Recruitment Methods

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by kaitapoul

Hello brothers,

Our chapter is in a dire need of a good recruitment. Half of our chapter graduates this year and we are in need of recruitment advertising ideas. We have our events planned (we're doing a good mix of fellowship, service and info meetings), we are just struggling on getting our name out there.

Any suggestions on how to reach out to our students or even other social GLOs would be greatly appreciated!

My suggestions:

1) Send a nice letter at the beginning of the semester to the social GLOs that says you wish them a happy new school year and reminds them that they are welcome to come to your events as well, or that you can do joint service projects sometimes.

2) Ask every brother to commit to making an announcement at the beginning or end of at least one of their classes - you could ask the professor and say "Hey, can I make an announcement about a service project?" and it would be one of the service projects you're doing for rush.

Originally Posted by elicampbell

Brother,

I am the recruitment advisor for my APO chapter. The chapter is a smaller chapter. I use a modified version of IFC Recruitment. Being a member of an IFC organization, I know IFC recruitment.

Remember the three core values,BE A LEADER (show the chapter you want new members in your chapter) BE a FRIEND, (Make friends and invite your friends to events. Introduce your new friends to your brothers.) BE OF SERVICE (Introduce your new friends to APO, Service project is a good way. Ask the pnm if he/she wants a bid.) I encourage my chapter to wear letters on campus, and be an active member of at least two or more organizations on campus.

I know that members of the national board like the Phired Up books.

I hope this helps.

Yayyyy for double-Greeks

Originally Posted by arvid1978

Another one of my chapters redesigned it like this:

THIS is awesome. The first one was not.

Originally Posted by 33girl

I don't think we should downplay them - i.e. I don't think it would have hurt for those posters to have them on there somewhere - BUT you can't just put up a poster that says "Rush APO" (pretend those are Greek letters) with no explanation of what APO is. There is a happy medium. We're not a social fraternity, but we're not a club you can take lightly, either. Taking the Greek letters out of the equation completely can further that sort of lightmindedness towards APO.



I would NOT rush in a manner that attempts to attract these people. You end up with a chapter full of bitter anti-Greeks, and that's the last thing you want. Not just in APO, but any organization with a social component. It all depends what you mean by "turned off." "It's ok for others, it's just not my cup of tea" is one thing, "they are a bunch of stuck up a-holes and should all be disbanded" is another.

I agree wholeheartedly with this.

Originally Posted by naraht

I don't particularly think that this argument is helping the Original Poster, but I think to give more complete advice, we need a better feeling for the campus. What will help at Auburn may not help at Stanford or vice versa

Even general descriptions will help (If you don't feel comfortable indicating the school, indicating what sports conference that your school plays in will tell us 90% of what we need to know)

That's a really good point.

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

As a person who is not a member of a service fraternity, I am more drawn to the bottom of the two posters. Without the "National Co-ed Service Fraternity" part, it sounds a little religion'y. Or stated another way, it doesn't tell the reader who you are or what you do. I really think I would be compelled to ask for more information from the bottom poster.

Yeah, the religious part was exactly what I was thinking!

Originally Posted by arvid1978

Then again, what do I know? I've only been an alumni volunteer directly working with hundreds of APO students on multiple campuses for 8 years, watching as attitudes evolve and shift over time as the landscape of college changes. .

Watch how you talk to people, Brother.

Originally Posted by 33girl

As far as the bolded...whew, pot, meet kettle. For a volunteer to reinforce asinine stereotypes on here is just really messed up and drives away social Greeks who could be great members. A less "values based" (ugh, can we stop with the buzzwords) action I cannot think of.

Amen. Amen. And Amen again.

Arvid's entire diatribe reads like someone who has sipped the National Volunteer Conference Kool-Aid.