Hannah Brencher – Love Letters to Strangers

• What did you think of the talk?
  
• When was the last time you used a handwritten letter to communicate to someone else?
  
• How do you typically communicate to a friend? Family member? Brother?
  
• Do you think there’s a difference in communicating by email/text and by handwritten letter? Is one method more meaningful than the other?
  
• Can you think of someone you’d be willing to write a letter to?
  
• Can you think of someone you’d like to receive a letter from?
  
• What was your biggest takeaway from this talk?
  

Pamela Meyer – How to Spot a Liar

• How did the talk make you feel?
  
• Do you think it’s true that we are all “liars?”
  
• Why do people lie?
  
• Think of a time when you know you were lied to? How did that make you feel?
  
• How does lying align/not align with your personal values? Chapter values?
  
• How can lying be harmful to the organization?
  
• What can you do to confront deception when you recognize that is happening or has happened?
  
• What was your biggest takeaway from this talk?
  

Margaret Heffernan – Dare to Disagree

• What did you think of this talk?
  
• Do you have a disconfirming thinker in your life? In your chapter?
  
• Why is it hard for us to work with others who disagree with us?
  
• How can we use this idea in our chapter when we are making decisions?
  
• What do you do when you find out that you’re wrong?
  
• How can you use this idea to get buy in from others in your chapter? Your community?
  
• How does your organization make decisions?
  
• Are you afraid of conflict? Can this talk help you to see conflict differently?
  

Ron Finely – A guerilla gardener in south central LA

• How is Ron Finley a leader?
  
• Does Ron Finley have a formal leadership title or role? Does that matter?
  
• How has Ron worked to create change in his community? Who are his partners?
  
• How can we use Ron’s approach to create change in our community? In our chapters? In the world?
  
• What risks are associated with Ron’s approach to leadership? Are these risks worth the possible payoff?
  

Simon Sinek – Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe

• What did you think of the concepts presented in this talk?
  
• How are some of the ideas of leadership connected to our chapter?
  
• Can you think of a good chapter or community leader that has made you feel safe? What were that person’s best attributes?
  
• How can we make sure the members in our chapter feel positive about their leadership?
  
• What is the difference between a leader and authority as Simon Sinek discusses?
  
• What does it mean when we say “Leaders Eat Last?” How can we apply that concept to our chapter?
  
• What was your biggest takeaway from this talk?
  

Brene Brown - The Power of Vulnerability

• What do you think about the idea that it can be powerful to be vulnerable?
  
• Have you ever been told not to be vulnerable as a man? Why can that be problematic?
  
• Can you think of a time when you have chosen to be vulnerable and it didn’t go well? How did that make you feel?
  
• How can we make our chapters a safe place to be vulnerable?
  
• How can we use the idea of vulnerability as we develop as leaders?
  
• Why might be vulnerable be a strength as a leader?
  
• What was your biggest takeaway from this talk?
  

Mark Bezos – A Life Lesson from a Volunteer Firefighter

• How does Mark display leadership?
  
• Why do we sometimes forget to recognize the small things as heroic?
  
• Does a leader need a title or recognition?
  
• How can we make a difference by living our Delt values? How can we do this every day?
  
• Is validation an important part of leadership or doing things for others?
  
• Can you think of someone in your chapter who does the “small things” all the time that go unnoticed?
  

Graham Hill – Less Stuff More Happiness

• What is your initial reaction to the talk?
  
• How could you “edit” your life?
  
• What could you save for if you were willing to buy less stuff?
  
• How could an idea like this be connected to some of our chapter practices?
  
• Do you agree with the idea that “less is more?” Why or Why not?
  
• Will you make any changes as a result of watching this talk?

Shai Reshef – An ultra-low-cost college degree

• What are your initial reactions to the talk?
  
• How can we apply this problem-solving approach to create initiatives that are truly “disruptive” to the current ways we do things?
  
• How might this change that Shai made have an impact worldwide?
  
• How might we figure out a way to make fraternity accessible to anyone that we view as qualified?
  
• What might a student miss out on if they are part of a virtual university? What might they gain?
  
• How can we continue to keep fraternity relevant in an age of increasing virtual universities?
  
• What is your biggest takeaway from this talk?
  

Logan LaPlante – Hackschooling Makes Me Happy

• How does this approach to what we want to be different from the way we normally think about things?
  
• How can we make sure that Delta Tau Delta plays a role in helping our members learn to be happy?
  
• What role does fraternity play for men throughout their lives?
  
• What is the difference between “making a living,” and “making a life?”
  
• What risks might be associated with this approach to education?
  

Amy Cuddy – Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are

• How does this approach relate to leadership? To class presentations? To everyday interactions?
  
