Thanks so much Marcel for contributing your magic touch to the prestigious Bobs for Good Foundation Spring Ball in Cape Town. We got sparkling feedback from our guests who informed that you were absolutely impressive and really entertaining whether they were standing on their own or whether you were entertaining a whole table. Everyone was standing in awe at the quality and variety of your tricks and illusions. Our guests are extremely important to us so thanks for adding to their magical experience at our Spring Ball. I won’t hesistate to ask you to join us at next year’s event!

From the bottom of our Bobs for Good hearts, many thanks to you, Marcel.

Best,
Claire Alexander
Event Manager
The Bobs for Good Foundation

To whom it may concern,

We recently had the pleasure of a watching a presentation by Marcel at the Professional Organisers Association Africa (POAA) annual National Conference.

Marcel’s talk was relevant, captivating and very constructive. The concepts and strategies that Marcel shared with our delegates were both practical and easily implementable.

Marcel’s message, which focused on “The Magic of Turning Your Passion Into Profit”, was well received by all who attended. He is an accomplished and engaging speaker, capable of conveying his message in a professional, yet entertaining way, drawing the audience effortlessly along with his energy and enthusiasm.

We would highly recommend Marcel’s services to any company or organisation wishing to provide their audience with a unique and unforgettable learning experience.

Regards

TRACEY FOULKES
Founder – Professional Organiser Association Africa

I really do enjoy these presentations because the class & I have a lot of fun being amazed by magic, but also connecting the experience to simple but important marketing tactics.  But I must admit … I was a little intimidated by the list of respected experts who were also speaking during this course.

“Presenters that I would like to give prop’s to are Dave Duarte (programme founder and much more), Mike Perk (MD at World Wide Creative), Rob Stokes (founder of Quirk eMarketing — check out their text book licensed under the creative commons agreement), Marcel Oudejans (Magician and Marketer, I kid you not!) and Allan Kent (Group Head: Saatchi & Saatchi @Play). I found what they had to say especially interesting (Dave and Allan took the time to chat to me over lunch regarding my development in the field, which was not necessary, and which i really have respect for), so if you want to find out more, follow their links.”

Source: markpretorius.com

Unfortunately, due to scheduled meetings, I was only able to be there for my own presentation so I was unable to watch all the speakers.  But Mark Pretorius, who works at Old Mutual, wrote a blog post with some of his highlights:

“My most important out-takes from the course for me were:

• Strategy embraces trends, and tactics use applications
• Be relevant, authentic, succinct and immediate
• Think like the client (this is the most “duh” item, but it really does take someone to remind you to do this when you get into the daily grind of things)
• Sell the advantages, not the features
• Talk to people in the common ground between what i believe to be true and what they believe to be true, or they won’t understand me or care
• Create a media neutral campaign and use that across mediums, don’t create something for TV and adapt it to other media.”

Source: markpretorius.com

Although I didn’t know it, Mark was filming one of my demonstrations with his cellphone camera, which he was kind enough to share on Youtube.  Apologies for the quality of the sound, but it was a great attempt nonetheless. Thanks Mark!

Click here to view the embedded video.