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

• Marketing Giveaway 13: A Paper Folding Puzzle

  By Dave Arch on August 17, 2024

  

  Although this was one of the most sophisticated giveaways we made in celebration of our magic club’s one-hundredth anniversary year, it was also the one on which we received the most favorable comments based on its cleverness. Your club might… Read More ›

• Meeting Activity: Placemat 3

  By Dave Arch on August 16, 2024

  

  THANK YOU Terri Rogers for the designs used in this placemat. Although the lattice work borders do look exactly alike, follow the instructions inside each one and both you and your club members just might be amazed. You may download… Read More ›

• Meeting Activity: DIY Interactive Matrix

  By Dave Arch on August 14, 2024

  

  No doubt you’ve seen this formula applied to magic tricks on television specials or internet websites where you’ve been encouraged to put your finger on any card showing on the screen. Then as you follow the magician’s series of instructions… Read More ›

• Governance: Daily Planner White Paper

  By Dave Arch on August 12, 2024

  

  Andrew Carnegie asked a consultant for his best piece of advice on time management. The consultant told Mr. Carnegie to make a to do list THE NIGHT BEFORE for the next day. The words in capital letters were very important…. Read More ›

• Meeting Activity: Sentence Completions

  By Dave Arch on August 10, 2024

  

  On the tables are enough of these sheets for everyone to have one. At the beginning of the meeting, each person takes one of the sheets and selects three questions to fill in the blank. Everyone must complete the last… Read More ›

• Marketing: Group Apparel

  By Dave Arch on August 9, 2024

  

  Have you ever ordered some custom apparel? We believe it gives our club members a sense of team particularly when we wear it to a public event like our annual Boys Town Picnic (see poster below). Above are some polo… Read More ›

• Meeting Activity: Music In Our Meetings

  By Dave Arch on August 7, 2024

  

  Sometimes what we’ve learned about effective presentation in our magic shows, we fail to carry over to our magic meetings. We know that playing music at least when our audience enters and exits the performance is a good thing. However,… Read More ›

• Meeting Activity: Learning Teams

  By Dave Arch on August 5, 2024

  

  Learning teams involve all audience members learning in teams different parts of the content and then becoming “instant experts” – teaching the part of the content they read/explored in exchange for the other teams sharing what they learned from their… Read More ›

• Meeting Activity: Make It Take It Ghost Stories

  By Dave Arch on August 2, 2024

  

  Download the zip file HERE and print out the templates – watching the instructional video too. You’ll be ready for a make-it-take-it meeting or section of a meeting using the printed templates and a glue stick to make and practice… Read More ›

• Meeting Activity: Uniquenesses

  By Dave Arch on July 31, 2024

  

  Much like a previous activity from this blog entitled Commonalities, this activity focuses on discovering something unique about each table team member that is NOT true of anyone else on the team. Obviously each person will have to make possible… Read More ›