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Add Magic to Your
Presentations
When reading my
public speaking book I will teach you a variety of fun techniques to put in
your presentation including using magic. When
you perform a magic trick during your speaking
presentation, it never fails to impress the
audience and keep their eyes on what you will
do next.
Don't worry about being held to the high
standards of a professional magician when you
perform your magic tricks. You are simply
adding magic as an extra dimension to key
points your making to the audience, while the
professional magician's presentation is
primarily just involving illusion. This is a
fun aspect I teach about in my
public speaking book.
I do some simple magic tricks that would
probably make a real magician laugh at me, yet
I get comments from the audience all the time
that they loved my 'illusions.' Think about
some of the points you make during your
presentation that could use a little extra
something to make them more memorable.
You can visit your local magic shop and tell
the salesperson what you are looking to
accomplish and that you have no magic skills.
Most good magic shops have literally thousands
of tricks to pick from and at all skill levels
for any type of audience.
The points you make and the comedy aspect of
the magic usually come from the 'patter' (what
the magician says while doing the trick). You
can even buy books that help you with comic
patter. Magic tricks are also a fun way to add
some lightheartedness and WOW factor.
Many magic tricks are now on video which makes
it a whole lot easier to learn than trying to
read them from a book. An excellent video
tape for rope tricks is 'Daryl's Rope Tricks
#7.' Your local magic shop probably has it and
if they don't they can probably order it.
I really like to learn magic from videos
because you can see the trick in action.
Reading them from a book is OK, and very
useful, but you can learn a lot quicker with
video training. Two good magic videos for
speakers are by master magician Tom Ogden
'Teaching and Training with Magic' and 'The
Magic of Creativity.' I got these two videos
from Royal Publishing & Walters Speakers
Services (626) 335-8069.
And of course, in 2004 with the magician Steve
Hart, I created a three DVD set of magic
tricks, with a bonus DVD of me doing some
magic.
Call me at (757) 431-1366, to order, or order
online at
www.magic4speakers.com
When reading my public
speaking book, you will learn that
magic is but one of many resources and tools
you can use to cleverly communicate your
message.
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