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
No matter how your organization attracts, selects, and secures its newest members, fraternities and sororities that effectively put the right amount of the right people into their chapters understand that there is a fine art of organizational growth. When Phired Up first started, we only taught about the “science” of growing Greek Life. We talked Read More
by Matt Mattson I once heard my good friend (and Phired Up’s Vice President), Woody Woodcock, say, “Look for the people on the sidewalk of your life. There are people waiting to be noticed, wanting to be noticed, and wishing to be noticed. You were once them.” Obviously this applies to fraternity/sorority recruitment. But it applies beyond Read More
by Matt Farrell Social media activism has always fascinated me. Clearly keyboards can raise wide awareness, but those who use them are commonly challenged by the question “what are you doing to help in real life?” This is what made the 2016 Standing Rock protests so unique. When the Dakota Access Pipeline was announced to Read More
by Jason Allen Let’s recap the definition of Social Excellence (n): A state of perpetual generosity, curiosity, positivity, and openness to limitless possibility. A desire to intentionally connect with others. The ability to engage in deep, meaningful conversation. Acting in a responsible and respectable manner with high expectations of others. Being authentic and living everyday Read More
by Jason Allen In 2012, Phired Up won the AFA Award for Excellence in Educational Programming for our innovative Be The Person Program (BTP). That program partnered with Mike Dilbeck and the RESPONSE ABILITY Project, and it focused on bystander intervention, values alignment, Social Excellence, leading community change, and determining one’s connection and mattering to Read More
by Dr. Colleen Coffey-Melchiorre The world will amaze you if you let it. I consider myself somewhat of a social anthropologist. That’s a fancy way of saying I am a people watcher. I observe folks all around me – in airports, on campuses, at school pick-up, in the yoga studio, in line at Starbucks, or Read More
by Dr. Colleen Coffey-Melchiorre Traveling with #BabyJune so far been an absolute blast. I enjoy some aspects of travel, mostly the making of new friends. I try hard to practice my craft on planes – being friendly, being a host, and loving others in whatever space they are in (even if they are taking up Read More
Editor’s Note: This blog is a little longer than normal (and we don’t even mention fraternities, sororities, Social Excellence, or recruitment by name!). We strongly recommend you check it out and share it with someone who could use help finding their “Little Me” and being a little more vulnerable, one of the four pillars of Social Read More