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A B R. A B R. L W A Y S. U S H I N G. E. NAME AND FACE. BROTHERHOOD EVENTS Monday Night Football Entourage Super Bowl SPSL. CAFETERIA LUNCHES AND DINNERS. MAKE SURE BROTHERS GET PHONE #S AND CONTACT INFO. INTRODUCE THEM TO GIRLS AND YOUR OTHER FRIENDS.
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NAME AND FACE • BROTHERHOOD EVENTS • Monday Night Football • Entourage • Super Bowl • SPSL CAFETERIA LUNCHES AND DINNERS
INTRODUCE THEM TO GIRLS AND YOUR OTHER FRIENDS “WUTS GOIN ON MAN THIS IS STACIE SHE’S IN D PHI E…WE SHOULD ALL HANG OUT” “I WANT YOU TO MEET SOMEONE…(INTRODUCE HIM FIRST)…”
BRING THEM INTO YOUR WORLD
THE RUSH SEASON
THE RUSH SEASON -3 RUSHES -1 PREF RUSH -11-12 SPEAKERS -FLYERS AND OTHER PUBLICITY
RUSH # 1 THE INTEREST CATCHER
RUSH # 1 THE INTEREST CATCHER SPEAKERS -CAMPUS INVOLVMENT -OTHER FRATERNITIES MIGHT HAVE 15 GUYS IN ONE ORGANIZATION…BUT WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF GUYS IN 15 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS -PERSONAL STORY -THIS PERSON SHOULD BE A STAND OUT SPEAKER WHO HAS A CAPTIVATING AND EXCITING STORY THAT IS VERY RELATABLE. -HOMECOMING -THIS IS STRICTLY TO APPEAL TO THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF OUR FRATERNITY
RUSH # 1 THE INTEREST CATCHER SPEAKERS -CAMPUS INVOLVMENT -OTHER FRATERNITIES MIGHT HAVE 15 GUYS IN ONE ORGANIZATION…BUT WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF GUYS IN 15 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS -PERSONAL STORY -THIS PERSON SHOULD BE A STAND OUT SPEAKER WHO HAS A CAPTIVATING AND EXCITING STORY THAT IS VERY RELATABLE. -HOMECOMING -THIS IS STRICTLY TO APPEAL TO THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF OUR FRATERNITY -SCRATCH THE SURFACE -TALK ABOUT WUT THEY WANT TO HEAR …FUN STUFF -DON’T GET TOO IN DEPTH OR TOO SERIOUS -JUST ENOUGH TO CATCH THEIR INTEREST
POST RUSH SSHOW THEM A GOOD TIME! TAKE THEM OUT TO HANG OUT W/GIRLS AND TO JUST RELAX. DON’T ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR INTENTIONS. JUST EMPHASIZE FUN!
RUSH # 2 THESIS + A BIT OF SUBSTANCE
RUSH # 2 THESIS + A BIT OF SUBSTANCE SPEAKERS -SCHOLARSHIP -A STAND OUT STUDENT WHO CAN DO HIS BEST TO EMPHASIVE ITS IMPORTANCE WHILE MAINTAINING INTEREST. -THE HOLE (SOMETHING UNIQUE AND INTERESTING) -ONLY TCNJ FRATERNITY OR SORORITY WITH OWNERSHIP OF A HOUSE. -SOCIAL -AGAIN APPEALING TO THE SOCIAL AND FUN ASPECT.
RUSH # 2 THESIS + A BIT OF SUBSTANCE SPEAKERS -SCHOLARSHIP -A STAND OUT STUDENT WHO CAN DO HIS BEST TO EMPHASIVE ITS IMPORTANCE WHILE MAINTAINING INTEREST. -THE HOLE (SOMETHING UNIQUE AND INTERESTING) -ONLY TCNJ FRATERNITY OR SORORITY WITH OWNERSHIP OF A HOUSE. -SOCIAL -AGAIN APPEALING TO THE SOCIAL AND FUN ASPECT. HOW IS THIS A THESIS? -THE RUSH CHAIR OPENS, CLOSES, AND TRANSITIONS EACH SPEAKER. -USE THE CONTRAST BETWEEN SOCIAL AND SCHOLARSHIP TO INTRODUCE THESIS
THAT’S WHAT WE’RE ABOUT IN SIGMA PI. WE GET OUR WORK DONE,TAKE CARE OF OUR OBLIGATIONSAND STILL PARTY HARD AND HAVE A GREAT TIME. BALANCE - AND WE ACHIEVE THIS BALANCE THROUGH… BROTHERHOOD
POST RUSH SIT DOWN ENVIRONMENT. APPLEBEES OR MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME ON THE PROJECTOR WITH PIZZAS. “BRO OUT”
RUSH # 3 THE BODY
RUSH # 3 THE BODY SPEAKERS -ALUMNI -TALK ABOUT HISTORY OF FRATERNITY ON CAMPUS. -ALUMNI OR ACTIVE -TALK ABOUT BROTHERHOOD IN GENERAL -PERSONAL STORY -THIS SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS THAN THE FIRST PERSONAL STORY AND SHOULD CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THE MAGNITUDE OF OUR BOTHERHOOD.
RUSH # 3 THE BODY SPEAKERS -ALUMNI -TALK ABOUT HISTORY OF FRATERNITY ON CAMPUS. -ALUMNI OR ACTIVE -TALK ABOUT BROTHERHOOD IN GENERAL -PERSONAL STORY -THIS SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS THAN THE FIRST PERSONAL STORY AND SHOULD CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THE MAGNITUDE OF OUR BOTHERHOOD. -THE WORD BROTHERHOOD CAN NOT BE SAID ENOUGH AT THIS RUSH -THIS IS WHAT SETS US APART AND THE REASON WHY WE ARE SIGMA PI. -MAKE SURE ALL ALUMNAE ARE INTRODUCED B/C THEIR PRESENCE ALONE SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT OUR BROTHERHOOD.
