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Internal Leadership and Development Consultant at Tenaska and Executive Director Of The Omaha Magical Society.
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Governance: Managing Fear White Paper
We know that trying new projects and initiatives is one way to keep a magic club fresh. However, fear of failure or criticism may hinder us as leaders in our ability to initiate that necessary change. Now in a form… Read More ›
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Meeting Activity: Envelopes On The Wall
How many total years of magic experience does your club membership possess? At some point, it might be beneficial to figure that out – announcing your total to the group. We found that sharing the total helped empower our club… Read More ›
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Meeting Idea: Dot Voting
After completing a brainstorming activity as described in the previous post (Multiple Scribes), you might then want to vote on the ones from the list with the most support in the group. You could have them raise their hands. However,… Read More ›
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Meeting Activity: Multiple Scribes
When brainstorming ideas or concepts (i.e. What are some fund raising ideas we could do for our magic club?), it’s not unusual for the audience to call out items for the list quicker than the scribe in the front of… Read More ›
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Meeting Activity: The Cube Opening
Click HERE to download a handout of the above picture or draw it on a piece of paper large enough for everyone in the meeting room to see and participate. You begin saying something like: “Our brains are going to… Read More ›
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Governance: A Centralized Calendar
We finally gave in. We were having the leaders of various club programs unintentionally scheduling events on top of other events … so we went to a centralized club calendar towards the bottom of our club’s website homepage. Since our… Read More ›
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Meeting Activity: Prizes! Prizes!
Distribute to each member at your club meeting a copy of the handout you can download HERE. “Tonight we’re going to begin by giving away prizes!” you begin. “Across the top of the matrix please print five adjectives that describe… Read More ›
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Meeting Theme: Anti-Competition Magic Competition
This was a most fun way of getting our members acquainted with our club’s Performance Feedback Form. After giving every attendee an opportunity to look over the feedback forms on each table (with pencils too), three performers presented routines that… Read More ›
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Governance: The Why Deck
The first generation of a magic club tends to understand the “why” behind the various programs and procedures in use (since in most cases those in leadership during that first generation put the programs or processes in place). However, it’s… Read More ›
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Meeting Activity: Envelope Exchange
A different question pertaining to magic is hand printed on as many envelopes as you have table teams. Some sample questions might be: You get the idea. On the table are also some blank index cards. The envelopes are distributed… Read More ›
Magic Club Leadership Resources 