"required reading" for chairs

[adpiucf]

Members are extremely overprogrammed as it is between sorority obligations, other activities, family, friends, and oh yeah... school.

Don't make them do a book report. If you want everyone on the same page, plan and facilitate an interactive workshop at officer transitioning. At most, pass out a one sheet where you summarize those 7 habits. Although these seven habits are common sense. You might get a more inspired response if you invite the officers to participate in a collective brainstorming session where you take their ideas and draw up on a white board the "7 Highly Effective Habits of a Sorority Officer." People are more inclined to go with the program when they are allowed to participate in the program. Be sensitive that these officers are volunteers.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

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Be sensitive

(Psst....he's a guy...)

[skylark]

I would definitely shy away from making the reading required... it just isn't the best way to motivate others. Maybe the best thing to do would be to come up with a program presenting the 7 effective habits and either present this to the executive/chapter council or to the entire chapter. Make sure you have visual diagrams and handouts, and then at the end of the program, let people know where they can buy/borrow the book from if they get really excited about the material and want to learn more.

[KSUViolet06]

I suggest creating a Power Point presentation of the most important things you want the guys to learn from the book, and presenting it at chapter meeting, officer training, rush workshop, or some other important event.

People have enough reading to do for school, I wouldn't give them required reading. They most likely wouldn't read it anyway. If you present it in some concise manner, then they have the opportunity to learn from the book without having to read the whole thing.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I suggest creating a Power Point presentation

Unless you're one of the rare people gifted with the ability to use PowerPoint effectively......no.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Unless you're one of the rare people gifted with the ability to use PowerPoint effectively......no.

Who can't make an effective Power Point? A moron?

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Who can't make an effective Power Point? A moron?

I would say a good 90% of the population should not use PP. Sure, any moron can put a few slides together and read the info off of them at people, but that's not how PP should be used. You should use it for MAIN points, charts, graphs, graphics, etc...but generally, people slap their speech outline, or heck, even their whole speech on there and then read it to the audience like a 1st grade reading lesson. B-O-R-I-N-G. Just as bad as having to read selfhelp books and do book reports on them.