If you’ve been involved in magic for more than thirty days, you know that there is an entire skill set in being able to insightfully read and decipher with savviness an ad for a new magic trick: • What in… Read More ›
Meeting Activities
Meeting Activities: Name Tags
I must admit that when we first started using name tags at our meetings, there was some mild opposition vocalized with statements like “Why do we need to wear name tags? We know everybody here.” However, not unlike the principle… Read More ›
Meeting Activity: The Gypsy Eradication Ritual
What’s known as The Gypsy Eradication Ritual can have a haunting effect on a club meeting when one person sits at a table in the middle of a circle of members – following the instructions of the members reading the… Read More ›
Meeting Activity/Marketing: The Book Of Multiple Uses
What is this ebook? It started out as a 100 page book – describing a money-making school show idea where families would gather for a magic show with a twist. Every trick (plus more) in the show were available for… Read More ›
Meeting Activity: One New Trick
David Sandy from Kansas City shared this with me shortly after I had assumed the role of Executive Director of The Omaha Magical Society. He said their club tries never to have a meeting without teaching everyone a magic trick…. Read More ›
Meeting Activity: Meeting Length
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 ›
Meeting Activity: Placemat 4
Click HERE to download the instructions for this con as well as two different game boards/placemats from which to choose. Have coins and placemats set out on your tables or chairs, and your members can both experience and learn the… Read More ›
Meeting Activity: A Raffle
People seem to have a high energy around winning prizes. And the value of the prize doesn’t seem to matter. In my experience the energy comes far more from the fact that they won the prize, and the other people… Read More ›
Meeting Theme: Annual Scheduling
Just as a musician designing a well-produced album will typically intersperse slower songs with songs of higher energy, the club leader will want to provide a variety-filled calendar for the members with lectures interspersed with meetings that give members opportunities… Read More ›
Meeting Activity: Placemat 7
Read the post entitled Placemat 6 for details about the working of this activity. Download the instructions and the above template HERE.
Magic Club Leadership Resources 