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Originally Posted by Jen
As someone with social anxiety, if I was invited to a COB event by someone in class and really wanted to go, I would still likely chicken out just because I'd be too scared to walk into a room where I only knew 1 person and they all knew each other.
So if she came to get me and take me there, it would really alleviate a lot of the stress of feeling like an idiot not knowing anyone. It would feel a lot more personal to me.
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This is the only reason I ended up at a recruitment event. A sister (who eventually became my big) said that she'd meet me at my dorm and walk with me to the event. Offer the same to your PNMs!
And expanding on the Recruitment Committee ideas... once the new members get settled, ask them for their help! Everything is new to them and they're excited about everything right now, so offering to them a larger sense of involvement in the chapter early on will probably thrill them. They can definitely help you execute recruitment/PR strategies and activities throughout the semester, and if they're younger, they probably have younger freshmen/sophomore friends who you can start getting to know now for the following semester's recruitment.