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 ›
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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 ›
Marketing: “Events” vs. “Meetings”
When I say the word “meeting,” what comes to your mind? A high energy interactive time? Probably not. Rather than seeking to overcome the stereotype of a “meeting” we just call our meetings “events” and create a poster for each… 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 ›
Marketing: Hospital Video Program
Click HERE to read more about how our club’s hospital video based program went national as a response to the limiting of in-person performances by the hospitals in our area. Once again necessity continues to be the mother of invention.
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 ›
Governance: Teller Answers The Question “Is A 501C3 Non-Profit Designation Worth It?”
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 ›
Marketing: A Long-Term Care Facility Program
Proving itself to be an excellent venue for those members desiring more performing experience you can read more about our club’s programming for long-term care facilities HERE. Please note we have some members who already perform platform shows for the… Read More ›
Marketing: Giveaway 12
Here’s a fun giveaway for your magic club by Sid Lorraine. Whether you make it about a card prediction you bought from China, and the prediction that came with the trick was written in Chinese or the instructions were printed… Read More ›
Magic Club Leadership Resources 