Talking Magic

Whenever I talk magic with my friiend and co-author of Wizbangers, Ken Bellemare, I get new ideas. I love doing magic but I am not very good: maybe you can relate. So I look for magic tricks that the average klutz like me can do.

Here is one that I do from time to time. See if you can adapt it for your needs. You can do it small or do it big for a large audience.

Three Card Choice

Lay out three cards, a jack, a queen and a king.
Ask a volunteer to choose one of the cards and tell you which one.
Then amaze him by saying: "I knew, just by looking at you that you would choose that one (say the queen) because here it is right in my wallet.Then open your wallet and show him. He will search through your wallet for the other two cards if he is as smart as I am, but they won't be there.

Then make your keypoint: Always anticipate the needs and choices of the customer or audience.

How do you do it, you ask me? Well if the volunteer had chosen the king I would have said more or less the same thing, but I would have shown him the card (the king) under my coffee cup. If he chose the ace I would have shown him that I knew he would pick that one because here it is on top of my clipboard. You basically have a copy of each of these cards stationed somewhere around you and just have to remember where each one is.

I find that those little miniature cards are great for this trick.

But wait, there's more. Let's say you want to explain how this trick is done for your group. That is great too, and it can create another interesting key learning point: be prepared to go the direction the customer chooses.

Well perhaps that is enough magic for right now. If you have any magical ideas just leave your comments.