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Governance
Governance/Meeting Ideas: A Mentoring Curriculum
At least since the inception of YouTube, I have sensed magic clubs struggle with their place in the magic landscape. I know we are. It no longer is enough to have a group come together to learn new tricks. Ultimately… Read More ›
Governance: Leadership Self Assessment
Click HERE to complete a magic club leadership self assessment. If you insert your own email into the assessment, results will be sent to you. You can then go to the links in the area(s) needing improvement and find additional… Read More ›
Governance: Intentional Feedback Loops
Any club such as ours which decides to go with a more representative form of governance in which once a year the membership elects a board which is then entrusted with most of the decision making (within the boundaries of… Read More ›
Governance: Trial and Error
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 ›
Governance: Prioritizing The Club’s Core
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
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
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 ›
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 ›
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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