A Different Kind of Live Recruitment Story

TriDPrincess · #1 01-28-2009, 08:11 PM

Good luck!!

ASTalumna06 · #2 01-29-2009, 04:04 PM

Thanks again everyone for your support!

Last night was our last scheduled recruitment event. The Recruitment Director had been told by some PNMs that they felt like they didn’t know about half the sisters, and they wanted to meet and talk to more of them. In order to solve this problem (and also to solve our bumping issue), the Recruitment Director suggested doing a kind of “speed dating” thing, so that every PNM could talk to every sister. It really helped out, and some of the PNMs have already expressed that they thought it was a really good idea. I know that at the very least, it helped everyone to learn names better!

After that, the party turned into an informational night. The sisters posted on the wall a list of everything that we consistently do every year (business meetings, formal, sister lunch, convention, pageant, JDRF Walk, Habitat, etc.) so that the PNMs could ask questions about them... and there were a lot of questions! And they had some about a lot of other things, too. I started to remember how clueless I was about the whole process when I first started attending recruitment events!

We still had a very good turn out... 10 PNMs. Some others had class and work, so they weren’t able to attend, but the sisters feel as if they know most of the PNMs very well.

I was also happy to hear that the sisters are going to the Erie Otters (hockey) game on Saturday, and they were inviting all of the PNMs to go with them.

Bid Day is Tuesday!

crazyqt13 · #3 01-29-2009, 05:33 PM

that speed dating thing seems like a really good idea!

ASTalumna06 · #4 01-29-2009, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by crazyqt13

that speed dating thing seems like a really good idea!

Yea, it worked out really well.

We actually did it last semester when we were matching bigs and littles. Many times in the past, the new members have said that they only know a few sisters really well, and they'd like to get to know more of them before they pick their big. So we used this method so that everyone could talk for 5-10 minutes, and then make a decision.

OPhiAGinger · #5 02-03-2009, 01:56 AM

Your new members pick their big sister? That seems so backwards to me! We always did it the other way around, where the older sister picks her little.

KSUViolet06 · #6 02-03-2009, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by OPhiAGinger

Your new members pick their big sister? That seems so backwards to me! We always did it the other way around, where the older sister picks her little.

Different chapters match bigs/littles differently. For example my collegiate chapter had each potential Big Sis list their top 5 choices for Little Sisters, and each of the New Members do the same. Then the VP matches them up. It depends on what works for the chapter..

ASTalumna06 · #7 02-03-2009, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by OPhiAGinger

Your new members pick their big sister? That seems so backwards to me! We always did it the other way around, where the older sister picks her little.

We used to always do it this way. The new members would be told which sisters were eligible/who wanted a little, they would decide amongst themselves who wanted who, and then they would have a week to ask the sister to be their big. We always had smaller new member classes, so it was really easy to do it this way. And it was fun. New members would get really creative with the way they asked their bigs, and it was such a nice surprise for the active sister.

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Different chapters match bigs/littles differently. For example my collegiate chapter had each potential Big Sis list their top 5 choices for Little Sisters, and each of the New Members do the same. Then the VP matches them up. It depends on what works for the chapter..

Starting last semester, it's now done this way. The sisters and new members list their top 3, and they are matched accordingly. This is basically because of the potential for larger new member classes and, for example, to have 10 girls deciding who has who as their big with only 13 sisters to choose from (subtracting the two New Member Directors), the situation could become complicated... and/or start a war.