Faces of Hope Foundation post-mortem

This is open letter to Leonora Moore, a personal friend of mine, who introduced me to Kerrin Black, the founder of the Faces of Hope Foundation. The essential background to this is that I was introduced by Leo to assist Kerrin Black in growing her primary business, Talent Finders, an online booking agency for performers and other people in the entertainment industry. However, my focus shifted when Kerrin asked me to help execute a fund raising event for her Faces of Foundation. The whole project turned out to be one of my worst experiences in working, on a purely voluntary basis, on a very well intentioned project – raising funds for Cancer research & treatment for people who cannot afford to help themselves financially.

Anyway here’s my a rewrite of the email I sent to Leo and Kerrin, which got no response.

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Ramon Thomas supports Faces of Hope Foundation charity

Ramon Thomas & Faces of Hope Foundation presents special charity movie screening of “The Ultimate Gift.”

The event promises to have a host of exciting activities to look forward to and you are supporting a good cause while doing so. As South Africa’s leading expert on the psychology of technology & dating in the 21st century, I take pride in our social responsibility through our partnership with Faces of Hope Foundation. There will be a ton of opportunities to meet interesting people and some beautiful women lol.

The movie will be screened on Thursday, 29 October 2009 @ the Zone in Rosebank. Their will be lucky draws for Hampers and give-aways from Eyes Slices, Cocktails from Original Iced cocktails to welcome you, Stunning prizes include accommodation, a mini auction for the signed copies of the book by the author Jim Stovall and R1000 voucher for Amrita Medi Health Spa in Krugersdorp. Beautiful flowers presented by OS Flowers, a Melrose Aesthetic centre voucher to the value of R5000 and much much more.

The event starts at 18:00 for 18:30 welcome drinks and snacks. Ramon Thomas will be the MC for the evening. Everyone to be seated at 19:15 – Then there will be give-aways and our auction, hosted by David James aka Koobus from District 9 – which will be filled with wonderful prizes.

The Ultimate Gift screening stars @ 20:00. The movie is a truly inspirational film which will have you captivated. Barry Ronge may make an appearance and other celebs have confirmed their support and interest in this event. Please support this great event for a great cause. Faces of Hope raises funds for individuals who need financial assistance for cancer treatment and awareness of various cancers.

Bookings and payment call Kerrin Black on 082 823 6861 today. Here’s the official trailer for this film:

How to invite a woman out you have just met buying Dolce&Gabbana

Recently I was out at the Mall of Rosebank and I was doing some shopping. My approach skills have been slack because in 2007 I was in two long term relationships. So I’ve been going out more often to brush up on my pickup skills. One of my strategies has always been to go to clothing stores and find a sexy girl to help me decide what clothes to purchase.

Dolce&Gabbana light blueSometimes there just isn’t any attractive women or more specifically the women who are working in the retail stores are just plain average. But if you look around you’ll find the niche locations where the hotties be found. So I was in Truworths and headed over to the cosmetic section. You’ll notice in the cosmetic section there can be either female clients or female employees. I noticed a tall, sexy girl who was dangling over the checkout counter and called her over. Another less attractive woman had approached me to help me and I sent her packing and chose the HB.I flirted with her from the get go. And I also touched her, getting her to touch me back as I sampled the new Light Blue Dolce&Gabanna. Asking her the following line, I learned from Ross Jeffries, was the clincher, “Have you ever met a guy in a place like this you thought was just fascinating?” And she responded, yes. What this question does is allows her mind to go back into her memory and begin to think of what meeting a fascinating guy feels like. I then touched her wrist to anchor that feeling to myself. This was a little judo trick to create instant attraction with a woman you’ve just met.

Now just before I left I said to her, “I’m hosting an Anti-Valentine’s day party on 14 Feb and I’d love you to join me…” next I wrote down my name and cellphone number and left it with her. I didn’t even say goodbye and just left. About 15 mins later I was still walking around other parts of Rosebank, Johannesburg, and received a call on my cell. Answer in high spirits it turned out to be this woman, from Truworths, just letting me know this is her number and that I should have an awesome day.

So in summary what I did was I linked the feeling of fascination in her mind to me, and I then proceed to ask her out to join me at a party. We’ve spoken since and she’s keen to meet before the Anti-Valentine’s Day party. The key thing to remember about asking woman out is NOT to drag it out. Forget getting her phone number and calling later. Suggest meeting immediately (going for a drink) or later the same day and leave your cellphone number with her. You cut to the chase when she calls because its undeniable interest. We’re all very, very busy these days so there’s no time to waste and drag out the dating process.

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Beauty Africa and Moloko birthday party

I accidentally found myself at the Beauty Africa exhibition today briefly meeting with a client from Cape Town who was in Johannesburg attending this event at the Sandton Convention Centre. Well head on over there to meet some gorgeous women and some reall handsome men. As with these types of event and this industry I cannot vouch for how many of the men are straight ;-) Its still running till tomorrow 17 July 2006.

Last night I went to Moloko in Rosebank, one of the top nightclubs in Johannesburg and it was like a model convention. The last time I had such a great time at Moloko was in December. It was like Beauty Africa, a model convention :-> So some tips for the guys at these types of events. Always go early and speak to the bouncers and the waiters. If you can remember their names even better. Later on the evening you will be passing by them or they will be passing by you and every time they greet you its social proof. And also speak to girls when they walk past you. Just stop them and tell them to introduce themselves before they can pass. Do this with a big smile so they can see its not serious. I did this several times and it worked like a bomb. Later on when I those same girls passed me I got hugges and with one in particular I got her rubbing herself against me, dancing a bit and a kiss. This was all achieved with confident body language. No pickup lines or any planned openers as the seduction community teaches men.

Oh and by the way you can read new interviews with me in the following publications:

  • Vroekeur, 14 July 2006 page 52,53 with a photo. Article “Die nuwe taal van FLIRT”
  • True Love, mentioned on frontpage, page 77,78 Article “The good news about Online Dating”

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Treat Life like a Dance

I’ve been going for salsa class at Dance Junxion in Rosebank, Johannesburg for the last several weeks. They offer a range of dance styles from ballroom, hip-hop, Latin and Spanish dancing. This is one of the best ways to meet new people who are often single. And its a whole lot of fun. My posture, my confidence and my generally my body language has improved because of this dancing.

Now a quote from my favourite philosopher, Alan Watts: “In music though, one doesn’t make the end of a composition, the point of a composition. If that was so the best conductors would be those who played fastest. And there would be composers who wrote only finales…People go to concerts to hear one crashing cord, cause that’s the end…

So when dancing you don’t aim at a particular spot in the room. That’s where you should arrive. The whole point of the dancing is the dance.”

No one more thing. There’s a beautiful poem by ASJ Tessimond, Black Monday Lovesong which demonstrates what I’m talking about. So don’t sit on your ass and watch TV or DVDs. Treat life like a dance and you’ll realise every moment is like retreating or advancing.

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