The applications of the principles in this book to what we do at phired up are innumerable, and it has really been a fun read. I highly recommend you check out phired ups blog and their book good. If you are an impactdriven entrepreneur, or a changemaker wannabe, here is my list of must read books for social entrepreneurs i recommend you to read. The 12 best fraternity websites the fraternity advisor. So, i dare you to pick up this book and get on the path towards social excellence. Matt mattson college speaker social excellence phired up youtube. More about social excellence phired up s social excellence curriculum has been adapted for audiences as diverse as college.
The social excellence project is an education and consulting firm that helps attract, engage, and retain the people who matter most to you. Mattson, williams, and orendi challenge all of us to be the best version of our real selves. Our audiences include associations, churches, nonprofits, corpor. The folks at phired up are inspiring because they believe in the power of quality personal connection. Social excellence is phired ups core philosophy on how to master human connection and social skills. Popular social enterprise books goodreads share book. Social excellence is phired ups core philosophy on how to master human. Phired up has hit another homerun with their new book social excellence. Phired up productions is an education firm providing membership growth solutions to causeoriented organizations. Presidents retreathosted in january when most newly elected council and chapter leaders take office, the presidents retreat emphasizes problem solving, leadership development, valuesbased decision making, effective communication, and community development. I attended a phired up recruitment seminar led by matt mattson, and came away very impressed. He and some great friends have spent over a decade building companies that make the world better. The folks at phired up are inspiring because they believe in the power of. The phired up team is the best at teaching fraternity recruitment strategies.
Matt mattson college speaker social excellence phired up. We exist to teach people how to build meaningful connections with others and why that matters. Outskirts sent me an impressive list of my new marketing outlets. Matthew mattson cofounder the social excellence project. Vince fabra from phired up productions facilitated a great general session. Phired up trains tens of thousands of members each year on dynamic recruitment. Whether youre a current panhellenic, interfraternity council, or culturallybased fraternal organization member or an advisor wanting to learn ways you can support your chapter, we have a digital classroom to help you learn the fundamentals of growth we teach to chapters and councils. That program partnered with mike dilbeck and the response ability project, and it focused on bystander intervention, values alignment, social excellence, leading community change, and determining ones connection and mattering to read more.
My big takeaway from this book is that you have to give life a chance. This book, overflowing with reallife examples of social excellence in. About national association for campus activities naca. Vivek surti, past national officer of beta chi theta, inc. Ill admit that i am not the most social person the. In a world where connection is often boiled down to a poke or a comment on a status update, this book talks about the fading skills of connecting to the individuals right in front of you. The company sought to support the foundation for its commitment to social excellence. Utilizing exclusive data obtained through proprietary research on fraternitysorority retention, combined with phired ups social excellence philosophy, this session will provide new member. They teach how to center your recruitment strategy around social excellence, which gives you the ability to recruit a higher caliber student.
Good guys by josh orendi and matt mattson this 2006 book, written by phired up production founders, provides some great insights on how to improve the quantity and quality of members the chaptercolony is recruiting. But, i soon realized that social excellence is different for all of us, and that these phired up people actually meant what they were talking about. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Social excellence is phired up s core philosophy on how to master human connection and social skills. American social norms phired up productions we help. Social excellence is focus for annual honors lecture, nov. I finished reading social excellence quickly in a matter of days. He has co authored two books about the power of people and purpose coming. The emerald, spring 2012 by sigma pi fraternity issuu. A recruitment masters summer reading list lambda chi. She has a bachelor of arts from eastern illinois university and a master of higher education from indiana universitybloomington. Each friday they will host a webinar on a different topic.
In part 4, you will learn more about social excellence and how to use it as part of. Learn the art and science of organizational growth from the experts who literally wrote the books on it. Weve been helping fraternities and sororities likes yours recruit new members and improve their organizations since 2002. Im sure well have more to say about the principles in this book and how they apply to dynamic recruitment education and social excellence training, but let me start with this. More about social excellence phired ups social excellence curriculum has been adapted for audiences as diverse as college. Basically, s ocial excellence boils down to intentionally connecting with others and making an effort to do so on a daily basis. The editor of the book ken shelton is one of the renowned editor and author known for his various books like beyond counterfeit leadership, one on one. Student participants will return to asu with an action plan, as well as the skills, relationships, and courage to make.
Social excellence teaches the power of curiosity, generosity, authenticity, and vulnerability as tools to build more meaningful relationships and change the world. Schools are now in the business of providing proactive positive cocurricular. The social excellence project is an education and consulting firm that helps attract, engage, and retain the people. Author and speaker, cocreator of the social excellence project and a cofounder of its sister compay, phired up productions matt is a cocreator of the social excellence project and a cofounder of its sister company, phired up productions. Explore free recruitment resources, blog, and articles to drive a higher quan. Matt mattson is a cocreator of the social excellence project and coauthor of the book social excellence. Slow and steady wins the race, but the world is dominated by get rich quicktypes. See contact information and details about phired up. Social excellence is the core operating philosophy of great recruiting chapters. Some of the content in the following workshop has been adapted from phired up productions materials. These webinars are one way we can feel normal and productive. The book discusses the line immigrants must walk between losing their heritage to socalled multiculturalism assimilation and keeping true to their roots. Recruitment videos designed to show recruitment vs rush.
