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Originally Posted by Bmjorden0
Hi! I am Brandi and I am in Alpha Sigma Alpha at FSU. I am recruitment chair and I really want to bring some different ice breakers to informal recruitment this year. Any ideas? I would like some that could go with a spa theme recruitment.
Heres what I've brainstormed so far:
We play a clock date game. This is when each sister and new member has to go around and find sisters to date with for each time on the clock. Then, the recruitment chair will ask questions for sister's to further get to know each PNM
We play a gribble ball game where we all sit in the circle and in the gribble ball there are question you answer it and then roll the ball to someone else in the circle
Voice Concerns- Pass around a piece of paper to each potential and then pass around a jar and this is their chance to voice any concerns or questions they may have about sorority
Yarn Ice breaker - Recruitment chair for the party starts and says something they like (i like the color "purple") and anyone that agrees the yarn gets passed to that person until a web is created.
Move you butt - if there are 25 people in the room, and then only set out 24 chairs. 1 person stands in the middle of the circle of chairs and states a states a fact like anyone who has "blue" eyes, move your butt. Everyone with blue eyes must change their seat, the last person standing in the middle will then make the next statement like anyone one wearing the color "pink" move your butt.
Place random facts about each sister on a bingo card and the potential new members used it as an icebreaker to meet the sisters.
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I don't get the clock game.
Be careful with "gribble ball". If someone writes questions that could be too personal it could scare off PNM's. If you play a game like that make sure the questions are neutral and won't make a PNM uncomfortable. If you wouldn't ask a stranger, don't ask them.
I wouldn't have PNM's voice concerns about joining the sorority. That could get uncomfortable fast, and chances are they won't want to participate and say anything that might offend the sisters, even by accident.
Yarn sounds most promising...but think about how close everyone will get. Don't do the big untangle thing at the end, just let them drop the yarn. Some people really dislike being too touchy touchy with strangers.
"Move your butt" sounds like the same game as the Yarn game, but it sounds pretty safe. On Bid Day my chapter played "I love all my sisters who..." which is the same game, but remind them not to say things like "...have been to jail". Yes, we've had that happen. On Bid Day. The new girls were a little taken aback.
I wouldn't play this last game, either...let the PNM's get to know the sisters through conversation. They probably won't get all that involved in the game if it's just about the sisters.
Icebreakers can backfire for two reasons: questions get asked that put people on the spot, and they can get boring. Stick to only one or two icebreaker games, then have an ice cream sundae table or something like that so that no one gets burned out on the games, and you quit before anyone gets bored. For informal recruitment my chapter had an ice cream social, makeover night, dinner at a popular local coffeehouse across from campus, and a Guitar Hero night to think of a few. Do activities like that for the second half of the event, and make sure to gauge the group of girls you're recruiting well. If you have a group that seems really girly, a makeover night might go over really well, but if they for the most part seem more the play-games type Guitar Hero might be a better choice.
You can also modify sisterhood events. We had a scavenger hunt at the mall one time for a sisterhood activity and you could easily turn that into a campus event by having groups of four (two PNM's and two sisters...I wouldn't have a PNM be alone in a group of sisters) or so find a few (like five) items on campus, so that it doesn't take too long. Then everyone can meet back at one location to play an icebreaker event...that way the PNM's have met a handful of girls on a more personal level and they still get to meet the rest of the group and each other.