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"Sure, the magic is impossible to figure out. But more important is the way you involve everyone in the show. Participating in your magic is an unforgettable experience. When the magic happens in your very own hands - WOW!"
Phillip F. Hudson
First Security Service Company

"What makes [your entertainment] so enjoyable is not just the magic tricks (which are terrific) but your sincere approach to ensuring that the audience is having fun."
Joseph M. Waronka
PNC Corporation

"Your appearance, bearing and style are tremendously effective in casting a spell. You are the 'friend of a friend' who came to dinner, and just happens to have some amusing stories to tell."
Laird Landon
Laird Landon Consulting, Inc.

“I was busy running around all evening, but I did hear comments about how the magic was very entertaining and did a great job of promoting C&M. I also heard that you fit right in.”
Angi Semler, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, C&M Auto Service, Vernon Hill

"Your magic was great, but more important was your interaction. Your stories and amiable question/answer style had everyone participating and laughing."
Jeff Sucec, Financial Training Resources

"I just wanted to tell you again how much we enjoyed your performance last Friday at our Holiday Luncheon. Your finale with the newspaper was especially mind-boggling. The show added something unique to our celebration, and I thank you for that."
Jeanne Knapp, The Abrix Group, L.P., Northbrook

 
Robert K. Miller
847-272-3850
Northbrook, IL

Client Entertainment, Staff Meeting, Open House, Appreciation, Grand Opening, Hospitality

The magic of Robert K. Miller is designed to cut your business risk. True! You want your major client to relax and enjoy the evening. You want your employees to find their reward party to be fulfilling. You want your sales people to get the message at that upcoming meeting. These are all critical business objectives.

To be effective in magic you need to work hard at it, and for a long time. If you do the same effects -- the ones people love the most -- for 50 years as I have, then you're going to get really good at it!

I've been in those business trenches with you. I became a full-time professional entertainer after my second early retirement from the corporate world. I honed my close-up magic skills for eight years at board meetings, luncheons, dinners and cocktail receptions as a Bank Marketing Association executive in Chicago. A fine edge developed at their conventions, educational programs and trade shows, and before that as a banker-member of that organization while I was a vice president at one of the top international banks.

I hold a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree from Northwestern University, Evanston, and a Masters from its Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Chicago. I also earned a Doctor of Magic from Fechter's Finger Flicking Frolic. (It's conferred for performing three times at this invitation-only, annual, international gathering of the finest close-up magic specialists.) By the way, I also have won 11 first-place magic competitions, and have appeared on dozens of TV programs. What's much more important, though, is what my clients think.

So, both my education and experience enable me to relate exceptionally well to your sophisticated audiences. I blend right in with your company's clients and prospects, as well as with your executives and staff. That's why I always wear the surprising bright blue-and-white striped jacket you see here. It's actually to distinguish me and to suggest that something is about to happen which is both interesting and different. (Truth be told, it also has lots of secret pockets to help me "magish" -- that's a verb, by the way, intransitive.)

My bottom line: The secret to my being a popular magical entertainer is not the tricks, but rather how I present them. It's the "singer, not the songs" concept.

People get to help in my magic (but only if they really want to). Several items in my stand-up program can involve the entire audience ...and you!

Your company's name will appear by magic on a blank playing card. (I tailor the messages as well as the props.)

My style is interactive. I carry on a conversation. I ask questions and respond to the answers. In fact, some of the funniest lines I use actually came from the spontaneous things audiences members have said over the years.

Don't forget our holiday and "reward" shows for your extended family of employees and friends.

There is also customized magic on hand to make your firm stand out.

I have some guidelines which should be quite helpful whether you are looking for stand-up, close-up, strolling, table-to-table or other magic format.

Public Recognition: Fortune (three color photos) Crain's Chicago Business (color photo) Chicago Tribune (two color photos) Daily Herald (three color photos) Northwest Herald (two color photos) Northbrook Star (four articles) Channel 2 News Channel 7 News Channel 7 A.M. Chicago Numerous Cable TV Programs

Professional Recognition: Eleven first-place magic competitions The London Magic Circle   (highest performing rank) Doctor of Magic, Fechter's Finger Flicking Frolic Order of Merlin Excaliber Cover photo and bio, Linking Ring magazine Past president, two magic clubs Magic reviewer, international magicians society

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