Recently we had reason to hold a celebration. Teller (of Penn and Teller) had lent us money to purchase the home of a famous magician David P. Abbott and then after 15 months unexpectedly and generously forgave the loan. We… Read More ›
As many of you know, our local magic club (https://theomahamagicalsociety.org) received the unexpected gift from Teller of the historic David P. Abbott House of Mystery in Omaha, Nebraska. This sizable project requires me to hit the pause button on new… Read More ›
Click on the picture to view a celebratory one-minute and forty-six second video overview of this blog’s growth.
As opposed to a company where leadership has both a stick and a carrot to motivate employees, the leadership of an all-volunteer magic club must master the ability to create motivation using a more limited set of tools. Here is… Read More ›
Second only to a consistently involving monthly meeting, I consider the monthly newsletter to be one of only a few essential pillars of The Omaha Magical Society. I consider the newsletter a monthly marketing brochure for the club – reminding those… Read More ›
A proven and flexible magic club mentoring curriculum to build the leadership bench strength of a local magic club and continue to intentionally develop younger members; entrance to a magic club leadership poster gallery with over 300 leadership principles depicted… Read More ›
Containing a no cost young magicians’ curriculum (complete with online video reinforcement), a podcast for growing your leadership skills on-the-go, and a magic discussion deck template for generating magic discussion in your magic club between your newest member to your… Read More ›
A club online video library, weekly short email essays on enhancing your members’ performance skills, an online leadership self assessment, a video with ten proven principles for building a magic club, a blog with over 300 leadership posts and monthly… Read More ›
Throughout the year, we encourage members to donate unused magic tricks and DVD’s to our club’s “magic closet” (which is actually a locked closet on the second floor of The Abbott House. In early December we typically enter the closet… Read More ›
As Executive Director, I firmly believe that as long as I have the two pillars of a monthly event and monthly newsletter of consistently high quality, the club will continue to grow. That’s how much importance I place on the… Read More ›
As a magic club grows, the need for creating small groups becomes increasingly important in order that each person feels as though they know at least five to seven people in the club. Then when the whole group does meet… Read More ›
Here’s one that follows in the footsteps of the previous post. Magicians seek to study how the human brain works – using its limitations to amaze and entertain us. One of those limitations is the brain’s inability to focus on… Read More ›
Magicians seek to study how the human brain works – using its limitations to amaze and entertain us. One of those limitations is the brain’s inability to focus on more than one focal point at a time. Magicians use that… Read More ›
The poster tells the story. Using Jay Sankey’s card marking system found at: https://youtu.be/R9RlUcOsVaI, members create their own decks provided by the club and then learn four different magic tricks each one taught by a different member of the club… Read More ›
Although we used this theme in January, it really has year-around appeal. We found the magic kits for $5 at a store called Five Below and the rabbit statues initially on a Target store’s dollar shelves and then having lost… Read More ›
In the spirit of full disclosure, our club has not tried this. When the planets align, I believe it could be an effective fund raising idea for both a local school band and a local magic club. The son of… Read More ›
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