I NEED HELP WITH MEMBERSHIP RETENTION!

[GreekLove4Ev]

Yes, we are a small chapter which does mean that we ALL hold offices and I do believe that we often feel overwhelmed. However, we would never add members to our sorority just for the sake of having higher numbers.. We have certain guidlines that must be met by each new member and ofcourse we vote as a chapter on who we could see best fitting into our sisterhood. In a nut shell as a chapter we know where our problems lie, and the part in which I am focusing on is getting the girls excited-having fun-and focusing on re-establishing our sisterhood bonds. With the help of your replies (and other threads) I feel that I am on my way to bettering our sorority. Continue providing me with fun ideas or games; you are all getting me very excited about holding this office and the changes that I hope will come with it!

[33girl]

Try having assigned seating at one or 2 business meetings (if you don't have to sit according to office) - put people who normally don't talk to each other next to each other. Don't do it all the time though or it will tick people off.

Do you do Secret Sister throughout the semester?

If you are attending a campus event or a mixer, have everyone meet at the house before going there and hang out a bit. This is fun as well as making your chapter look more unified than if you all straggle in on your own.

No one gets excited about meetings, LOL, but if people are saying that the sisterhood events are boring, have everyone put one NEW idea for a sisterhood event in a box and let it be anonymous. Write them all down on a sheet of paper, pass it around at meeting and have everyone check off 3-5 ideas that they like.