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 Woody Woodcock One year ago last month I got to meet leadership guru John Maxwell in Florence, AL. More importantly than just meeting John, I got to hear from him on leadership in a very intimate audience of less than a few hundred people. The one thing that has stayed with me from John’s Read More
This Spring, thousands of college graduates will walk across the stage to receive their degree. What awaits them is exciting. New jobs for some, graduate school for others, new cities for many, and new experiences for all are only days away. Leaving college can be an exciting time, but it can also be a nerve-racking Read More
By Vince Fabra Recently, I was asked, “What is your favorite word?” My response was “Philanthropy.” I know what some of your are thinking. “C’mon. The guy that teaches values-based recruitment says his favorite word is ‘philanthropy?!’” It’s a little cliché, but I can honestly say that of all the words I know, ‘philanthropy’ is my favorite. First 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 Matt Mattson We’ve been in this fraternity/sorority business a while, and I’m proud of the impact we’ve made. Many of our friends and colleagues in the industry often ask us, “So, what’s next?” I love that question. Obviously, when Phired Up purchased a marketing company and created a technology company last year, that was 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