Are We Leaving People Behind?
Recruitment season has a funny way of making us really good at noticing people. → We notice who showed up. Who didn’t. → Who hasn’t responded to a text. Who…
Blogs
Finish With Intention: How You End Recruitment Shapes What Sticks
The End of Recruitment Isn’t Bid Day Bid Day happens. Confetti falls. New members squeal, hug the active members, and post about it before the sun even goes down. Everyone…
Recruitment Is Everyone’s Job: Why Buy-In Beats Burnout
Think about the people in your chapter who are responsible for recruitment. Who comes to mind first? Your recruitment chair? The recruitment committee? Your chapter president? Maybe the handful of…
Set the Tone Before the Table: Culture as Your Recruitment Advantage
I’ll never forget walking into one of my first meetings as a chapter advisor. There were only four active members sitting around the table. Like many organizations facing membership challenges,…
Follow-Up Is a Life Skill: What Recruitment Teaches Us About Real Relationships
A recent conversation at our Virtual Growth Summit stuck with me. It wasn’t groundbreaking or controversial. Honestly, it was something I’ve believed for a long time. And hearing it…
5 Things Every Chapter Should Be Preparing Right Now – CBFO Edition
1. Build and Finalize the Full Fall Recruitment & Intake Calendar The most successful organizations are already mapping out August through November before summer begins. This includes: • Recruitment events…
They Did the Prep and It Paid Off
Let’s be real. Recruitment success doesn’t happen during recruitment. It doesn’t happen at your first event. It doesn’t happen over a text message. It doesn’t happen because of an outfit,…
Your Fall Recruitment Starts Right Now!
Fall recruitment isn’t built in August. It’s built in May, June, and July, in the quiet months when some chapters and councils may not even be thinking about it yet.…
Are You Ready to Scale Your Chapter’s Growth?
As summer recruitment begins, chapters and councils have a window of opportunity to strengthen their systems. Whether that is name list clean-up, summer event planning, or recruitment onboarding, this month…
They Had 400 Names on Their List. That Wasn’t the Problem.
I worked with a chapter recently that felt stuck in their recruitment efforts. And honestly, I understood why. On paper, they were doing a lot of things right. They…
