by Haley Cahill-Teubert Sometime in June or July, I began my outreach to campuses and chapters I would be visiting in the fall semester to learn more about their specific education needs and how I can support them. A lot of those conversations included things like: how to make philanthropy round stronger or how to Read More
by Haley Cahill-Teubert We’ve all heard our fair share of WEIRD recruitment rules. Surely all these rules were well-intended, but at some point in time, things went a bit too far. In talking with communities about strategies for maximizing COB efforts, building relationships with PNMs and growing chapters, I’ve been told: “No, that’s against the Read More
by Josh Orendi QUICK QUIZ: Answer any of the following questions: How many total people expressed interest in Greek Life last year? Who were they? What do we know about them? Do they represent the full community? Does anyone know how to contact these people? How many joined? Why did they join? How many stayed? Read More
[Watch this video and then read this blog!] by Matt Mattson So, I don’t love using this word, but I’ve admitted it before and it’s true… I am an introvert. I know I’m not alone. Somewhere between 16% and 50% of all Americans would identify as an introvert. That said, I’m attending a conference soon that’s Read More
by Matt Mattson If you are in charge of recruitment, it can be easy to get confused and overwhelmed. There are so many options and variables. Especially if you’re doing “open recruitment” (where there is no significant council support and no “rounds” or “schedule” already in place). Sure, you could look at what the person Read More
by Matt Farrell Congrats on stepping up to oversee recruitment! Wouldn’t it be nice to hear an honest, unfiltered take from someone who’s learned the hard way? Enter Will Elkins, who just finished up almost three years as a recruitment leader for his fraternity that had ZERO members when he started school. Will is a Read More
Contact: Branden Stewart Carmel, Ind.– Phired Up is proud to announce the full-time hire of Hailey Mangrum as an Organizational Growth Consultant, effective December 2nd, 2019. Hailey will also serve Phired Up’s sister company, TechniPhi, in an Account Management role. She joins the Phired Up team full-time following nine months in a part-time capacity delivering Read More
Your Names List is a critical first step in developing a successful recruitment system. The larger your Names List gets, the more successful you will become (Remember, “Quantity Drives Quality!”) You’ll have a greater opportunity to recruit more quality individuals when you increase the size of your Names List. Put every non-Greek prospective student on your chapter’s Names Read More
by Haley Cahill-Teubert I was working on an entirely different blog piece earlier in the week that lead me to Google: “Characteristics of Type A personality”. Here is the result: (Side note: Can my fellow Type A friends agree that “hostile” and “aggressive” aren’t the most flattering of adjectives to describe us?) I did a Read More
by Alonzo Cee As some would say, joining culturally-based fraternal organizations is a serious matter. A sentiment that can sometimes reside in the fear of having folks join for the wrong reasons. And this fear is legitimate for organizations that are smaller compared to their historically white counterparts. To also be tied to a long Read More