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
Thank You, Fraternity. You’ve given me so much over the years. When I came to college, you didn’t just give me friends, you gave me family. You gave me a home. You gave me a sense of belonging and purpose. You gave me a group of people who loved me (though we didn’t say it Read More
by Paul Manly People join (and stay in) organizations because of relationships (research from Dr. CoCo taught us that). We live in a world where transparency and intentional discussion about expectations during and after recruitment significantly impacts retention. When I recruit, or when I coach chapters to recruit, I share a three part plan for 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
by Josh Orendi I just met with Michael Donahue at a Panera Bread in Carmel, Indiana. He’s a well respected Executive Coach for top businesses and entrepreneurs in the Indianapolis area (he’s also a Delta Upsilon from Northern Illinois). Mike told me his job requires him to recruit top talent, coach for performance, and facilitate Read More
by Matt Mattson Do you try to impress people or serve people? Does your organization attract members, volunteers, donors and fans by… trying to impress people or trying to serve people? There are two ways to promote yourself, recruit people to your organizations, or position yourself socially. 1) You can try to impress people. 2) Read More
by Matt Mattson I sometimes find myself stuck. Do you ever feel that way? You look at your organization, you look at your role in the organization, and just feel stuck. What do you do next? How do you push forward? How do you improve? How do you lead? Then I remember, "Oh yeah, dummy, Read More
by Matt Mattson Are you on Twitter? Even if you are, it can be hard to keep up with all the coolest tweets and tweeps. We thought we’d share some particularly awesome (in our humble opinion) tweets we’ve put out over the last few months. You’ll find tweets about #SocialExcellence and #DynamicRecruitment . You’ll also Read More
by Matt Mattson If you’re one of the approximately 500,000,000 (!) Twitter users in the world, or you watch TV and have noticed the little pound-sign-thingy in the bottom corner of some of your favorite shows, you know what “hashtags” are. Phired Up is driving a worldwide online conversation about Dynamic Recruitment and Social Excellence Read More