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Originally Posted by LAblondeGPhi
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.
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Agreed with what you said about social media- I think we need to post more often though because the current chair only posts about initiation, big events like senior night, and philanthropy. We need to get sisterhood events, socials, and small things on there as well!
I LOVE your ideas for conversation practice, especially with having girls judge mock conversations AND participate in them. If no one is giving feedback about conversations, no one can improve.