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While I know that sororities are different in many ways, my personal opinion is that too much time is spent with the pledge classes bonding to each other rather than the group as a whole (pledges and initiated members) bonding together. This leads to (what I see as) a bizarre separation within groups where they identify more with their class than with the chapter as a whole. I think really good team building involves teams that include pledges and members together. Team building exercises that can work: ropes courses, contests, working together on something like a Habitat for Humanity house, a float for Homecoming, intramural sports, an improvement to your house, etc. Something that 1) requires teamwork to complete it, 2) gives each team member a feeling of accomplishment and 3) actually completes something useful or meaningful. Incorporate your fraternity's values into it somehow, make it purposeful. If you really want to focus on the pledges, then include their big brothers too for more of a bonding experience with them as a group.
There are books and books of team building activities that you can do, quick programs and longer ones if you really want to do that kind of thing. The corporate world uses them a lot and it's not bad experience to be familiar with them BUT... most employees roll their eyes and grumble in private groups about them too. We can all do stuff like assemble a puzzle without speaking to each other. Women are more touchy feely and respond nicely to things like "A letter to my sister" where they all write a letter to another member telling them what they appreciate about them. I think that men would respond better to actually performing a task because male friendships, by nature, are more about doing activities together rather than talking. But make them meaningful/purposeful tasks, not just BS stuff that doesn't mean anything.
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