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Originally posted by PsychTau
National Officers/Alumnae....if you're sorority is one of the "stronger ones" nationally....be willing to help out one who is struggling. You don't have to give them money, but you could share ideas. You don't have to hand over every manual you have and say "do it this way", but you could say "Well, we've found that doing it that way was a disaster and here's why". I believe that yes, we all have our private policies and procedures, but not everything we do is secret. Our educational programming (anti-hazing, health awareness, etc) doesn't have to be. We're all women, and there's only so many ways to do a breast exam. So why are there 15,000 different presentations on it?
Example: ABC sorority (who only has 15 members) is required by their HQ to have a minimum of 4 educational programs a year presented to their members. The Education Chair, who is also the Ritual Chair and New Member Educator, is responsible for this. She is on a campus with 3 other larger NPC groups, who all have a similar requirement. Why can't each chapter take their best presentation on a topic, and present it to every sorority member on that campus?? (They take turns during the year) If they do that, not only will it fulfill education requirements, it will also help educate women on that campus as a whole, build stronger panhellenic relationships, and hopefully keep the Education Chair from getting too stressed out trying to research and prepare 4 different presentations, which will enable her to be a better Ritual Chair and NME, which will produce stronger, better prepared chapter members, who will in turn create a stronger chapter that will eventually attract more members.
See how sometimes the smallest lifelines have the greatest effect? </off soapbox>
PsychTau
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We actually did this when I was in college. We had sororitywide or greekwide programming events for career development, resume writing, alcohol awareness, hazing prevention, leadership training, assertiveness training, and eating disorders. They would be sponsored by the campus Panhel, Pan Hellenic or Fraternity Council, IGC, or a specific sorority or fraternity. For example, DPhiE would have an eating disorder informational event since ANAD is our philanthropy. The sororities, as well as some independent women, would attend and participate. The campus panhel would help with scheduling and getting the word out. It was a great collaborative effort. Most of these events were mandatory such as hazing and alcohol awareness, but even the ones that were optional had a great turnout.
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