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Originally Posted by sisterlylove
Would it be a bad idea to mention possibly changing this when I'm trying to get elected? I don't want to make any empty promises, but if this is something that actually could happen I would like to do it.
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Yes - this is a bad idea. I doubt you'll be able to change how may women you're allowed to invite back. You'd be making empty promises to your chapter, and telling your recruitment advisor that you don't know what you're talking about.
As far as social media - quality over quantity. I doubt you'll get a whole lot of return with your target demographic - PNMs - by beefing up your social media that much. By all means, make clean up the content: make sure the photos you post are great photos with lots of well-put-together, smiling sisters doing fun activities. Highlight the fun activities the chapter is doing, etc. But think about this: the other chapters and students on campus aren't judging your chapter by your social media, they're judging it by personal interactions they have with your sisters every day. Likewise, the PNMs will be most influenced by their personal interaction with your chapter during recruitment and during the school year; next, they may be influenced by tent talk/reputation; next, outside experience with your organization (friends and family, etc.)
I understand your pain on getting women to get on board with conversation practice. I find that most "conversation practice" can be silly and boring: lots of partnering up with each other and practicing fake conversations. Most women wind up goofing off during these workshops.
Instead, think of ways to incorporate people from outside the chapter:
-Other sororities on campus
-Other chapters in your region
-Alumnae
The best practice is with women outside the chapter.
Also, figure out more fun workshops, and/or workshops where the girls have to do the practice. Examples:
-Group women in groups of 4-5. Have two sisters practice a mock conversation in front of the others, and have the others give helpful critique afterward. Rotate through the group.
-Group women in groups of 4-10 for "popcorn conversation": have someone lead the group by saying something a PNM might say in conversation (ex: I'm a sociology major), and then point to a sister to have her come up with something interesting to say or ask related to THAT fact. Then point to another sister for the same fact, and so on. I find that poor conversationalists have a hard time using the information that the other person has said to ask follow-up questions or give interesting follow-up anecdotes. The point of conversation is to get onto interesting tangents via give-and-take, but nervous people tend to just fire off a lot of random questions without LISTENING to the other person, OR they go off talking about something the PNM doesn't care about.
Also - talk to the recruitment chairs of the closest chapters of your organization for ideas. Talk to your recruitment advisor, etc.