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 Josh Orendi Have you ever heard the parable of the bricklayer? An Australian company launched a campaign using an online children’s book and an old fable to move people toward their cause. Before going on, read the short fable here . That got my wheels spinning. A series of questions came to mind: How Read More
by Matt Mattson We all want to matter, don’t we? I do. Someday when I leave this world I want to know that the life I lived meant something. I want to know that I’ve left a mark on the world. I want to know that I’ve mattered. I’m willing to guess that’s a pretty Read More
by Colleen Coffey-Melchiorre, Ed.D. I am often around kids. I have a child, spend a lot of time in the local Children’s Hospital, and truly enjoy the presence of little ones in general. I think children and good researchers are the most curious populations currently in our society. I love the way children wonder about Read More
[This post is one of several in a series of "Recruitment Spotlight" articles highlighting successful organizational growth] by Josh Orendi If your reaction to that title was “really!??” or “how is that possible” or “Alpha Sigma who?” you’re not alone. It’s hard to believe that a fraternity founded in 1845 could fly under the interfraternal Read More
by The Phired Up Team The quality of our interactions determines the quality of our personal and organizational reputations. High quality interactions = high quality organization. This is as true for online interactions as it is for face-to-face interactions. Here are 10 ways to be Socially Excellent in your online interactions. 1. Be the best 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
by Matt Mattson Do this quick exercise: Think about the last interpersonal interaction you had. Using your thumb as an indicator, rate the quality of that interaction. Thumb straight up indicates that the interaction was of exceptionally high quality — you were pleasantly surprised, it was powerful in some way, you learned something important, it Read More
by Matt Mattson How can you change your organization’s image on your campus, or in your community? How can you fight the stereotypes that plague your group and keep high quality people from joining? What can you do about the campus administrators, student newspaper editors, admissions counselors, and professors that talk badly about your organization? Read More
by Vince Fabra Where can we see recruitment done right? Let’s look at a few examples. NCAA Athletics The Military Innovative Companies From these examples we can learn powerful recruitment lessons. Recruit with… INTENTIONALITY, FERVOR, VALUES, TRANSPARENCY, and focus on TOP TALENT. NCAA Athletics – Let’s use an example of recruitment from a major sport Read More