The Death of Greek Life... You're Next

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

I wonder if this person has a new tool or app that will help chapters reach out to and connect with alums.

winner winner chicken dinner. ding. ding. ding.

I can't use any exclamation points, 33 and the OP saw to that. Thanks, guys.

[GrkAlmSpclist]

Originally Posted by AZTheta

winner winner chicken dinner. ding. ding. ding.

I can't use any exclamation points, 33 and the OP saw to that. Thanks, guys.

Haha nope, not trying to sell you anything. No app or crazy contraption that will magically reconnect you with your alumni; I'm simply giving suggestions based on the philosophies that saved my fraternity.

[DrPhil]

The OP either listened to NPR this week (or last week?) or was one of the guests on the NPR show. It was an interesting show.

[AZTheta]

You're annoying.

And your logic is faulty.

[GrkAlmSpclist]

Originally Posted by AZTheta

You're annoying.

And your logic is faulty.

And when that is your response, I know I've done my job right

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by GrkAlmSpclist

And when that is your response, I know I've done my job right

So, your job is to annoy Greek alumni with faulty logic? Does that even pay?

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by GrkAlmSpclist

Low money is due to a lack of alumni involvement

Low alumni involvement leads to unaccountable undergraduates

Unaccountable undergraduates lead to risk management issues...

It all comes back to alumni relations!!

Originally Posted by AZTheta

You're annoying.

And your logic is faulty.

It really is.

And he's too smug for me to want to listen to him, especially because he has no realistic solutions to the problems he claims exist.

[GrkAlmSpclist]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

It really is.

And he's too smug for me to want to listen to him, especially because he has no realistic solutions to the problems he claims exist.

Read the original post! All of the "realistic solutions" are right in there for you!

I intended for this article to be controversial, if you read the title you can see that was the angle I was going for. Whether you agree with my tactics or not, you all thought about your chapters alumni relations programs and how effective they're being. That was the point! You don't have to agree with me, that's not the reason for this. I wanted you all to evaluate alumni relations and so far over 200 people have done just that by reading this blog post and reading all of your comments.

I really do appreciate the dialogue, it's great to see people's passion for Greek life, even if their opinions differ from mine.

Props to you guys

[AZTheta]

Swat.

Got it. Dead bug.

But, how much you wanna bet he has to have the last word. BGITY?

Wait for it.

[GrkAlmSpclist]

Originally Posted by AZTheta

Swat.

Got it. Dead bug.

But, how much you wanna bet he has to have the last word. BGITY?

Wait for it.

I'd put money on that

[SWTXBelle]

Oh, woe is me, if only we could solve the problem of declining pnms going through sorority recruitment, of chapters' numbers decreasing, of sorority membership numbers going down - WAIT! I almost forgot! There are record numbers of pnms, chapters are bursting at the seams, expansion(for both collegiate AND alumnae chapters) is occurring at an amazing rate . . . whew, I was worried there for a moment.

[GrkAlmSpclist]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Oh, woe is me, if only we could solve the problem of declining pnms going through sorority recruitment, of chapters' numbers decreasing, of sorority membership numbers going down - WAIT! I almost forgot! There are record numbers of pnms, chapters are bursting at the seams, expansion(for both collegiate AND alumnae chapters) is occurring at an amazing rate . . . whew, I was worried there for a moment.

For your chapter that's great! But you cannot be so naive to think that every other chapter is booming with prosperity

[SWTXBelle]

I'm not talking about just my chapter - I am talking about NPC sororities OVERALL. Yes, there are struggling chapters, but "Greek Life" as represented by the NPC is doing better than ever, thankyouverymuch.

[FSUZeta]

OP, the folks who are responding to you are all alumni who are involved with and support their organizations, so you are preaching to the choir. Just stop. Church is over.

[AZTheta]

I listened to it (Diane Rehm show). Here's the link to the transcript.