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 ›
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Meeting Activity: Sentence Completions
On the tables are enough of these sheets for everyone to have one. At the beginning of the meeting, each person takes one of the sheets and selects three questions to fill in the blank. Everyone must complete the last… Read More ›
Marketing: Group Apparel
Have you ever ordered some custom apparel? We believe it gives our club members a sense of team particularly when we wear it to a public event like our annual Boys Town Picnic (see poster below). Above are some polo… Read More ›
Meeting Activity: Music In Our Meetings
Sometimes what we’ve learned about effective presentation in our magic shows, we fail to carry over to our magic meetings. We know that playing music at least when our audience enters and exits the performance is a good thing. However,… Read More ›
Meeting Activity: Learning Teams
Learning teams involve all audience members learning in teams different parts of the content and then becoming “instant experts” – teaching the part of the content they read/explored in exchange for the other teams sharing what they learned from their… Read More ›
Meeting Activity: Make It Take It Ghost Stories
Download the zip file HERE and print out the templates – watching the instructional video too. You’ll be ready for a make-it-take-it meeting or section of a meeting using the printed templates and a glue stick to make and practice… Read More ›
Meeting Activity: Uniquenesses
Much like a previous activity from this blog entitled Commonalities, this activity focuses on discovering something unique about each table team member that is NOT true of anyone else on the team. Obviously each person will have to make possible… Read More ›
Governance: Managing Fear White Paper
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 ›
Meeting Activity: Envelopes On The Wall
How many total years of magic experience does your club membership possess? At some point, it might be beneficial to figure that out – announcing your total to the group. We found that sharing the total helped empower our club… Read More ›
Meeting Idea: Dot Voting
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 ›
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