A keynote and a book by Dean Carnegie
The Houdini Way
How a Failing Entertainer Became the Most Famous Man Alive
Harry Houdini was not an overnight success. He struggled for years with no fame and no fortune to show for it. At one point he was so discouraged he tried to sell his entire act, and nobody wanted it. Then he worked out how to make the world pay attention, and he never let go of it.
The keynote
Not his tricks. His methods.
Houdini died nearly a century ago, yet his name is still the first one people say when they think of magic. Almost every other entertainer of his day is forgotten. That did not happen by accident.
Magic historian and illusionist Dean Carnegie takes an audience through the techniques Houdini used to keep his name in the papers, to rise above a crowd of other performers and to grab the spotlight, again and again. Then he shows how businesses and individuals can use the same principles today to move ahead.
None of these techniques are magic. Used in the right combination and with the right frequency, the results can be.
Every keynote is shaped to the event, the company and the room.
The book
For anyone who wants to move ahead
Dean has gone deep into Houdini's life to find out how he really made himself famous, and the book takes those same ideas and shows how you can use them in your own career and beyond.
You will not learn how to escape from a straitjacket or slip out of handcuffs. Sorry. But if you want to move beyond the status quo, you will want to try the methods of one of the greatest showmen who ever lived.
The book is in the works. To hear when it is out, email info@carnegiemagic.com.
The speaker
Dean Carnegie
Dean Carnegie is a theatrical illusionist and the magic historian behind The Magic Detective. He is not a speaker borrowing Houdini as a metaphor: he has spent years in the primary sources, and he hosted a television documentary on Houdini for Arte in France.
- 30 years as a full-time professional performer
- More than 8,000 performances
- Has performed for three U.S. Presidents
- TEDx speaker
Bring The Houdini Way to your event
Tell Dean the date, the audience and the room, and he will come back to you with availability.