I signed up for author platform setup through social media because email is about the extent of my online social experience. Social excellence phired up productions we help fraternities. Just as the new book about social excellence from phired up teaches. Fridays during this period of social distancing phired up knows that fraternitysorority members will continue to desire engaging education about how to grow their organizations and support their members. We include a link to your profile in band openings, to build trust with musicians and help them decide if they will be a good fit. Lets not even ruminate over the failure to provide housing and group building that creates lasting legacies and committment to alma mater vis a vis alumni giving. We dare you, 2011 what if we created an extreme learning experience in the streets of chicago to teach social excellence and bystander intervention. The story of the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the taliban by malalayousafzai with patricia mccormick. This book, overflowing with reallife examples of social excellence in action, is not a book to be read in quiet solitude. My social excellence phired up productions we help.
Phired up joins the circle circle of sisterhood blog. As cofounder of phired up productions and coowner of techniphi, inc. I thought this would be a great opportunity to share a story with our blog readers that we also included in our book, social excellence. Reading brings a lot of inspiration, it opens our eyes on things we did not see, and can give us so much courage to go on with our vision. Jonesboro social excellence is the art of gathering people together around important causes. When you book phired up trainers for a programming day on your campus, we start. Phired up teaches social excellence through a progression of lessons that deepen the learning each step of the way. Matt mattson, a cocreator of the social excellence project and cofounder of its sister company, phired up productions, will introduce the idea of social excellence to arkansas state university students for the sixth annual honors lecture of the year, on tuesday, nov. This book is honestly a treasure chest of potential. Phired up productions provides recruitment training, books, videos, and tools to fraternities, sororities, and other membership organizations. Social excellence and branding a foundation for recruitment that those who know me may esteem alpha gamma delta for her attainments facilitator note.
Social, even academic groups, disagreed, and the fraternal system flourished. To ensure only genuine musicians and bands are creating and applying to band openings. It is a book that dares the reader to engage with the people and society around them. Delta sigma phi, commonly known as delta sig or d sig, is a fraternity established in. Social entrepreneurs and the power of new ideas by david bornstein, building social business. Celebrating the power of connection community learning. As of october 2014, 64 percent of adults in america own a smartphone. Im going to start with my absolute favorite of the whole bunch phired ups s ocial excellence. We dare you is our most popular keynote and workshop topic. Social excellence and branding a foundation for recruitment. They teach how to center your recruitment strategy around social excellence, which. Social excellence, popularized in phired ups book social excellence. Ways to show social excellence if you want to be a world changer start by being a day maker to the people next to you kid president listen be present respond share what is social excellence. Those four pillars are curiosity, generosity, authenticity, and.
Phired up productions is an education firm focused on helping fraternities and sororities find more people and helping more people find fraternities and sororities. At that point i saw a great deal of potential but still didnt know how to make it work, so i signed up for five hours of book marketing specialist. Go out there and take the risk of saying hello to someone, reach out and shake someones hand, live a life that is above the norm. Exercise your social muscle phired up productions we. Of phired ups four pillars of social excellence, it is vulnerability that continued. The team at phired up talks about the four pillars of social excellence in their book. We dare you matthew mattson, josh orendi, jessica gendron. The book personal excellence by ken shelton includes articles from renowned people which would help one in personal and professional development. How handshakes can change the world is, according to keith ferrazzi, bestselling author and networking guru, an inspiring guide to finding a richer life full of meaning and changing the world. We speak often of trust, it is the central element to any genuine relationship or brotherhood. This simple statement reflects the core of phired ups recruitment philosophy.
Social excellence in recruitment getting your members to make the choice to engage, the choice to be curious, the choice to be generous, the choice to be authentic and vulnerable will make all the difference in recruitment. Lets redefine social to mean what its supposed to mean and take pride in the fact that we are one of the few organizations that can carry this moniker, because we are so embedded in the greater society. Im heading to iowa tomorrow to deliver a keynote address about social excellence to a local young professionals networking group in the quad cities. Starting with a redefinition of the word, social, phired up. And the folks at phired up are often times keynoting and hosting dozens of sessions at conferences which is something i wanted zero to do with. Each year we are tasked with coming up with a plan to lead a successful recruitment campaign. Characterized by handshakes, deep, meaningful conversations, and hearttoheart connections, people who choose social excellence understand that human connection is the key to changing the world.
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