Motivational magic

Motivational Magic - a motivational magician is a professional motivational speaker who is also a highly skilled magician or illusionist. Such performers are hired because of their skill in captivating an audience and inspiring them to take action. Successful motivational magicians have proven themselves in the industries of stage magic and professional speaking.

Definitions and Roles of a Motivational Magician
Motivational Magic entered into the realm of professional speakers in the 1990s, when many large corporations began looking for speakers that offered something fresh and new to stimulate their audiences. Google currently shows more than one million websites for speakers and magicians who perform in this specific niche of stage magic and illusions.

When hired for this highly specialized speaking engagement, the speaker uses Motivational Magic both as an attention getter to spark the interest of the audience, and also as a teaching tool that illustrates key points. Those who hire speakers that offer motivational magic look for professionals that show a long track record of exceptional skill and experience as a speaker and an entertainer. Such speakers are often brought in when extra fire power is needed to influence an audience to take a specific action step, embrace new changes in the company, or become sold on a new product or service.

The use of motivational magic may include anything ranging from card manipulation, to a large grand illusion seen by world renown illusionists such as David Copperfield.

Sales people have found motivational magic to be a very helpful tool in aiding the sales process. By performing a magic trick with a message, the sales person finds that the have attracted the interest of their new potential client. Walls of resistence are lowered, and the new prospect often shows eagerness in wanting to learn more. Those who employ motivational magic in their sales presentations frequently remark that the use of theatrical magic is the most powerful tool in their arsenal of sales training and marketing techniques.

Teachers in public schools use motivational magic to illustrate lessons that might otherwise be dull or boring in the eyes of their students. Many educators find that magic is something that all students love, and are eager to learn a magic effect that they can perform for their family and friends. Teachers find that the walls of disinterest and apathy dissolve, and students are more eager in listening to what the instructor has to share with them.

Types of events
Several types of organizations have found motivational magic to be very attractive to them. Clients of motivational speakers who use magic in their presentations include sales organizations, colleges, corporations, schools, and professional associations.

School assembly programs hire motivational magicians to persuade students to avoid using drugs, to befriend other students from different cultures, to work hard at school. Magic effects are designed to teach key concepts such as integrity, honesty, responsibility, duty and community serfices.

College campuses will hire motivational magicians to help reduce the very high national drop out rate among college students. The speaker will inspire students that graduating from college will magically transform their lives, offering a higher style of living than they could otherwise enjoy without a college degree.

Large corporations hire motivational magicians to inspire their employees to make undesirable things disappear, such as frequent absences, low productivity, poor customer serivce, and harassment on the work site.

Professional associations hire motivational magicians for their skill and experience in entertaining their annual conferences and regional meetings. The motivational magician finds it an easy transition to implement their magical routines with inspirational messages that delight the audience who enjoy magic.

Training & Certification
Motivational Magic is a fairly new specialty, with only a few speakers offering training on their most popular inspirational routines. Those who enter the field of motivational magic tend to already be successful speakers seeking new tools to enhance their impact with audiences, or, magicians who want to branch out to a new niche in the industry of motivational speaking.

For magicians who want to become speakers, the two largest training organizations for professional speakers are Dale Carnegie and
Toastmasters.

Both organizations have each have earned well deserved international recognition for training highly successfuly professional speakers. Dale Carnegie's program is three months long, and each week the participant is required to give a two minute speech on specific areas of instruction provided by the course. Toastmasters program is more of an informal club format, where volunteers meet twice a month and take different speaking roles required at each session.

Fee

Fees requested by the motivational magician are often much higher than the fees of other speakers in the industry, and also significantly hire than a magician. Motivational magicians often have to bring in extra staff to work the stage when larger grand illusions are employed in the program. Among motivational magicians, fees can range from $1500 to $12,000 for a single presentation.

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