Round 1 Ideas

[kekekappa]

One of my sisters and I are in charge of round 1 for recruitment next year and we were wondering if any of yall had any good ideas for recruitment....or any cool things yall did. Please share. Thanks.
Keke

[LuvUTrulyKKG]

i'm so happy that i am a sister of kekekappakappagamma! hehe! keke is one of my lovely sisters and i am soo excited she is round 1 chair (i'm round 2 chair)! we are going to have such a wonderful, lovely recruitment next january! (we are deferred rush!)

[paulaKKG]

kekekappa,

If you have not been to the kappa.org website to download the most recent resources from preference round, you should definitely do that. They can be found in the member’s only section. There are some great resources there - ideas from chapters all over compiled by round. You need your membership number from the key to log in. Or you can contact headquarters directly I am sure they will send you information.

As for some of the things I've seen and liked over the years:

- Place pictures of sisters doing stuff together around the house. You can even consider enlarging a few of them at Kinko’s and mounting on foam board (you should be able to get at the campus bookstore). Good conversation starters for shy ladies staring off at walls ;-) You can intersperse quotes as well. We did a "Kappachino" theme one year and wrote the quotes on coffee cup cuts-outs.

- Create creative name tags. Sometimes including an "Ask me about..." line at the bottom can be fun. A nice way to direct the conversation away from "so what's your major where are you from..." Make each sister's "Ask me about" a different Kappa or leadership-related thing" If you have fixed rotation groups, you can have intentional duplication. Careful you don't talk all about Kappa though - be sure the conversation is focused on the potential member! Best to have a two-sentence statement ready that ends with a question to the PNM.

- If you know what house the FMR group comes from before your house, do your best to contrast with that group. For example, potential members always came to our chapter after attending the party of a house known to wear all white and have a receiving line to start the party. To contrast, we had an informal rotation, all dressed differently, and decorated the house with colorful flowers (We are a much more laid back chapter). Though attire and rotation selection are not the most important thing during recruitment, they do send a subtle message. Pick one that conveys what you want to signal to potential members

- Notecards, notecards, notecards. By the end of the parties you will forget who and what you talked about at party number one. Have sisters keep a notecard stash somewhere between parties (e.g. each rotation group gets a drawer in the table, etc). Write who you spoke with, any salient facts, and any words/adjectives that describe the girl. Use the guest book if you need to look up the last name (nothing like trying to remember if it was Katy Smith or Katy Jones that you spoke too..) Review the notes before the next party and have sisters share with one another too - that way everyone can remember that Janet loves to swim and that Becky is a ski instructor.

Hope you find these helpful ideas - best of luck!

Loyally,
Paula

[kappa2]

Round 1 for us used to be name tags that said, "Look at my SHOES!" Our actives might be wearing track shoes, ballet shoes, fuzzy slippers, and some creative-types would buy a pair of cheap keds, then decorate them with paint or something to look interesting. In addition, the philanthropy chair wore shoes that had a photo each on the toe of the last two most fun philanthropy events, the president might have two photos of the group engaging in something that affected the campus, the social chair had two photos of social events, etc....
It was very creative and a good way to tell all the rushees about us without long boring speeches. ;-)

[MSKKG]

Originally posted by kappa2
Round 1 for us used to be name tags that said, "Look at my SHOES!" Our actives might be wearing track shoes, ballet shoes, fuzzy slippers, and some creative-types would buy a pair of cheap keds, then decorate them with paint or something to look interesting. In addition, the philanthropy chair wore shoes that had a photo each on the toe of the last two most fun philanthropy events, the president might have two photos of the group engaging in something that affected the campus, the social chair had two photos of social events, etc....
It was very creative and a good way to tell all the rushees about us without long boring speeches. ;-)

How fun and creative! This is a fantastic idea--this would really put everyone at ease!