• How might concept be helpful in a job interview?
  
• What are your initial thoughts about her thoughts around body language and its power?
  
• How might you be able to implement what you’ve learned from this video into your role as a leader? As a student?
  
• Can you think of other brothers in your chapter that could benefit from this message?
  
• What will you start doing as a result of this video? What will you stop doing?
  
• Try this concept at some point in the next week and see if it makes a difference.
  

Safwat Saleem – Why I Keep Speaking Up, Even When People Mock My Accent

• How can we examine our ideas about what is “normal” as it relates to our recruitment practices?
  
• How can we create an environment in our chapter where normal isn’t defined in one way or one perspective?
  
• How can we support our brothers who might be experiencing discrimination because of something that others might feel is “different?”
  
• How can we help in breaking stereotypes? Think about the events we hold or host. Think about Road programs. Think about chapter/campus traditions.
  
• How do you define “normal” as a person? How do we define “normal” in Greek Life?
  

Carol Dweck – The Power of Believing That You Can Improve

• What are your initial reactions to the concepts presented in the video?
  
• How do we approach errors of mistakes within our chapter? How could we approach them differently?
  
• How could you, as an individual, implement a growth mindset into your life as a student? An employee? A brother?
  
• How can you implement these concepts into the chapter when you need someone to get something done?
  
• How can we refocus our energy on developing the things we do well, versus focusing on the things we haven’t done well yet?
  
• How can we, as a chapter, help our members build the “bridge to yet?”
  
• What will you start doing as a result of this video? What will you stop doing?
  

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – The Danger of a Single Story

• What are your initial thoughts about the video?
  
• How can having a single idea or single story about a group of people be dangerous?
  
• Can you think of a time when you had an idea about a person that was completely wrong?
  
• Why do we have these singular ideas about people and places?
  
• How does the media we are exposed to impact our ideas about people and places?
  
• How can we make sure that we are exposed to many stories and many ideas about different people and places? Even places we have never been?
  
• How can we make sure in our chapter programming and events, that we don’t encourage the forming of a “single story,” about a group of people?
  

Verna Myers - How to Overcome Biases

• What are your initial reactions to this video?
  
• Can you think of biases that you hold?
  
• Did you hear actions in the video that you have participated in without even thinking about them?
  
• How are these biases formed?
  
• How can we confront the biases we hold? How can we overcome them?
  
• What groups do you hold biases against?
  
• When you ask yourself the questions that Verna asks in the video, what are the answers?
  
• What will you start doing as a result of this video? What will you stop doing?
  
• Will you take the online bias assessment mentioned in the video?
  
• How do biases impact our chapter? Its membership?
  

Bryan Stevenson – We Need to Talk About an Injustice

• What are your initial thoughts about the video?
  
• What are your thoughts about what Bryan Stevenson did?
  
• What are your thoughts about the role the janitor played in this story that Bryan told?
  
• What role do you play as an individual in making sure injustices are righted?
  
• What role do you play in advocating for others?
  
• What about your organization?
  
• How do we often get stuck in one perspective from our life experience?
  

Sangue Delle – There’s no Shame in Taking Care of Your Mental Health

• How can we, as Delts, help to remove the stigma that exists around taking care of our mental health?
  
• How can we, as Delts, help encourage our brothers to take care of their mental health?
  
• What resources does your chapter have access to on campus that can help members to take care of their mental health?
  
• How can we incorporate mental health education into our member development and educational opportunities?
  
• When was the last time you took care of your mental health? What did you do?
  

Laura Vanderkam – How to Gain Control of Your Free Time

• How much time do you think successful people work each week?
  
• Do you know how much time you spend on average on chapter, work, or school each week?
  
• What do you think you need to save time on?
  
• What takes up most of your time?
  
• Do you think you manage your time wisely?
  
• Do you make a detailed schedule for every day?
  
• How do you manage to squeeze everything in your weekly routine?
  
• Do you believe that when you say “I don’t have time” you mean “It’s not a priority?”
  
• There are 168 hours per week. How do you spend them?
  

Jacqueline Way – How to be Happy Every Day: It Will Change the World

• Can you recall the last time you gave back to someone or to an organization?
  
• How did that make you feel?
  
• Why does it make us feel good to give back to others?
  
• As a Greek organization focused on service, how can we make the connection between giving back and the happiness of our members?
  
• How can we ensure that giving back makes not only makes us feel good, but has a positive impact on those we are serving?
  
• Does service have to look organized? How can we, as individuals, give back every day?
  
• How can we incorporate reflection into our service activities to share with our brothers how a service opportunity made us feel and the impact it had?