Some stuff I learned.
1)If anything goes wrong, in the end it's always the president's fault.
2)Pick your battles
3)Be social
4)Make sure people respect you. Everyone has has that one substitute teacher that comes in and asks everyone to call him by his first name and lets the kids play tic-tac-toe...well if he comes in a month later and tries to teach algebra, nobody will listen.
5)Smooth talking is important, but in the end you leave the chapter with results to look back on...not words.
6)Move fast. If there's an opportunity for the betterment of your chapter, seize it. If there's a problem, end it as fast as possible...
7)Be prepared to work hard. Don't expect to hand down assignments and finish off. You must learn to balance between working on your own and delegating - both are crucial.
8)Be that "good" guy...set an example.
9)Think positive and think the impossible. That means if someone says "alpha alpha alpha" will suck and never hang out with a sorority, you go out and make sure that sorority has a social with you. If they say you can't rush more than 5 guys, you get off your arse and find 50. This doesn't mean you should do all the work yourself, but it does mean that you should learn to motivate the others to think like you.
10)Tit-for-tat...do people favors...collect on them later if you need something difficult.
11)Keep high social contact among the members. You should keep seeing all the brothers and hanging out with them on a regular basis so they don't feel that you're secluded now.
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