Realizing it’s a personal preference our club limits our monthly non-lecture* events to sixty minutes for two reasons. We are confident we can successfully and consistently fill each event with three twenty-minute chunks of high quality content. And then the… Read More ›
You know of Teller (of Penn and Teller fame) and author of the two-volume set on the life of Omaha magician David P. Abbott. Thanks to his generosity the club now owns The Abbott House. As I recollect, one of… Read More ›
Now in a form that you can download and print to aid in discussing with others, here’s a short article focused on how healthy relationships both inside and outside the magic club mature. You may download the white paper HERE.
From the January and February 2024 MUM magazine. If you missed them, click HERE to download and read the articles.
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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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