The undergraduate members of the National Board of directors are asking for feedback from chapter officers. They say they want to increase interaction between the members and the board. Great idea. We are all for it.
But…, Um…, er…, how come it took an entire year for them to figure out how to send [...]
Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
In recent years, Beta Theta Pi has invested its time and financial resources into leadership development. A search for the word leadership on Amazon.com returns more than 178,000 results. Amazingly, a similar search on Google yields 269 million hits! Consider that you can read more than 2,000 published definitions of leadership. Yet, although [...]
Dutch Mandel–How does AutoWeek celebrate a half-century birthday? We visit the place of our conception, toast with Colt 45 and eat fried pickles. Perfect!By DUTCH MANDEL
There are more than a few schools of thought when it comes to party planning and execution. I know this from my well-financed college tenure as president of the Oregon [...]
In a statement to be released later today, Sigma Phi Epsilon Grand President Steve Shanklin will announce the vacant position on the National Board of Directors will be filled by Archer Yeatts, Past Grand President and holder of the Order of the Golden Heart.
“In a special meeting of the Sigma Phi Epsilon National Board of [...]
Deli meals nourish the floodedBy DAWN SAGARIO
Two thousand meals in four days.That’s how many free meals Maccabee’s Deli had donated from June 17 to June 20 to Des Moines-area flood victims and volunteers.
As the Red Cross planned to stop its feeding effort in Des Moines on June 21, those at Maccabee’s Deli say they’re prepared [...]
Cloak and dagger time, for real…
We received a copy of a rather pointed exchange between two people who are well known to the brotherhood. The substance revolves around the year-end report that was recently released. There is a fundamental disagreement over the strategic direction of the Fraternity. Do we build Chapter Quality by increasing [...]
A guest post by Bob Kerr, Coordinator of Greek Life at Oregon State and OGH recipient.
Last Chapter Standing, Part Three (If you missed them, here is a link to part one, and a link to part two.)
Last chapter standing is but one scenario facing the North American Fraternal Movement. As we look to the tercentennial [...]
A guest post by Bob Kerr, Coordinator of Greek Life at Oregon State and OGH recipient.
Last Chapter Standing, part two (If you missed part one, Here is the link)
So, how do you know you are playing the game of “Last Chapter Standing”? Well, there are a couple of real good indicators. First, when you [...]
A guest post by Bob Kerr, Coordinator of Greek Life at Oregon State and OGH recipient.
Last Chapter Standing…
… may be the direction the North American Fraternal Movement is heading. At a time when the enrollment is generally on the rise, enrollment in the fraternal world is at best managing its loss. If we are who [...]
Most of the following was posted to the blog in 2004. It doesn’t appear that much has changed in the past four years.
For a fraternity with so many alumni out there, it seems we are totally depended with just the talent that resides in our past-staff (former RD’s and/or HQ staff). Now, in 2008, it [...]
