Being too open during recruitment?

[gee_ess]

i vote with FSUZeta. I think you should temper what you say - it could come across kind of stalkerish. You might wait until the second COB event. It might make sense to have learned some more facts about a group after attending one of their events. Then you could talk about one or two things you learned - like the philanthropy.
Just don't make yourself look like a walking XYZ knowledge book. It is their group - you are a guest so you don't want to appear as if you are already in the group and know everything the members do. Again, as said above, "pace yourself!"
my two cents...

[AOEforme]

Originally Posted by gee_ess

i vote with FSUZeta. I think you should temper what you say - it could come across kind of stalkerish. You might wait until the second COB event. It might make sense to have learned some more facts about a group after attending one of their events. Then you could talk about one or two things you learned - like the philanthropy.
Just don't make yourself look like a walking XYZ knowledge book. It is their group - you are a guest so you don't want to appear as if you are already in the group and know everything the members do. Again, as said above, "pace yourself!"
my two cents...

This. We had a girl attend a COB event. At the next event (which was a philanthropy event), she mentioned how she loved our international philanthropy. At another event, she remarked how she loved my t-shirt and this led into a discussion about how she loved our colors.

Once she was going through her new member education program, we found out she had extensively researched the international organization. However, she didn't do anything psycho like pre-emptively memorizing all 27 of our founder's names.

Also important to point out is that she didn't just randomly throw out facts. They fit into the flow of the conversation. If you mention anything about the org, make SURE that it fits in with what you are talking about. Otherwise, you come across as a stalker/bragger.

Good luck!

[Alumiyum]

Mentioning one MAYBE two facts you've learned wouldn't be a bad thing. Choose fun facts that are obvious and easy to find, like the philanthropy, mascot, etc. Revealing you know their founders, year of founding, songs, etc. might be a little much. The clothes depend on campus culture. I appreciated COB PNM's that had obviously taken the effort to look nice (because a sister will reflect on me, too, so being well groomed whenever possible is appropriate and a plus), but thought the ones that had badly overdressed were trying to hard, whether that was fair or not. Many wore jeans and cute shoes and a cute top to our COB's. Not going out clothes, just cute clothes you'd wear to go shopping, for instance. Basically, don't spend four hours doing your hair and make up and buy new clothes, but do look like you've bothered to pick out an outfit and brush your hair. But again, that depends on the campus. The majority of chapters on mine weren't so much interested in brand names or physical beauty so much as an "I at least try" attitude.