“We don’t need to be talking about stereotypes and perceptions, we need to take a look at our reality.” -Kristin Leih, Fraternity/Sorority Professional The reasons people sometimes don’t join, are so obvious when you have a chance to hear them directly from the “prospects.” We saw this post on Facebook the other day from a Read More
I remember attending my first conference as a college student. I was a 19 year old sophomore, certain that this would be fun like I’d never had, certain that all my questions would be answered, and certain that everyone would be super impressed with my hoodie-and-jeans take on “business casual.” (They weren’t.) Spring conference season Read More
You’re a dedicated leader of the fraternal movement. Like most of us, you’ve found yourself asking on occasion: “Don’t we need to fix all of our other problems before we can grow as a movement?” No. Honestly, that philosophy of “cleaning up our problems first” might be one of our BIGGEST obstacles. The market of Read More
If you are a graduate student, a driven undergraduate, or a professional of any sort related to the fraternity/sorority movement, please consider conducting thoughtful research on issues that impact our movement’s potential to GROW (and share that research publicly). For some reason, most research done about or for fraternities and sororities has nothing to do Read More
It has been anecdotally reported that as many as 1 in 5 students QUIT fraternity and sorority each year. As a fraternity/sorority leader, you know from experience that far more than that become disengaged or completely disappear before they graduate. Retaining the best of the best of our fraternity/sorority members is a major challenge that Read More
[A Blog for Fraternity/Sorority Headquarters Professionals] by Woody Woodcock I’ll never forget that breakfast. All nine new Pi Kappa Phi staff paid very special attention to laying out our shirts, ties, suits and the shine on our shoes the night before breakfast, and we were like anxious little kids trying to sleep on Christmas eve. Read More
by Josh Orendi What if an entire national fraternity chose to operate 100% alcohol free? I can imagine the heated reactions of undergrads and alumni. Seriously. Try to picture it – a nationwide vote to abolish alcohol from every chapter house across the country. Next, imagine if that organization had the fortitude to stick with Read More
by Josh Orendi My wife and I are due on February 11th with our first child — a daughter that is showing early signs of becoming a soccer player. This week, we took our first pregnancy preparation class. Our instructor, Tamara, shared a piece of advice that is so relevant to leadership that I had Read More
by Matt Mattson We often get asked, “Does Phired Up Productions do anything for culturally-based fraternities & sororities (like NPHC, NALFO, NMGC, NAPA, etc.)?” The answer is, and always has been, a resounding YES. And we do it well, but there is more work to be done. I’m proud of the work we did a Read More
by Matt Mattson This week is National Hazing Prevention Week. That got me thinking. What’s really the best way to prevent hazing? Here are my best ideas. 1. Recruit better, kinder, more thoughtful, more compassionate, higher performing people who have respect for the basic dignity of others. 2. …that’s all I got. We’ve written about Read More