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Beta Theta Pi Adapts The NIC 5-Step Recruitment Model
Tags: recruitment
Many people are familiar with the NIC’s 5-Step Recruitment Model, but Beta Theta Pi has inserted an important a sixth step.
1) Meet Him
2) Make Him A Friend
3) Introduce Him to Your Friends
4) Evaluate Him Against Standards (NEW STEP)
“Now that you have made a new friend and introduced him to your friends, it is time to decide if he meets your recruitment standards. Is this person committed academically? Will this person uphold our obligations? If indeed he has the qualities we seek as Betas, we should proceed in introducing him to the Fraternity.”
I believe that we have been doing this over the years as part of making new friends. While some men do this automatically, Beta Theta Pi has inserted this step because evaluation should be very intentional. Deliberately reflecting upon and discussing the organization’s standards with your friends who have met this person will strengthen chapters. Those conversations should become ritual for judging standards of your organization against its prospective new members. These intentional conversations serve as a reminder of the standards and values of your organization that will drive the quality and strength of your chapter.
5) Introduce Him to the Fraternity
6) Ask Him to Join
Hats off to Beta Theta Pi for critically thinking about recruitment and standards. Thanks to the editors The Beta Theta Pi for the article “If It’s The Fraternity’s Lifeline, Then Why Do So Many Chapters Struggle With It? RECRUITMENT” that appeared in its 2010 Summer Issue. http://www.betathetapi.org/news/magazine
Alpha Phi Alpha Removes Convention From Ariz. Due To Immigration Law
Tags: Alpha Phi Alpha, Arizona, immigration, convention, Las Vegas
In protest of the recently passed immigration law in Arizona that many believe will lead to racial profiling, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity has moved its annual convention out of the state.
The fraternity's leadership announced this decision through an email to members, saying: " ... the Board of Directors of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity voted unanimously to rescind the location of Phoenix, Arizona as our meeting location of the 104th Anniversary/ 90th General Convention in July, and to denounce the egregious immigration act signed recently by the governor of Arizona. It was the full opinion of the board that we could not host a meeting in a state that has sanctioned a law which we believe will lead to racial profiling and discrimination, and a law that could put the civil rights and the very dignity of our members at risk during their stay in Phoenix Arizona."
The convention will be re-located to Las Vegas. Alpha Phi Alpha's decision comes amid increasing calls to boycott the state of Arizona and its businesses until the controversial immigration law is overturned.
To read the full story please visit Alpha Phi Alpha's website: http://www.alpha-phi-alpha.com/PressNewsDetails.php?newsID=164&newsCat=Press%20Release
UIFI Early Bird Deadline Approaching
Tags: UIFI
The Early Bird Registration Deadline for UIFI 2010 is fast approaching
Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute Early Bird Registration Deadline is April 30!
UIFI is the premier leadership development institute for undergraduate fraternity men and sorority women. Register now for UIFI to receive Interchange member pricing and your first choice of session. All sessions are filling fast.
For UIFI 2010, you will see some exciting new curriculum focal areas. Throughout UIFI this year, participants will be challenged to think about fraternity and sorority in entirely new ways and to re[think] their own personal role in creating a new future for their organization. There also will be exciting and new elements of the curriculum focusing on personal values and creating lasting change within a participant’s chapter, council, and community.
To learn more abot UIFI and complete an application, click here.
