Using Our Values During Recruitment

If you've been around fraternity/sorority life long enough, you've probably heard about values-based recruitment. Maybe your chapter also did a workshop this summer on making sure your recruitment was values-based. It is certainly a hot topic on blogs about recruitment. But what does it really mean?

Values-based recruitment, at its most basic, is sharing Delta Zeta's values with potential new members. Simple, right? But, this is where many of our members get lost. Just where do we find what Delta Zeta values? Our chapters need to constantly remind members of Delta Zeta's values, which are found in our Purpose.

“The purpose of this Sorority shall be to unite its members in the bonds of sincere and lasting friendship, to stimulate one another in the pursuit of knowledge, to promote the moral and social culture of its members and to develop plans for guidance and unity in action; objects worthy of the highest aim and purpose of associated effort. The purpose of this Sorority shall be advanced through the National Convention, the National Council and the college and alumnae chapters.” Constitution of the Delta Zeta Sorority, Article II, Sections 1. and 2.

Our members, collegiate and alumnae, must continually live Delta Zeta’s Purpose so that potential new members can see that our organization fits with what they value. During recruitment are you focusing on what type of cupcakes to serve, or what your Bid Day shirts will look like? Or are you using our Purpose to find women who are looking for sincere and lasting friendship, value knowledge, and promote moral and social culture? Values-based recruitment is an opportunity for our chapters to approach recruitment in a different way and ensure that we are adding women to our sisterhood who value the same thing we do as Delta Zetas.




Do you need more help with understanding how to implement a values-based approach to your recruitment process? Find out more in the Recruitment Toolkit on the new DeltaZeta.org/member page.

Starting the Year Off Right

 Who doesn't love shopping for school supplies? The feel of new pens, fresh notebooks, maybe a new app for that iPad, the end of summer can be marked by the back to school ads toting the necessities any student needs to get off on the right foot in class. Even if your back to school supplies now trend more towards the electronic rather than the traditional, current Delta Zeta collegiate members can learn a little bit about starting their year off right from our alumnae. We asked alumnae members to provide a little advice via social media to our collegians who are excitedly starting their school years. Here is a little sampling of what they had to say:

Try everything, get involved with everything, and love every moment with you sisters! These are the best four years of your life- but these relationships are forever! - Erika Reardon, Pi Theta 2011, Rollins College

Don't be afraid to try new things and take on new responsibilities. You may surprise yourself. - Miriam Starr, Beta Theta 1973, Bucknell University 

Talk to your professors and TAs during office hours! As a professor, I wish my students would ask Q's before an assignment is due rather than wait until after they receive a bad grade on it. - Heather Dichter, Alpha Eta 1998, University of Michigan

Invest in a planner! Having important deadlines/dates on a schedule will help with your time management. Lilly Pulitzer has some SUPER cute agendas. Leslie Stoehr, Beta Delta 2001, University of South Carolina

Every minute of your college education is an opportunity, from classes, clubs, speakers,and just hanging out with the sisters. Each moment represents a step forward towards who you are becoming. Try one new thing once a week, hug a sister you don't know well everyday, and never ever miss a class! Finally learn to take good care of you, learn to balance mind, body and spirit, eat right, get some exercise and take time to stop and smell the "pink" roses! Jamy Brice Hyde, Gamma Alpha 1986, Baldwin-Wallace College

Join in the conversation yourself on our website at http://deltazeta.org/leadership/academics.

Enriching Who? Enriching U!

Delta Zeta’s newest members should be the most familiar with Enriching U, the online education site where part of the New Member Program lives. But, Enriching U, which we lovingly call “Delta Zeta University”, is now being used for many more training opportunities for Delta Zeta members.

Enriching U is the place for personal, leadership and membership development for Delta Zeta members. Our members take part in sessions tailored to their Delta Zeta experience to enhance their knowledge of both the sorority and themselves. Enriching U lives on Delta Zeta’s website on the Members page. All active collegiate and alumnae members can now experience Enriching U with the JobBound program.

Some features of Enriching U:

Tailored Learning Styles: Adults of different ages learn in different ways. What sounds/voice over sections/music/ graphics/animations (and video) we use vary depending on the type of session you are taking. Sessions are organized into modules. Each module takes a very short time to complete.

Flexible Enriching U Courses: Enriching U offers us no limits! College Chapter Director training, new member programming, Delta Zeta Volunteer Leader Training – you name it we can do it – because Enriching U has the technological flexibilities to allow us to do so. What courses would you like to see developed?

Personally Driven Timing: Enriching U is amazingly easy because you can do all the modules at one sitting or if you want to do one or two and then sign off and log in again, it’s all up to you to decide. The site bookmarks your spot to come back and pick up later where you left off.

Session completion: Some Enriching U sessions need to be finished before moving on to others. Completion methods in Enriching U vary, some sessions have quizzes, others ask you to complete a short survey at the end.

After you complete a session, you can come back at any time and access the information on the site.

Enriching U uses many different types of learning styles, you might find that the journal questions during the new member program just the thing you needed to make sense of the material you just went over with your new member educator during your weekly meeting. Or, your chapter advisor may feel that the review quizzes in the volunteer training sessions help her identify areas that she needs more education on. Maybe you need a little help goal setting- with Enriching U you can use the built in goal setting tools to help track your personal progress.

The site is tied to all of our other Delta Zeta communications and database tools. We can also track individual member’s progress through the different educational experiences and provide a sort of Delta Zeta transcript of a member’s education in the sorority. You can also connect with others in the Enriching U community by sharing an idea, or asking a question. The possibilities are endless with Enriching U.

Enriching U is a site that brings Delta Zeta to life. It equips members via online training, supplies leadership resources, enable collaboration, and provides inspiration toward you goals and our promise of a life enriching membership experience in Delta Zeta.

For more information on Enriching U, please contact our support team at EnrichingU@dzshq.com. Or, review the Enriching U training information on the Delta Zeta Members page under resources.

Prepare for Recruitment with the Recruitment Toolkit

All across the country, parents and guardians are helping move their students back to campus. Excited students are reuniting with friends, attending football games, starting their new classes, and of course, gearing up for sorority recruitment.

Delta Zeta encourages chapter officers to take advantage of the Recruitment Toolkit, launched last spring, to help support recruitment efforts. The Recruitment Toolkit can assist in recruitment planning, marketing, budgeting and more. 

Access to the Recruitment Toolkit is found on the Members Page, via a link in the lower right corner of the chapter officer’s dashboard. 

Please direct any questions about the Recruitment Toolkit to the National Recruitment Chairman or your Regional Collegiate Director. For technical assistance, please contact the DZ Webmaster.