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ANTHONY LINDAN

Custom Corporate Magic



 

Stage Shows
Team-Building Workshops
Sleight of Hand Magician

 



Anthony Lindan is a master magician, performer, team builder, custom creator and lecturer of close up magic as well as a gifted and engaging stage illusionist and mentalist.

Based in southern Ontario (Canada), Anthony has for more than 25 years performed exclusively for corporate functions such as receptions, conventions, conferences, trade shows, hospitality suites, sales meetings and at numerous prestigious events requiring the finest in blue chip entertainment.
 



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Corporate "Magic" Services:


TEAM BUILDING

"Tricks of the Trade"
Interactive Team Building Workshop

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It is not all just smoke and mirrors. The skill set necessary to effectively perform a magic trick closely resembles that required to successfully communicate in the business world.

Corporate magician Anthony Lindan has developed a fun, interactive and experiential approach to learn about the creativity, communication, problem-solving and presentation skills required to perform magic and entertain an audience.

Drawing on over twenty years of experience, Anthony Lindan reveals the REAL secrets about performing and connecting with an audience.


"In magic, as in real life, the key to success is
not the trick itself but how it is performed."
 

1. Participants break into groups and each group learns a different magic trick.

• How the trick works – the mechanics
• Why the trick works – applied psychology
• How to perform the trick – presentation skills
• Each group develops a presentation relevant to their company or industry

2. Mini – Magic Show

• Participants for each group perform the trick in front of the whole audience
• Anthony Lindan serves as MC for the participant’s magic show and provides insights into each performance.

3. Debrief

• Anthony Lindan examines the experience of working together to learn, process and present new information.

Minimum number of participants is 25 and the maximum number of participants is 150.

The workshop runs 1˝ hours. With Anthony Lindan’s 30-minute opening stand up magic show the total run time is 2 hours. Anthony Lindan provides all necessary magic props and learning materials.
 



"The feedback we received on the workshop was really great! People really liked the approach and they took away interesting concepts from the event. Anthony also performed some really amazing card tricks during dinner and afterward which dazzled all. I would most certainly say the workshop itself was really worth it: very energetic, lots of participation, and I can now speak from experience that it is not easy to perform a magic trick in front of a crowd believing you will fool them! Please convey my sincere thanks again to Anthony."
- Bell Canada - Network Information Solutions
 



THE POWER OF MAGIC


Over the years, Anthony Lindan has participated in hundreds of trade shows and corporate events throughout North America. He practices his specialized brand of marketing wizardry on behalf of an impressive array of corporate clients -- industry leaders who have come to believe in the Power of Magic to:
  • attract and hold attention at a trade show booth or hospitality suite;
  • to educate and motivate customers;
  • motivate staff or a sales team at sales meetings, training events and product launches;
  • entertain participants at conventions, conferences and corporate events and...
  • to have a whole lot of fun in the process!
     


PURE ENTERTAINMENT
 


 


Many occasions call for nothing more complicated than a really good show which is exactly what the Pure Entertainment program offers in two magical versions. Both are lighthearted celebrations of fun and goodwill and each can be customized to carry your corporate message.

Anthony takes care of the pre-performance details and his material is always in good taste so there's nothing to plan, do or worry about.

Now, we should mention that Anthony Lindan decidedly does not fit the usual stereotype of magician-performer. There are no pesky rabbits, no flighty doves and when it comes to costume, he favors well-tailored business suits (or black tie if the occasion calls for it) over Mandrake-the-Magician capes.

Something of a chameleon, he tends to blend in...until he starts to work. That's when the fun begins.
 



PRESENCE OF MIND



 


Presence of Mind is a 30-40 minute, cabaret style, stage magic show designed for an audience of 25-500 people.

With its focus on audience participation, it's ideal for banquets, award ceremonies, sales meetings, product launches, conventions and any event where people gather to have a good time!

It's a fast-moving show and Lindan gets the audience into the act right from the start (pick a card, any card). He turns otherwise perfectly normal people into human slot machines (lots of spinning, silliness and laughter); gets the boss into the act; borrows money, makes it disappear and takes the audience on a complex series of misadventures to get it back.
 

How does he do that?


Before you know it, it's time for the grand finale -- the hilariously frustrating Houdini-style escape. Houdini was never like this!

Two volunteers securely lock Lindan's hands behind his back and conceal him as he attempts to escape. In an artfully artless routine worthy of the great silent movie comedians, Lindan wages an impossible battle with his jacket, the shackles, the hapless volunteers holding up the curtain and the audience.

Without giving too much away, we can say that he is ultimately successful, the show is over all too soon and as the event manager responsible for booking entertainment, you're looking very good indeed.
 



MAGIC IS AFOOT!



 


Magic is Afoot! is a form of just-for-fun pure entertainment. Anthony strolls from location to location or table to table involving members of the audience in close-up, sleight-of-hand magic.

Given his chameleon quality, it's not always easy to pick Lindan out of the crowd but you can track his progress through the room by following the sounds of amazement and laughter.

