Communicating what is Important

As a leader of your fraternity/sorority, you must be selective in what information you communicate to your brothers/sisters. There is some information that you should communicate to the members of your greek organization, but there is also information that you should not tell your members.

Be Transparent

Your members have a right to know the status of your chapter. Be sure to communicate to them using a popular fraternity/sorority communication services. Keeping important information from your members will certainly upset them. Most importantly, be sure that your executive board and other important leaders in your greek organization are in the know with critical issues facing your chapter.

Avoid Too Much Information

At the same time, you have been elected to lead your fraternity/sorority because they think you are most capable of handling day-to-day issues, and you’re opinions and vindications are generally supported by your fraternity/sorority members. Holding long meetings and elaborating on mundane topics (which can be easily handled behind the scenes) will make your meetings insignificant and unimportant in the eyes of your brothers/sisters.

Above all, before you hold a meeting, be sure to select topics that are most important and pressing to your fraternity/sorority. Communicate these topics to your chapter using one of the communication services we discussed in a previous entry. As the message always is with this blog, communicating effectively is the most important component to successful fraternity/sorority leadership.