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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
Also, there's a term in business called an elevator pitch. It's a sales pitch that can be shared in total in the time it takes to ride an elevator. Every one of your members, including the most shy, should be able to explain your organization in 30 seconds. It takes a lot of practice to get right, but it has multiple levels of benefits, not the least of which is getting more comfortable talking with strangers.
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Good point. Even I often settle for a very short and generally unfaltering explanation of my fraternity when I am put on the spot. I generally assume that the the other person only has a polite interest. So I spare them the details and say something dismissive like "The co-ed one" or "the weird one".
People largely don't know much about us so rumors fill the information vacuum. The best one I have heard is that we have a "Hall of Swords". I have never* had a negative reaction when someone learns what fraternity I am in, but a few of my brothers complain that they have.
* excluding reactions that are anti-greek in general