by Haley Cahill-Teubert You did it! You successfully navigated your first virtual recruitment and you’ve got fantastic new members! So…. now what? What do we do with all these members? How do we integrate them into the chapter and give them a great new member experience over Zoom? And what about our current members? It Read More
by Matt Farrell Nnaemeka (Nnaem/Nem) and I met at the Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute in summer 2018 over several games of pickup basketball, and his different approach to growing his chapter stuck with me. While I worked in recruiting professionally, Nem was part of a National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) organization—Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. at Ohio Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Matt Farrell Oxford, OH. — Beta Theta Pi has partnered with Phired Up to create a modern, customized growth coaching model. The pilot comes after months of discussion on how Phired Up technology and education could be combined to build a growth system. “As we navigate our changing world, it is Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Matt Farrell Carmel, Ind. – Phired Up & TechniPhi are eager to announce a 15th full adoption partner at the Headquarters level. Sigma Pi is supplying upgraded accounts to all of their 107 chapters, effective immediately. The multiyear agreement allows all Sigma Pi chapters to both personalize and systemize their future growth, Read More
by Matt Farrell On a recent digital training, students and I were experimenting with initial texts to send to potential members. After lighting up everyone’s phones with a catchy text, one student’s text back caught my attention. “I wish my council did this for me before I joined!” It got me thinking… if everyone (including Read More
by RJ Taylor I still believe in handshakes… Stay with me for just a second… I made a new friend recently. Really. In 2020. Here’s how it happened… A friend tagged me in an Instagram comment with someone I had never met. This person is in my social circle but we had never crossed paths Read More
by RJ Taylor How is it possible to make friends if we can’t meet? How can we really get to know people well enough over virtual settings? What does it take to develop meaningful relationships virtually? Even in a virtual space, we can choose to be more human! We can not allow a virtual meeting Read More
by Matt Mattson Human connection is hard right now. Building relationships is hard right now. Meeting new people is hard right now. Here are just 10 of the many, many reasons why it’s hard… Quarantining Zoom Fatigue Face Masks 6 Feet Apart No Handshakes No Hugs No Big Events Minimal Group Gathering Overt Racism Election Read More
Fraternity chapters right now are asking for practical ideas for engaging with potential members in things that feel like “events,” but happen in a virtual setting. They need ideas that aren’t cheezy or childish. Ideas that members and potential members will both participate in. We’ve curated a list of the Top 10 Fraternity Virtual Recruitment Read More
by Matt Mattson The year was 1993. I was about to go on one of my first “real” dates. And get this… my date was a year older than me (and could drive!). I was utterly elated. We had a movie picked out (I just agreed with the first suggestion). I had a ride (not Read More