by Dr. Colleen Coffey-Melchiorre If we want healthy and engaged members in our chapters, we need potential new members (PNMs) who are encouraged to find the organization that hosts an experience which best aligns with their personal values. One of the most important things we can do in our communities is to allow PNMs to make Read More
Recruitment season is upon us, and many chapters across the country are busy preparing to welcome their latest new member classes! Our recruitment trainers are crisscrossing the country helping to deliver programs that will empower students to achieve their recruitment goals this fall. We are in the business of helping you grow and be better, Read More
by Matt Mattson Let’s hit re-start on the way fraternities do recruitment. I ain’t mad about it. I just think it would be easier if you and your chapter made a decision to completely wipe your memory of how “it’s always been done,” smile politely at your alumni advisors’ recruitment advice while wearing ear plugs, Read More
By Matt Mattson We all know the Top 10 Reasons why potential members turn down our bids. If you don’t, they’re listed below and here are some free resources to help you familiarize yourself. But when a prospective member says “no” or “not yet” and they follow it up with “I can’t afford it,” “My Read More
By Erin Chatten I am beyond excited to be starting a new adventure as the Research Director for Phired Up Productions. Now, I know what we all think when we think of the word “research”… nerdy. Well guess what? I am a nerd! I nerd out on the daily, whether due to my overly detailed, Read More
This spring, something extraordinary happened at Georgia College! The average size of a college fraternity in the United States is approximately 45 members. On average, those members use 52 weeks to recruit and initiate fewer than 20 new members into their chapter. In March 2016, two men — Bo Hunter and Zach Vasseur — were Read More
By Dr. Colleen Coffey-Melchiorre We talk a lot about recruitment of new members, but what about sustaining that membership for a lifetime? Too often members enthusiastically join an organization only to lose their passion a few short months later. At Phired Up, our team is particularly curious about why these members withdraw from their organization. Read More
Here are two stories about how fraternities do recruitment. Which one is your chapter most like? Which one would you like your chapter to emulate this year? Story #1: The Best Guys On Campus After hours of heated debate, the color and design of this year’s rush T-shirts are determined. The T-shirts arrive just Read More
by Taylor Deer We at Phired Up spend so much time giving good advice that I think its time to take a break and give you some awful, terrible, advice that you should never ever use. With that being said, here are 11 different ways to be completely awful at recruitment: 1) Don’t talk to Read More
by Woody Woodcock By now you know It is almost election season…no, not the Presidential one, but your new exec board is certainly right around the corner. Many people think the President is the most important position to elect in a fraternity chapter, and while that may be true I think potentially the most important Read More