to be seen and understood. Her one-on-one work guides individuals in identifying the “papers” they have already earned, determining what new proof they need, and building the confidence to own their value.
Stefanie Magness, The Reputation Elevator™
Author of Put Your Paper Back on the Wall™
Author of Put Your Paper Back on the Wall™
Featured & Recognized
Selected press, expert commentary, and independent recognition.
Authority Magazine
Interviewed about digital transformation, visibility, and building credibility online
The Daily Record
Named one of Maryland’s Best Women-Owned Businesses for 2026
Reader Rankings
Recognized in The Daily Record’s 2025 and 2026 Reader Rankings across PR, consulting, marketing, and Maryland-based business categories.
Industry Directories
Recognized by Clutch, DesignRush, and The Manifest.
Develop your people. Elevate their impact.
Bring Put Your Paper Back on the Wall™ to your organization.
“Your reputation should already be working for you before the opportunity arrives.”
Stefanie Magness, The Reputation Elevator™