by Matt Mattson There’s an old saying from Abraham Maslow, “When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” I feel that way about the recent happenings around fraternity life at Penn State. Administrators have policy. Lawmakers have laws. Researchers have research. Disciplinarians have discipline. Educators have education. I’m not saying that’s Read More
by Matt Mattson I love TFM. Totalfratmove.com. I really do. Here are three reasons. 1. It’s funny. I honestly think some of their stuff is hilarious. Not always. But, it’s funny. Crude? Yes, of course. Sometimes that’s funny you prudes. I’m not ashamed to say it. Funny. 2. They always have fresh content. I appreciate Read More
By Woody Woodcock One year ago last month I got to meet leadership guru John Maxwell in Florence, AL. More importantly than just meeting John, I got to hear from him on leadership in a very intimate audience of less than a few hundred people. The one thing that has stayed with me from John’s Read More
by Josh Orendi This fall, Alex Taylor and Sigma Nu fraternity recruited one of the largest new member classes of any fraternity in recent years. The number alone should catch people’s attention. After 45 minutes on the phone with Alex, I became even more impressed with the way they did it – new technology, creative Read More
by Matt Mattson I posted something on Twitter last week that read, “Maybe we should replace the idea of ‘high quality’ new members with ‘low-risk/high-reward’ members. How do you select only the best?” Of course, I thought this was both obvious and brilliant. I think these things about my Tweets. But it turns out not Read More
This fall, we surveyed students at a handful of schools who were NOT affiliated with fraternity/sorority life why they haven’t joined and what we learned might surprise you. There are a few core major lessons here that include the following: We need to live up to our values. We need to build relationships with non-Greek Read More
Phired Up Productions strives to provide values-centered, research-based, relationship-focused products and services to help grow fraternities and sororities. We strive to not just teach our opinion, but base our education and coaching in research. We’re continually working to become even more data-driven. Occasionally we release major (very important and formal) research reports to the world. Read More
“Let’s invite inter/national fraternity sorority leaders to gather together and find ways to collaborate, innovate, and accelerate the spreading of Greek Life.” This is the idea of GROWTH SUMMIT 2014,(click to learn more and register) which is scheduled to take place June 30th at IUPUI’s campus in Indianapolis. We’ve had a high number of registrations Read More
by Matt Mattson Great news everybody. Your Fall 2014 Recruitment T-Shirt design is already done for you! Pick a nice bright color, then print on the front: “Research Says You Should Join Our Group.” On the back, put this inspiring quote: “The 16% of college graduates who were members of Greek organizations are more likely Read More
Tom Murphy, Phi Mu Delta National Fraternity’s Executive Director recently shared some amazing statistics about the 2013-2014 school year for their organization. Before Fall 2013, the 96-year-old fraternity had 15 chapters and colonies and a total of 309 undergraduate members. Today, just 9 months later, the organization has just under 600 total undergraduate members at Read More