Magic is Afoot! is an intimate, involving style of show that's ideal for cocktail receptions, intimate dinner parties, trade shows booths to increase visibility and awareness, awards and incentive events,  and corporate hospitality suites.
 



Marketing Services:

MAGIC TOUCH MARKETING


Magic Touch Marketing is the marriage of marketing with magic in such a way that each becomes more than the sum of its parts ...in a word, synergy.

Anthony creates a custom designed communications vehicle that imparts your company's sales, marketing or training message through the medium of performance magic.

As a marketing tool, this customized entertainment is not only highly effective, it is remarkably versatile since it can be personalized to accommodate just about any situation .It lends itself to so many applications.


What makes the Magic...Magic?


Magic has a universal appeal that cuts across demographic boundaries. It speaks to that part of each of us that retains a sense of wonder no matter how young, old or sophisticated we may be.

With magic, the audience expects to see something out-of-the-ordinary and so they pay close attention; willingly suspend disbelief; and may even interact with the performer.

The magician's art creates a near-perfect emotional state of focused attention that predisposes the audience to want to hear your corporate message. Some people are primarily visual learners -- you have to show them; others are auditory and need to hear the message; while many people are kinesthetic, tactile types. Demonstration works best with them and if they can participate so much the better.

The beauty of magic is that it communicates on all three levels. When your corporate message is seamlessly interwoven into the performance itself, each person in the audience 'gets' the message clearly, in their own sensory language, while enjoying the whole process and coming back for more.

The audience then associates the amazement and pleasure of the magic with the message about your company's product or service. And they remember it.

 



Client Comments >>>

"Thank you for your fine work at our 'Magic Box' product launch at the New York Marriott World Trade Center. You helped make the event a big success. Your customized magic presentations effectively relayed our key messages and did so in an immensely entertaining yet unobtrusive manner. We hope you'll work your magic with us again in the future."
- IBM Corporation
 



"Your customized magic performance was amazing and informative and helped us attract people to our booth. Our staff was particularly impressed with how well you incorporated our key product information into your magic presentations. You certainly did your homework about our company and products."
- Kyocera Wireless Corporation
 



"Your presence definitely increased our booth traffic and enhanced our presence at each show. Your ability to learn about Silver Platter's products and incorporate our company's messages into your magic script is astonishing. Our customers thought we had hired a new salesperson."
- Silver Platter Information Inc.
 



"Everyone enjoyed your magic and the SAS messages you integrated throughout your performance. You are a quick study. You know our SAS messages better than some of our own folks!"
- SAS Institute Canada
 



"Thanks for entertaining at our 'Focus 2000' Dealer Road Show. The responses from our Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Toronto events were overwhelmingly positive. Your customized close-up magic performances were both amazing and informative. You particularly impressed our dealers and staff with how well you incorporated important Toshiba product information."
- Toshiba Canada
 



"Thank you for an outstanding performance at our Sears Home Central conference. You managed to integrate a number of our somewhat dry business-specific concepts into a series of well crafted magic tricks that enabled our audience to retain the key messages and be entertained at the same time. Quite an accomplishment! You were a pleasure to work with. I trust I will have the opportunity to work with you again."
- Sears Canada
 



"Thank you for your magical performance at our sales incentive plan launch. You truly amazed our audience not only by your tricks but also by how you definitely captured our marketing messages. You also impressed us by your ability to comprehend the marketing story after spending only a short time with us."
- Bell Canada

 



Partial Client List

ACCPAC International
ACI Worldwide
Accutel.com
American Express (Canada)
Assante Capital
AT&T Canada
Bank of Montreal
Bayer Canada
Bell Canada
Canada Post Corporation
Canadian Tire
Cinram New Media Group
Citrix Systems inc.
Canon Canada Inc.
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Compugen
CSA International
Delta Hotels
Dupont
Drug Trading Company
Dynamic Mutual Funds Eli Lilly Canada
Fairfax Financial
Four Seasons Hotels
Grand & Toy
GlaxoSmithKline
Hershey Canada
IBM Corp.
IGE Capital IT Solutions
Ingram Micro
JTI-Macdonald Corp.
Lexmark Canada Inc.
Linux Wizardry
Lucent Technologies
Mackenzie Financial Corporation
Microsoft Canada Ltd.
Miller Thomson LLP Molson Breweries
NCR Canada Ltd.
Norigen Communications
Novient
OCNA (newspaper association)
Oracle Canada Corp.
PDAC (Prospectors-Developers Assoc.)
Polycon Industries.
Qualcomm International
Reuters Information Services
Research In Motion (RIM)
Sangoma.com
SAS Institute Canada
Sears Canada Inc.
Siemens
Sun Microsystems Canada
SilverPlatter Information Inc.
Xerox


ANTHONY LINDAN is represented by K&M Productions
for all types of corporate events and trade shows.

For more information and to book Anthony Lindan
simply contact us.
 



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