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Internal Leadership and Development Consultant at Tenaska and Executive Director Of The Omaha Magical Society.

• Governance: Trial and Error

  By Dave Arch on April 1, 2024

  

  We thought it was a good idea at the time. Then again over the past five years we’ve thought more than a few ideas were good ideas but were just not responded to enthusiastically by club members. The following process… Read More ›

• Marketing: Giveaway 5

  By Dave Arch on March 30, 2024

  

  Add your club’s contact information, and you just might have a tool for your members to use in sharing about your club with others. Download your ready-to-print template HERE. Watch the instructional video HERE.

• Governance: Prioritizing The Club’s Core

  By Dave Arch on March 29, 2024

  

  If you think of your club members within a set of concentric circles with those who most consistently contribute with their time and/or finances being the bullseye (the core) and then moving out from there with regular attenders, irregular attenders,… Read More ›

• Governance: Small Groups

  By Dave Arch on March 27, 2024

  

  Once a magic club grows to about twenty to thirty people at a monthly meeting particularly the long-term members can begin to feel like “I don’t know everyone in the club anymore like I used to.” At this stage, if… Read More ›

• Governance: Annual Fund Raising Initiative

  By Dave Arch on March 25, 2024

  

  The most uninspiring expenses of any magic club can arguably be found under the category of “on-going monthly operating expenses.” Here is a monthly list of ours for one of our most recent years: See what I mean? The above… Read More ›

• Meeting Theme: Sleightless Card Tricks

  By Dave Arch on March 23, 2024

  

  Schedule For The Evening Prior to the meeting four table leaders selected for their ability to teach a simple yet impactful sleightless card trick and facilitate others in sharing one, are briefed on the flow of the meeting and the… Read More ›

• Governance: Annual Goals and Objectives

  By Dave Arch on March 22, 2024

  

  Having reviewed the results of our membership survey (see previous post), our club board is ready in September to set the projects and initiatives for the next year. Those goals are released to the membership prior to our 15×15 annual… Read More ›

• Governance: An Online Club Survey

  By Dave Arch on March 20, 2024

  

  Every two years we use Google Docs to facilitate the soliciting of feedback from our members. Here’s the link to a copy of our 2022 one HERE. As you’ll see, the survey will be updated in 2024 before it’s presented… Read More ›

• Marketing: Posters and Graphic Artists

  By Dave Arch on March 19, 2024

  

  I’ve been asked who does the graphics for our club’s monthly event posters. For the past four years on a monthly basis we’ve used Alina on Fiverr and have consistently found her to be responsive to our requests, willing to… Read More ›

• Governance/Marketing: Your Club’s Mission Statement

  By Dave Arch on March 18, 2024

  

  Why does your club exist? Do your members and leaders know? Do you have it written down succinctly? In the previous post, I addressed the importance of defining a club’s brand with adjectives that members feel when they think about… Read More ›