
07-20-2007, 03:39 PM
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- Events: BBQ's, Picnics, Movie Nights, Ice Cream Socials, Trick or Treat Down Greek Street, Service Projects, etc.
- Direct Mail Campaigns
- Flyers
- Posters
- Chalk the sidewalks (get permission)
- Hang banners outside the sorority houses
- Place signs around campus (get permission)
- Pitch article ideas to the School Newspaper
- Updated Panhellenic Web Site
- Word of Mouth
- Remind sorority members that they serve as PR ambassadors for the Panhellenic Community: actions and words of one person can fall back on the entire Greek System
- Start a PR committee and have at least one PR rep from each sorority on your committee
- Create a Panhellenic t-shirt and get the sororty members to wear them
- Take out ads in the school newspaper
- Staff up a table in or around the Student Union (get permission)
- Are there any electronic billboards on campus? Promote your events this way, too
- Buy chotchkes like buttons and pens with your web site on them and a Go Greek message
- Staff a table at a student activities fair
- Get permission to make a presentation at freshman and transfer student orientations
- Brochures
- Get Greeks involved in other campus activities where they can promote Greek Life and their organizations to non-members
- Host Panhellenic Mixers with groups on campus like the Residence Hall Association, Honor Societies, the Ladies' Crew Team, etc.
- Greek Letter Days: once a week, everyone who is Greek wears letters on the same day
- Greek Week
- Homecoming participation
- Have a competition among the sororities to promote Greek Life on campus and award a prize or title to whoever gains the most points
- Keep a list of unaffiliated women and invite them to recruitment or a Panhellenic event with a personalized eblast
And most importantly, develop a PR plan with tangible goals and ways to measure those goals.
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