POST RUSH SOMETHING INTERACTIVE LIKE A POKER TOURNAMENT. CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RUSHES TO CONNECT WITH JUST A HANDFUL (2-3) OF BROTHERS ON A HIGHER LEVEL.
PREF RUSH THE CONCLUSION
PREF RUSH THE CONCLUSION • SPEAKERS • SEASON • GENERAL CONCERNS ADDRESSED (TIME, GRADES, HAZING) • - 1 OR 2 PERSONAL STORIES • CHAP DIRECTOR • SEAL OF APPROVAL FROM SOMEONE WITH RESPECT AS WELL AS DEMONSTRATES LIFELONG COMMITMENT. • Q & A • 10 OR 15 MIN OF SMALL GROUPS. RUSHES – BROTHERS. • TEAR JERKER • THE ABSOLUTE BEST PERSONAL STORY ANY ACTIVE BROTHER HAS. SHOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO TALK ABOUT AND MOVING FOR EVERYONE TO LISTEN TO.
PREF RUSH THE CONCLUSION • SPEAKERS • SEASON • GENERAL CONCERNS ADDRESSED (TIME, GRADES, HAZING) • - 1 OR 2 PERSONAL STORIES • CHAP DIRECTOR • SEAL OF APPROVAL FROM SOMEONE WITH RESPECT AS WELL AS DEMONSTRATES LIFELONG COMMITMENT. • Q & A • 10 OR 15 MIN OF SMALL GROUPS. RUSHES – BROTHERS. • TEAR JERKER • THE ABSOLUTE BEST PERSONAL STORY ANY ACTIVE BROTHER HAS. SHOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO TALK ABOUT AND MOVING FOR EVERYONE TO LISTEN TO. -DO OUR BEST TO MAKE THE RUSHES FEEL HONORED TO HAVE BEEN PREFD. -THIS IS OUR LAST CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW GUYS. -THEIR LAST IMPRESSION OF US. -MUST CONNECT ON A MORE PERSONAL LEVEL.
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CREATE SEGNIFICANT DISTANCE BETWEEN OURSELEVES AND OTHER FRATERNITIES.
CREATE SEGNIFICANT DISTANCE BETWEEN OURSELEVES AND OTHER FRATERNITIES. • PAGANO STORY • WE WERE FOUNDED AT TCNJ B/C THE GUYS THOUGHT ALL OF THE OTHERS WERE THE SAME…THEY WANTED TO BE DIFFERENT! TO STAND OUT!
CREATE SEGNIFICANT DISTANCE BETWEEN OURSELEVES AND OTHER FRATERNITIES. • PAGANO STORY • WE WERE FOUNDED AT TCNJ B/C THE GUYS THOUGHT ALL OF THE OTHERS WERE THE SAME…THEY WANTED TO BE DIFFERENT! TO STAND OUT! -ENCOURAGE THEM TO LOOK AT ALL OTHERS -NO DOWN TALKING OTHER FRATERNITIES
CREATE SEGNIFICANT DISTANCE BETWEEN OURSELEVES AND OTHER FRATERNITIES. • PAGANO STORY • WE WERE FOUNDED AT TCNJ B/C THE GUYS THOUGHT ALL OF THE OTHERS WERE THE SAME…THEY WANTED TO BE DIFFERENT! TO STAND OUT! -ENCOURAGE THEM TO LOOK AT ALL OTHERS -NO DOWN TALKING OTHER FRATERNITIES -EMPHASIZE BALANCE -SCHOOL AND FUN -FUN AND BROTHERHOOD
MAKE THE CONNECTION
FIND RUSHES YOU CAN RELATE TO OR FIND SOMETHING IN THEM THAT THEY CAN RELATE TO YOU
HE CAN SEE YOU IN HIS SHOES AND HE CAN SEE HIMSELF IN YOUR SHOES
KEY PHRASES “I LOOK AT YOU AND I SEE YOU RUNNING THIS FRATERNITY IN 2 YEARS” “I REMEMBER WHEN…I THOUGHT THE SAME WAY…AND HERE I AM” “WHEN I SEE YOU…I SEE SIGMA PI AND ALL THAT WE STAND FOR” “THIS IS DEFFINATELY ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS I’VE EVER MADE”
3 TYPES OF RUSHES -DEFFINATELY WANTS TO DO IT -NOT SURE -DEFFINATELY DOESN’T WANT TO DO IT
DEFFINATELY WANTS TO DO IT. -PRIMARY OBJECTIVE -MAKE SURE SIGMA PI IS HIS CHOICE -MAKE SURE HE’S A FIT -IDENTIFY EARLY SO AS MANY BROTHERS AS POSSIBLE MAKE THAT EXTRA EFFORT TO GET TO KNOW HIM.
NOT SURE -CONNECTION IS THE KEY -HE NEEDS TO SEE HIMSELF IN A BROTHER TO REALIZE HOW SIGMA PI CAN WORK FOR HIM -STAY ON TOP OF HIM – CONSTANT CONTACT W/MULTIPLE BROTHERS.
DEFFINATELY DOESN’T WANT TO DO IT -WHY NOT? -PARENTS, MONEY, NOT A “FRAT” GUY, GRADES, TIME, FRIENDS -KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS -IF DONE SO CORRECTLY, THE CHANCE OF HIM MOVING ALONG THE SPECTRUM TO “NOT SURE” INCREASES EXPONENTIALLY.
REMEMBER!! OUR BIGGEST RUSH TOOL IS YOU YOU ALWAYS REPRESENT SIGMA PI AND EVERYTHING YOU DO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SWAY A RUSH ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.