Planning a corporate event in NYC and need entertainment that actually works? Here's what separates a real corporate magician from a birthday party act.
Read moreMost corporate event planners in New York have seen a magician before. Usually at a company party years ago, someone doing card tricks in the corner while people refilled their drinks and checked their phones. It was fine. Nobody remembered it the next day. That is not what happens...
Read moreHow do mentalists know what you are thinking? NYC mentalist Daniel Nicholas explains how mentalism works, what you experience and why methods stay secret.
Read moreCorporate retreats have a different energy than office parties. People are away from their desks, often in a new environment, usually in a better mood than they are on a Tuesday afternoon. The walls come down a little. Conversations happen that don’t happen in conference rooms. Bonds form that...
Read moreMost gala entertainment is booked as a line item. Budget gets allocated, someone picks a band or a DJ, and the “entertainment” box gets checked. The result is predictable: a room full of sophisticated people listening to the same set they heard at last year’s gala, politely clapping, and...
Read moreYou’re throwing a party. Not a kids’ birthday with balloon animals and face paint. A real party. Adults, good wine, maybe a rooftop or a penthouse or a brownstone with enough space to do something interesting. You want entertainment that makes people put their phones down. You’re searching for...
Read moreYou’ve decided you want a mentalist at your event. Good call. But now what? You’re Googling “mentalist for hire NYC” and getting hit with a wall of websites that all say the same thing: “amazing,” “unforgettable,” “world-class.” None of that helps you make an actual decision. Here’s what actually...
Read morePeople often assume that magic works best on children. That adults are too skeptical, too rational, too analytically wired to feel genuine wonder. Corporate audiences especially, they think, will just try to figure out the trick. They’re wrong. And the psychology explains why. Adults in professional settings don’t just...
Read moreI’ve performed at hundreds of corporate holiday parties. Ballrooms at the Plaza. Private dining rooms in Midtown. Loft spaces in Tribeca. Open bars in Jersey City. Intimate dinners for ten partners. Standing-room-only parties for four hundred people who all want to be somewhere else. I’ve seen what works and...
Read moreA brand activation is supposed to do one thing: create a moment that people associate with your brand and remember afterward. That’s it. Everything else, the setup, the venue, the budget, the production, is in service of that single outcome. Most activations fail at this. Not because the production...
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