The Rise of Educational Playing Cards

by admin on May 17, 2012

In an economy that most are uncomfortable with at best – we have noticed a rise in “inventors” of educational playing card games.  Categories range from Geography to Science, Math, History, Reading and Spelling – to advanced subkjects like Chemistry and Linguistics.  The variety and depth of these New Age Educational Playing Cards is quite compelling.  Although I am not an inventor myself (yet – I keep thinking – that big idea will come someday but not “Yet”) – our clients are quite proficient at inventing. In fact many of them have more than one game- they often have created several.  For some of them it is a process that has taken 20 years. For others – they come up with an idea and move on it right away.

Our job here at Ad Magic is to make the inventor’s dream a reality. To take the chicken scratch and make it artwork. To take the idea and make it a product – on a shelf- for retail sale.  We deliver the complete package- ready to stock on a store shelf – ready t be purchased by the public.

Our prototype service for educational playing cards allows the inventor to test a small run of cards or to photograph product shots while waiting for the larger print shipment to come in.  Prototypes can include custom boxes, rules sheets as well as custom playing cards.

 

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Educational Playing Cards

 

Some games shown here -

Educational playing cards about the United States and their capitals and other state information

A Math Game with math tricks and conversions

A Multiplication game and teaching deck

 

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I just want to touch on some of the great card decks we are working on that help you to figure out your strengths and what kind of person you are. Recently I have had the honor of working with some people in this area who really seem to know what they are talking about.  While the jury is still out on me – and exactly what kind of personality I am and exactly what my strengths are- with the deck  I am introducing here I would like to think I am the magic one – as the company is – after all – Ad Magic.   I have to admit I find these kinds of custom playing cards especially intriguing.

Most are oversized – like custom tarot cards – but they are not tarot cards – they are actually more like personality cards than affirmation or spiritual cards.  In practical use they are extraordinarily useful teamwork cards.

Braden Kelley is the author of such a deck, and it deals with his methodology of The Nine Innovation Roles.  You can click on that link to learn more about the deck or to help fund it.

This is a deck that helps teams and organizations work better by delving into each person’s role

The Nine Innovation Roles Card Deck comes with a series of simple exercises to assist people to better understand how they currently work together on projects and how they can together improve the overall performance of their team or their organization.  It is fascinating to try to figure out which role you play.  Check these out and let me know what you are icon smile Playing Cards that help you figure out who you are   Braden Kelleys The Nine Innovation Roles

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Custom Innovation Cards by Braden Kelley

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