The Oracle: Phi Mu Delta's Membership Manual

Six Cylinders of Recruitment (ways to grow the names list)
Finding Potential New Members
The members know people - who do you know that’s not in Greek life that
Referrals:
the values of Phi Mu Delta? Ask sorority women, faculty, administrator,
matches
meet the freshmen early in their collegiate experience so they remember
recruitment,
as the people that helped them move in, find their class on the first day, ate with
you
you’re already involved, who in your group isn’t a member that would be a great
if
Use student government, orientation staff, resident assistants, intramural
addition?
Try 5 for 5 – meet 5 new men on a
recruitment.
a day for 5 days – that’s 25 names per
campus
or try tabling after recruitment and
member,
the semester.
throughout
for names: Good PR will only
Marketing
you, sponsor scholarships, get involved
benefit
This is the traditional recruitment
Rush:
used on most campuses –
method
and events to bring potential
programming
members in but this only targets those
new
interested and limits the pool of
already
new members to only those that seek
potential
The PNM feels comfortable, important, and understood
1.
the potential new member genuine questions to get to know him. If the potential
Ask
member feels like you're trying to recruit him, he will disengage and ignore
new
you have to say. Use active listening skills and focus on the person you're
anything
to! At the very least, you can gain a new friend if he decides that Phi Mu Delta
talking
the right fit for him or if he isn't interested.
isn't
– who do they know that would be a good fit for Phi Mu Delta?
alumni
recruitment: Orientation, welcome week events, etc. Even if you have deferred
Summer
in the dining hall when they didn’t know anyone. Meet them and build a friendship.
them
positioning: Get involved in other organizations to find potential new members!
Member
leagues, leadership organizations, service organizations, major specific groups, etc.
drives: There are postrecruitment
Membership
pushes, or mid-semester
of Greek life (intramural leagues,
outside
philanthropy outside of your own).
service,
out Phi Mu Delta.
RECRUITMENT CONVERSATIONS
Three Goals of Effective Recruitment Conversations
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