by Matt Mattson I had a fun experience last night teaching Social Excellence that I’m pretty sure teaches a cool lesson about recruitment and college students in general… As I was preparing to deliver a typical speaking engagement about Social Excellence, I noticed that while we had a nice little crowd, the room was big Read More
by Matt Mattson Training your members to recruit should not bore them. Recruitment is best taught through experience, fun, challenges, emotional engagement, and excitement. Recruitment is fun (when it is done right), so learning to do it should be fun too. Combine SOCIAL EVENTS with RECRUITMENT TRAINING. To become better recruiters, many of your fraternity/sorority Read More
by Doug Sweeney (Guest Blogger/Phired Up Associate/Amazing Fraternity Recruiter) Watching “The Social Network” this Saturday had me really thinking about Mark Zuckerberg. Like any movie that tries to depict real life events, “The Social Network”, is not 100% accurate. But it does a fantastic job of humanizing the Harvard kid who invented a website that Read More
by Vince Fabra I just finished up spending the last two weeks with Matt Geik recruiting at the University of Montana. Darby Swanson, a freshman at UM, is a student who made a choice to be Socially Excellent. We introduced him to Social Excellence on Wednesday evening and he signed a bid on Thursday morning. Thursday Read More
by Vince Fabra As I work with fraternity/sorority members around the country now that I’ve started traveling for Phired Up, I find myself explaining a concept called “GET OUT OF THE MIDDLE.” In some cases, being in the middle isn’t so bad. Being the “middle man” allows you to connect two groups. Being the “middle Read More
by Matt Mattson Today I am at Colorado State University where I’m working with the fraternity community on a long-term partnership to increase the quantity of quality men involved in Greek Life. I was out on campus today working with fraternity/sorority members and had such a positive experience I just wanted to blog about it Read More
by Matt Mattson Art vs. Science. Both are necessary when it comes to growing your organization. We had a great conversation with a trusted colleague this weekend. He suggested that because we have two big lessons we teach (Dynamic Recruitment & Social Excellence) there might be some confusion about our message. So, here’s a fun way to Read More
by Matt Mattson A number of us on the Phired Up team have been reading THE TALENT CODE by Daniel Coyle this month (I had mentioned this back in the summer reading list). Honestly, this book has invaded my mind and I can’t get it out. The applications of the principles in this book to Read More
by Matt Mattson Why is it that great service is so rare but seemingly so simple? [And what can that teach us?] I eat at restaurants a lot. Nine times out of ten the service I recieve is hum drum. But that one time out of ten, I have a remarkable, memorable experience. The difference Read More
by Josh Orendi I remember in college getting a soccer t-shirt that read, “No Pain, No Gain.” On the pitch I knew that to be true. Yet, it took me several more years before I realized the t-shirt geniuses weren’t just talking about sports. The other day I had a realization…. I sincerely cannot recall Read More