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Internal Leadership and Development Consultant at Tenaska and Executive Director Of The Omaha Magical Society.
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Governance: Small Groups
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 ›
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Governance: Annual Fund Raising Initiative
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 ›
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Meeting Theme: Sleightless Card Tricks
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 ›
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Governance: Annual Goals and Objectives
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 ›
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Governance: An Online Club Survey
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 ›
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Marketing: Posters and Graphic Artists
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 ›
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Governance/Marketing: Your Club’s Mission Statement
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 ›
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Governance/Marketing: Your Club’s Brand
When I read you the names of the above brands, you get a feeling with each one. If it’s a positive feeling, that company has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to intentionally and purposefully produce that feeling and sustain… Read More ›
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Meeting Activity: Facebook Polling
In one of our recent Monday Night Magic monthly events, we had a little friendly team competition between four table teams – each presenting a short magic routine with items found in a common restaurant place setting. The winner would… Read More ›
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Marketing: Magic In The Hospitals
When our local club tried to bring our magic into the Omaha hospitals, we found that the times that they would allow us to come in (i.e. only during the day and never on weekends) immediately eliminated most of our… Read More ›
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