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Originally posted by DarDar216
Although i respect what LeslieAGD has said, I kind of disagree. If you have the sisterhood, it will show through, I think that if you are a small chapter, focusing on your sisterhod will backfire. Believe me I know, because the last several years, our focus has been "sisterhood" and we have had terrible recruitments. If you are dealing with a large freshman group fo girls going through, you have to realize that they are looking for fun and t-shirts, and parties, etc. The sisterhood is important yes, and you can't fake that, but if you do not stress your events then you will lose them to larger chapters.
Girls want to be in the sorority that is fun and nice and active, not the one that seems to be totally focused on being "friends". I suggest that you focus on making the girls comfortable, they want to hear about your sorority yes, but they also want to feal like you are interested in them and what they are about. It becomes very uncomfortable to listen to someone talk about themselves the entire time. People feel the most comfortable when talking about themselves, so don't be afraid to ask them questions.
I also suggest that you really get to know all of your sisters before recruitment, so that if someone is a business major for example, you can link them to all of the business majors in your sorority, because potentials will want to be with people who have things in common with them. story: There was a girl going through who likes to dance, she chose the other sorority because when she mentioned dancing, they were like "oh, i danced in high school" or "well, so and so and so and so dance." We have lots of dancers in our sorority as well, but we were to busy talking about ourselves to make that connection.
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DarDar, actually, I think you make excellent points as well. When I said that concentrating on sisterhood was most important, I made this point because when some chapters start loosing their numbers, their sisterhood often suffers. Sometimes they aren't playing intramural sports, having as many events, or socializing with other Greeks. They get down because instead of having fun they're recruiting all the time. I know because I've seen this happen. I think your suggestion of knowing everyone's major, etc, is very true but, again, I believe that is part of knowing your sisters.
I guess, in retrospect, I do have some pointers from when I was a Rho Chi. The biggest complaints the girls had were...1) they were asking all the questions/they felt like they were going all the "work", 2) sisters mentioned inside jokes and they felt left out, and 3) they didn't connect with the girls.
Concentrate on your sisterhood, make the girls feel welcome, and keep a positive attitude!