By Michelle Marchand, Senior Director of Chapter Development There are many famous quotes about showing up, like: “You can beat 80% of the competition just by showing up,” (Harvey Mackay) or “Half the battle is showing up,” (Stephen Hawking), but when it comes to recruitment, how you show up on campus and in your community …
By Ashley Martin Schowengerdt, Director of Communications As you know from past recruitment blogs and our Amplify DU: Recruitment Training Program, an important part of recruitment is being able to tell the DU story. This gives potential new members the chance to learn about the Fraternity, your chapter and the experience they will have as …
by Michelle Marchand, Senior Director of Chapter Development As you’ve learned from the Fraternity’s Membership Outcomes Assessment over the last six years, the concept of belonging is best described as “my brothers value and appreciate me.” When a chapter scores high in belonging, it means the members feel like they can be their authentic self …
by Dominic Greene, Oregon' 99, Director of Health & Safety Initiatives When reflecting on my own recruitment experience, it was quite common for chapters to tell me about all of their deep alumni connections and networking opportunities. However, it was rare when a chapter could articulate what these connections looked like in reality, nor did …
Continue reading Utilizing Alumni in the Recruitment Process
By Hayden Rahn, Oregon '16, Director of Chapter Development & Growth Recently, I was on a webinar that focused on membership selection for fraternities. The host of the webinar, who has years of experience working with fraternity chapters, said something that I believe is crucial to share. He said that “membership selection is both the …
By Hayden Rahn, Oregon '16, Director of Chapter Development & Growth It is quite common for chapter members to have the mindset that recruitment has an end date. That the 1-3-week IFC recruitment period in the fall and/or spring is the only time the chapter should really be recruiting. This is very common to hear …
Continue reading Preparing for Fall Recruitment Means Preparing for Year-Round Recruitment
By Hayden Rahn, Oregon '16, Director of Chapter Development & Growth & Michelle Marchand, Senior Director of Chapter Development We might not be the Avengers but if all members of the chapter assemble and commit to doing what it takes to succeed, our chapter’s recruitment efforts will ultimately prevail. If you are the Vice President …
By Hayden Rahn, Oregon '16, Director of Chapter Development & Growth Since March, COVID-19 has really turned everything upside down—school, Fraternity, life in general. As you already know, fraternity recruitment has not been immune to that. Recruitment this fall, and possibly for the entire year, is going to look completely different. For some of you, …
By Hayden Rahn, Oregon '16, Director of Chapter Development & Growth A couple weeks ago I was having a conversation with a Vice President of Recruitment about this upcoming fall and everything related to his chapter’s recruitment plan. During the conversation, we got on the topic of being flexible during recruitment and how it’s importance …
By Hayden Rahn, Oregon '16, Director of Chapter Development & Growth Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a virtual conference centered around fraternity growth/recruitment. I always get excited when I am able to attend conferences like this because I find myself being challenged about the idea of growth/recruitment while, at the same time, …
Continue reading Recruitment is about the PMN, not the Chapter/Colony
By Hayden Rahn, Oregon '16, Director of Chapter Development & Growth If you are a Vice President of Recruitment reading this, I want to provide you with a very important reminder. The success of recruitment does not solely fall on you. Let me say that again, the success of recruitment does not solely fall on …
By: Hayden Rahn, Oregon '16, Director of Chapter Development & Growth It is quite common for chapter/colony members to have the mindset that recruitment has an end date and that the 1-3-week IFC recruitment period in the fall and/or spring is the only time the chapter should really be recruiting. I see it all the …
By: Hayden Rahn, Oregon '16, Expansion & Development Director There is no question COVID-19 has forced chapters/colonies to take a hard look at their operations. Specifically, chapters/colonies have needed to understand how to take what they typically do in person and transfer it into a virtual world. Obviously, recruitment is a main area of focus, …
By: Hayden Rahn, Oregon '16, Expansion & Development Director If there is one thing to ultimately know and remember about recruitment, it is that, people join people. The #1 reason men are going to join DU on your campus is because of the people, in this case, the members of your chapter/colony. Men do not …
DU is excited to announce that staff will begin offering Recruitment Coaching Sessions via Zoom. These sessions are designed for the VP of Recruitment, Recruitment Committee and/or Recruitment Advisor to have the opportunity to spend 1-on-1 time with a DU staff member, focused on discussing chapter/colony recruitment plans and goals. Chapters/colonies can request a coaching …
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