A perfect organizational or school program for all ages.  Specifically designed to introduce the "who, what, when, where, why and how" of learning and appreciating the "ART" of magic. Normal length is forty-five minutes but the program is tailorable to fit your requirements.

P.T. Barnum, Harry Houdini, George M. Cohan, Buffalo Bill Cody, Walt Disney and many other great thinkers, creators and performers have lived the life of their dreams and made a dramatic difference in the lives of many others. How? They used their showmanship.

Did you know that when P.T. Barnum was a boy, he was a victim of one of the most nasty and humiliating hoaxes of all time? Did you know that at one time, despite being an expert at his craft, Harry Houdini was a total failure? Did you know that theatre legend, George M. Cohan, was boring on stage, four times a day, for almost a year? Did you know that Buffalo Bill Cody was characterized as, "a ridiculous actor?" Did you know that Walt Disney was laughed at when he revealed his plans to build a place where kids could be entertained and educated at the same time?

Bill Wisch is a recognized pioneer in the study of showmanship. He spent three years researching the careers of P.T.Barnum, George M. Cohan, Mohammed Ali and Harry Houdini to discover what made them such great showmen. He then developed and applied their common success principles into a one-man show, "The Magic Word is Showmanship", and presented it throughout the 1980's to sales and marketing groups and divisions of many Fortune 500 companies, including; IBM, Pfizer, M&M Mars, Minolta, Minwax, Delta and Johnson & Johnson. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill is currently a contributing writer about showmanship for "Networking Times Magazine" and is available for keynote speeches, corporate seminars or private instruction. Slydini XXXXXXXXXX "The Magic Word is Showmanship"

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