Bob Fellows, author of Easily Fooled: New Insights & Techniques for Resisting Manipulation, has spent a lifetime demonstrating how we can be misled, and how to be more in charge of our lives. In his stage presentation, “Earth Magic,” he applies his skills as a philosopher, minister, and magician to the issue of sustainability. Young people are especially passionate about saving the environment, and in this lively presentation, Bob Fellows motivates them to act on their passion using compelling statistics, stories, illustrations, and professional magic.

Bob shows youth that we need to work together. One person can make a difference, but it will take many of us to solve the problem. It’s not too late, but the time is now. We need to wake up, challenge our assumptions, and make sustainable choices starting today. We will transform our lives as we protect our future. Read more here.

MIND OVER MANIPULATION

Fellows advocates “mind over manipulation” as an intellectual strategy in the battle against alcohol, tobacco, other drug addictions, and all kinds of unhealthy choices. This presentation combines magic of the mind, laughter and intellect in a way your audiences find fascinating...and believable.

Using entertainment skills honed over twenty-five years, he involves his audience in discovering how they are being manipulated, how it affects their lives, and how they can gain control and make sure their decisions are their own.


NOTE: Participating colleges and universities are eligible for partial grants for presentations by Bob Fellows through the NCAA Health and Safety Speakers Grant Program. Click here for more information.


THE ILLUSION OF TOBACCO

The “Mind Over Manipulation” presentation is a healthy antidote to smoking and the use of smokeless tobacco. Tobacco is an illusion because it seems to offer pleasure when in fact it is not pleasurable to use tobacco. To prevent or stop smoking requires an understanding of just how addiction works, how tobacco companies manipulate, and why we can get hooked. This presentation offers a "take charge" approach to health—and life. You can read more about tobacco prevention and cessation here.


ESCAPE TO REALITY

Students, like all of us, are beset by pressures that can tie them up in knots. They feel hounded by manipulative forces—advertising, media, even friends—that try to control their feelings, decisions, and actions. Bob Fellows understands. He applies the metaphor of escape artistry and episodes from his life and the life of Houdini to dramatize how students can release themselves from manipulation and peer pressure. He demonstrates that the mind is the key to the freedom they seek.

Bob is an entertainer who applies 30 years of experience to present a strong, practical message while keeping his audience on the edge of their seats. The show is spectacular, fast-paced, and crackling with energy.


YOU CAN'T TRICK ME!

Teaching kids about safety supports their well-being and empowers them with critical thinking skills they can use to make healthy choices throughout their lives. In this interactive, high energy school assembly, magician Bob Fellows shows kids how to resist being drawn into unsafe situations. The program is more than magic—it's a message kids remember. Bob approaches tough topics—abduction, abuse, peer pressure, drugs, and crime—with the appeal of magic and the psychology of how people get fooled. He opens his "bag of tricks" so that kids will be able to spot and resist lies and ploys that can get them into trouble.

In addition to teaching kids to think and use caution and good judgment, Bob presents "Five Tricks That Fool Kids:" • I Know You • Let's Play a Game • Magician's Choice • I'm In Charge Here • I Need Help. Students leave the presentation with a healthy "fight back" attitude, and tools to navigate safely through the world.