“Calling” All Party People

by Doug Sweeney

It’s that time. We have like 200 leads with phone numbers on our Names List! We have a recruitment plan in motion, and our recruitment committee is ready to roll, son! Now we have to call them… AND… Everyone is looking to you, the recruitment chair, to make those calls. Well, you probably could call them by yourself in your room, or you could go somewhere private, or you could do it with your recruitment team next meeting. But none of that sounds fun. Isn’t fraternity supposed to be fun?

Why not just throw a party?

That’s right… but this isn’t your typical party. No, this party is called: The Call Session. It is a time-efficient and fun way to make 200 plus calls in no time. Here’s what you need:

• 4+ Party People. That’s right, your entourage. The crew assembled of horses who want to see your organization grow with better people.
• Party Food. Light snacks are great. Don’t make it a big dinner or something that will leave half your membership asleep in an hour.
• Party Game. Get a markerboard, two markers, and split into two teams! Give your teams cool names. And challenge the other team to see who can call more people, get to 100 calls the fastest, book 25 meetings first, ext. You get the idea! Everyone loves a little friendly competition.
• Party Atmosphere. This is key. It’s game time so make the place fun and spacious so people can walk around and make calls. Create a fun playlist of tunes and keep the volume on the low side so people can hear their own voice.

Now you are ready, Party People. Tag Team in full effect. Roll in deep with your recruitment crew, kick on the one’s and two’s, blow up some phones, and make time fly because you are having fun!

Here is another blog to help with calling sessions.

[Note from Doug: I was helping a group of stellar fraternity men at the University of Vermont do this just yesterday, and it worked great! Phired Up loves to encourage organizations to do these short call sessions — sometimes a challenge of “Everyone call 3 people over the next 5 minutes to set up small activities to take place within the next 72 hours. GO!” can work great. If you can gather your horses together for 20-90 minutes, you can make an even bigger impact. Have fun!]