Here’s a proven process for a group debriefing regarding the effectiveness of a club project or event as a group. As a club, we also use this structure in our every other year club-wide online survey too. When this processing… Read More ›
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Governance: Leadership Book
Here’s the book from which the leadership components of this blog have been gleaned. You can purchase it on Amazon. In addition Amazon offers both the Kindle and Audible version at no charge on the same site.
Meeting Activity: Zingo Bingo!
At the end of one of your next meetings, you bring out some Bingo cards – setting up a game of Bingo with your members “for some fine prizes” you say. The cards are distributed and the calling of the… Read More ›
Meeting Theme/Activity: Artificial Intelligence and Magic
In a previous post, we looked at the use of artificial intelligence to create graphics for our clubs’ newsletters. Here’s actually the prequel to that post where we challenged our members to use the ChatGPT app to explore ways to… Read More ›
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 ›
Marketing: Newsletter Graphics and Artificial Intelligence
If you work on your club’s newsletter, I encourage you to download the Copilot app from Microsoft and begin playing with the Designer component of the app. It will generate a graphic for you based on your typing a text… Read More ›
Meeting Activity Idea: Magic Discussion Deck
In an effort to help magic club members meaningfully connect with each other (and even the youngest budding magicians), here’s The Magic Club Discussion Deck. I wanted a deck of question cards where the newest (or youngest) member of the… Read More ›
Marketing: Brainteaser Graphics For Your Club Newsletter
Consider this a companion post to a previous one this week entitled the Magic Club Newsletter Compendium. In an attempt to make it more efficient for your club to create an interesting newsletter, this collection of 24 brainteaser graphics might… Read More ›
Meeting Activity: Managing Audience Energy
The bell shaped curve remains a classic visual depiction of data. However, truly great performers know it also accurately depicts an audience’s laughter or applause energy too. Both start quietly, build to a crescendo, and then taper off. Savvy comedians… Read More ›
Meeting Activity: Script, Switch, and Solve
This activity generates its energy from problem solving as a component of a monthly meeting. Each table team writes on a piece of paper a legible paragraph of three or four sentences describing a real-world problematic scenario that a magician… Read More ›
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