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 Matt Mattson We have been inspired on more than one occasion by the author, thinker, innovator and blogger, Seth Godin (see here, here, here, and here). Here we go again. Today’s blog is about generous gifts. Generosity is one of the four pillars of Social Excellence. Generosity is about making people’s day, week, or Read More
[RING OF PHIRE: The Ring of Phire is a team of undergraduate fraternity and sorority members dedicated to delivering the messages of Phired Up Productions to their peers around the country.] by Angela Mandala, Ring of Phire Member I was reading the newspaper today and I came across a story about a woman names Roz Read More
by Matt Mattson Now is the right time to start teaching your newest fraternity members how to recruit! I wrote about this recently. If you have a copy of Good Guys or the Dynamic Recruitment DVD for Fraternities, now is the time to maximize the value of those resources. Teaching your new members information and Read More
[RING OF PHIRE: The Ring of Phire is a team of undergraduate fraternity and sorority members dedicated to delivering the messages of Phired Up Productions to their peers around the country.] by Steven Cruz (Ring of Phire Member) What idea do you plant in the minds of future potential members? “What’s the most resilient parasite? Read More
by Matt Mattson Nobody, and I mean NOBODY in your chapter knows more non-Greek first year students than your recently recruited new members. Many of you will be having your first new member meetings here in the next week or so. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THEY CAN LEARN RIGHT NOW IS HOW TO RECRUIT! Many Read More
by Josh Orendi You know which prospects scare me most? The ones with NO questions or concerns about joining the fraternity. I’ll take the guy that needs time to think through a lifelong commitment and asks for some help with a few personal concerns about membership. I like future members that take membership that seriously. Read More
by Clark Buckner, Guest Blogger – Undergraduate Member of Alpha Tau Omega at Belmont University Over the course of this past summer I’ve had the opportunity to discuss and share different strategies and concepts with Matt Mattson, President of Phired Up. Together we’ve discussed how greek organizations at heart truly are grassroots organizations. We both agree Read More
[RING OF PHIRE: The Ring of Phire is a team of undergraduate fraternity and sorority members dedicated to delivering the messages of Phired Up Productions to their peers around the country.] by Amelia Mieth (Ring of Phire Member) It’s been a while since I’ve written a book report for school, so when given the opportunity Read More
[RING OF PHIRE: The Ring of Phire is a team of undergraduate fraternity and sorority members dedicated to delivering the messages of Phired Up Productions to their peers around the country.] by Scott Woodfill (Ring of Phire Member) [Editor’s Note: You might want to at least read this blog, or read the stories about motivation Read More