Recent Posts - page 17
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Marketing: Customized Smartphone App
Here’s a magic app we had customized for our members to perform and for those to whom they perform it to even amaze themselves after the initial performance – showing it to their friends on their own phone. From a… Read More ›
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Meeting Theme: Featured Performers
Sometimes we build our monthly events featuring one of our more seasoned members. When we do this, we ask the performer to bring his/her “A” material for a twenty minute performance and also to bring enough supplies to teach the… Read More ›
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Meeting Activity: Work In Progress
THANK YOU David Sandy and the Kansas City club for this idea. After hearing their idea, we now periodically provide an opportunity for any member to sign up ahead of time to perform a trick on which they’re working –… Read More ›
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Magic Club Resource Catalog 3
A proven and flexible magic club mentoring curriculum to build the leadership bench strength of a local magic club and continue to intentionally develop younger members; entrance to a magic club leadership poster gallery with over 300 leadership principles depicted… Read More ›
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Meeting Theme: Magic and Memory
In this meeting members bring what they believe to be their most memorable magic trick(s). What trick(s) do they perform that their audiences remember for the longest period of time. What is their theory about why that is? Depending on… Read More ›
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Marketing: Magic In The Libraries
MAGIC IN THE LIBRARIES is what we call this marketing initiative in which the club purchases used hardbound Mark Wilson’s Course In Magic books (for never over $10 including postage on eBay mostly) and any of our members can reach… Read More ›
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Governance: Executive Director
Our board struggled when we considered the term limits as mandated in our club’s constitution for board members. Continuity in which we could build one year on top of the previous year’s progress became increasingly difficult. Many years we felt… Read More ›
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Meeting Theme/Marketing Idea: Close-Up In The Corners
As you’ll see, this post has been filed in the blog’s main menu under both Meeting Ideas and Marketing, because this meeting has been structured to encourage members to invite family and friends for some pizza, soft drinks, and what… Read More ›
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Marketing: Giveaways 1-4
We have a member of our local club who extensively performs strolling magic in restaurants. We’ve created four giveaways where the club shares the cost of having a strolling performer’s ad on one side of the giveaway and the club’s… Read More ›
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Meeting Theme: Card Sleights
• We selected six card enthusiasts who each hosted a table with a particular emphasized sleight printed on a table card sitting on the table. You can read the various sleights in the event’s poster copy. • Although we mostly… Read More ›
Featured Categories
Governance ›
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Governance: Text Message Groups
August 4, 2025
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Governance: Building A Magic Club (Video)
October 25, 2024
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Governance: The Role Of Culture White Paper
October 21, 2024
Marketing ›
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Marketing Giveaway #18: Smart Phone Magic Posters Concentration/Memory Game App
January 28, 2026
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Marketing: A Monthly Newsletter
August 4, 2025
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Marketing Giveaway 17: Find The Curved Line
March 29, 2025
Meeting Activities ›
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Meeting Activity: Writing Deceptively Honest Radio Commercials
October 28, 2024
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Meeting Activities: Name Tags
October 2, 2024
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Meeting Activity: The Gypsy Eradication Ritual
September 30, 2024
Meeting Themes ›
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Magic Theme: Celebration Reception
December 19, 2025
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Meeting Theme: Holiday Gift Exchange
December 2, 2025
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Meeting Theme: Marked Cards Magic
February 1, 2025
Poster Gallery ›
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Magic Club Leadership Poster Gallery
February 24, 2014