May 4th, 2010
When making speeches, one immediately thinks of the way the speech should sound to the ears of the listeners. That is why, there is a need to research on the people who are going to listen, to research on what specific needs they feel should be addressed, should research on the demographics of the population of the area the speech is supposed to be spoken.
That is why; a lot of people who makes speeches in different areas of the country tend to sound different in every single state. When in the south they adapt the southern drawl, in the north the Yankee drawl, in Texas, the Texan drawl. Goodness, one gets to thinking they may have the foreign accent syndrome or something.
But that is exactly how to use some conversational hypnosis principles I use in my speeches. I have to be one with the people, be one in their concerns, be one in their plight, be one of them. I have to be them, to push my cause, and being with them, I will be able to gain their support.
The truth to the matter is conversational hypnosis does not involve any hypnosis at all. There are no trances, no twisting of the arm to force them to do something unwillingly. Conversational hypnosis, by any other name, is actually a term that has been much abused, and the people fail to understand its real technique which is to use metaphors and words that have a pattern in it that can illicit certain responses from the listener.
It takes talent to be eloquent. I know I can be, but I know I am no Lincoln or Kennedy. Now those men knew how to make a speech. If I have to use some conversational hypnosis principles I use in my speeches, I would make sure that my models are those two men who were successful in what they did; they put to shame anyone else who tried to emulate them.
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April 30th, 2010
A charity is an organization that provides money and other voluntary contributions for people who are needy: the poor, sick, hungry, homeless, as well as others. When one works in a charitable organization, it is best to know the right people for financial support. It is easy if the support is given freely and without need to be convinced; however more and more establishments need to be lobbied.
The head of the charity organization needs to have great convincing powers in order to get the money that are desperately needed to feed, clothe, and shelter the needy. Sometimes, or most of the time, the charitable organizations have to employ different methods to get the much sought after money. By using principles of conversational hypnosis to get supporters for charity, one can not only get the money, but probably a ‘friend’ of the organization.
These friends are the important supporters who do need convincing of the plight of the needy, actually most of these ‘friends’ also take into their own hands events that may raise awareness of the charity they are supporting. Events that sometimes get highlighted in society columns and the like.
By successfully using principles of conversational hypnosis to get supporters for charity, these friends increase the chances of the organization to continue their services to the people. One of their most often used methods is the gross visualization of a needy person or persons who can only survive on the benefits that are willingly granted them.
With the visualization and the eloquent narratives that are usually spoken by a well known endorser, these charities employ methods that are hard to resist and hard to ignore. The guilt complexes that develop within the rich are temporarily tapped for the night and the willing handouts come in waves. When using principles of conversational hypnosis to get supporters for charity, one will need to pull all the punches, to make sure that the needy get what they deserve.
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March 5th, 2010
The chapter had a very successful rush, and would like to welcome the Phi Alpha pledge class to the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity. 9 pledges accepted their bids, and were formally pledged on September 12, 2008.
Congratulations to freshmen Alex Cohen, Eliot Zalevsky, Hari Seshadri, Jake Douenias, John Dombek, Mike Mackin, Eric Imperato, and sopohmores Leo Turner and Franklin Krouse. You’ve made the best decision of your young lives.
The chapter would also like to congratulate the other IFC fraternities at Carnegie Mellon on a very successful rush around the quad, and the sororites on a very successful FMR recruitment.
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March 5th, 2010
The chapter had a very successful rush, and would like to welcome the Phi Alpha pledge class to the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity. 9 pledges accepted their bids, and were formally pledged on September 12, 2008.
Congratulations to freshmen Alex Cohen, Eliot Zalevsky, Hari Seshadri, Jake Douenias, John Dombek, Mike Mackin, Eric Imperato, and sopohmores Leo Turner and Franklin Krouse. You’ve made the best decision of your young lives.
The chapter would also like to congratulate the other IFC fraternities at Carnegie Mellon on a very successful rush around the quad, and the sororites on a very successful FMR recruitment.
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Congrats on your Fall Rush!
-Ben Heath
Kappa Delta Rho, Beta Gamme Chapter (Christopher Newport University)
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March 5th, 2010
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March 5th, 2010
After trying a lot of different options and getting tired of dealing with Computing Services on updating our space on Andrew, we decided to just build a half-blog/half-site mix and get back to playing some pong. Enjoy the website, bookmark it, and check back when school starts.
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July 13th, 2009
In grand style, the Tau Chapter ended the 2007-2008 school year with it’s classiest event, Wine and Cheese, to celebrate the end of the year and to initiate the new members of Upsilon Alpha. Of the five pledges who walked up the stairs in January, 3 new members were initiated into the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity, raising the active size of the house to 58.
The house sadly says goodbye to 5 seniors of the 2008 class, a class that saw a period of great success for the house, including a Booth win and three trophies, 4th and 5th places in Buggy, and 3 1st place finishes in Greek Sing.
See you next year, with Fall Rush 2008!
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April 11th, 2008
Another Carnival, another set of great performances by the Tau chapter. In addition to playing host to a slew of alumni young and old, including chapter founder and house legend Ron Comstock, the chapter yet again showed its strength both in Booth and on the Buggy course.
KDRailroads takes the silver. »
The chapter took home 2nd place in the fraternity Booth competition with KDRailoads, their 6th top-3 finish in seven years. The booth was masterminded by outgoing Senior Biology major Patrick Hagarman, who oversaw the house’s first try at a 3-sided structure. The inside portrayed a train station from the west (the Golden Spike is in Utah) complete with ticket booth, small model railroad, arrivals/departure sign, and an interactive history section. The game was a train simulator in the cab of the engine, as well as carnival-type drive the Golden Spike to test your strength game outside.
Not to be outdone, the Buggy team led by Senior Anthony Bruno finished in 5th place for both Womens A and Mens A, as well as winning the t-shirt design contest for the Free Ronell campaign. While the Womens A team co-sponsored with DG performed to expectation, Mens A exceeded most predictions with a 2:13.25 time in the finals, putting them #3 on the KDR All-Time list, behind the prelim and final times for the record-setting 2005 Mens A team.
In trophying in Greek Sing, Booth, and Buggy, the Tau Chapter is the only fraternity on campus to successfully complete the Spring Triple Crown. The last fraternity to achieve this feat was also us, in 2005 when we won seven trophies in the Spring semester, with wins in Green Sing and Booth alongside a 4th place Buggy.
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March 17th, 2008
KDR Presents Greek Sing. March 17, 2008 – 5:00 pm. On March 15, the Tau Chapter took home the silver medal in the Greek Sing singles competition with a …
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