1. Greek Leadership Summit 2013
Town Hall
Greek Leadership Summit 2013

2. Last year (and last fall) what one person was doing-
Overall operations, Greek awards, officer inaugurations, communicate with headquarters',
Advising 23 council officers, communicate with alumni and grad chapters
Advising two honor societies, coordinate marketing, assess everything, Greek week
Work with chapter advisors, vendor management, scholarship programming,
Manage electronic resources, consultant visits, manage and develop budgets
Recruitment strategies and advising, communicate with parents,
Conference participation, advocate and publicize Greek achievements
Preview weekend, attend Greek and university events as needed
Preview days, distribute judicial/values cases for consideration as needed
Orientation, major speakers, housing research and deliberatio s
Development efforts, composite grade report and grade checks, roster updating
Strategic planning,

3. Office structure Spr 2013 Denny's door always open
Overall operational problems refer to him
Distribution of responsibilities are for "lead contact" purposes, likely, full staff will be working on all projects
Will be reviewed during summer break for effectiveness

4. Laura's functional areas
Assist advising for all three councils (specific officers)
Advise Greek Peer Values Council
Connect point for 5 chapters
Assist with technology efforts
Assist with fall recruitment prep
Officer inauguration prep
Assist with conference planning and preview weekend activities

5. Tiffany's functional areas
Assist advising for all three councils (Council officers)
Check in with 5 chapter presidents monthly
Advise Gamma Sigma Alpha
Coordinate marketing
Coordinate assessment
Greek Week prep
Scholarship programming and tool building
Vendors
Assist with major events

6. Denny's lead areas Overall direction
Lead advisor for governing councils
Order of Omega
Chapter Advisors
Technology
Community recruiting
Special Events
Development/Sponsors hips
Awards program

7. Merch and TShirt licensing
To use Samford markings all vendors must be licensed
Licensing guidelines can be found at dentity.aspx?id=
Your vendors, if licensed, know the process

8. Spring Survey Results

9. Who responded 442 respondents (240 Greek) 70% women 30% men
Roughly evenly split from soph-junior
19-21

10. Recruiting
45% of respondents participated in formal recruitment activities
Top reasons for not partaking include finance, family, time/process/stereotype s
Friends/orientation/pub lications top means of learning about Greeks

11. Other recruitment data
Why join? Connections
Participation breakdown 52% freshmen, 23% sophomore, 13% junior, 11% senior
85% of pool agrees recruitment great way to meet people
Reservations in joining include, expense, portrayal in recruitment did not play out post recruitment, lack of parent knowledge, time commitment, stereotypes
Top reasons people quit include academics, finance, and disagreement with org policies
46% do it within 1 month and 64% do not regret it

12. Chapter perceptions Chapters are portrayed as, social clubs
Memberships portrayed as wide open (58%), Samford connections (20%), other (22%)
44% have no knowledge of Greek Life prior to exposure at Samford
Alcohol plays a high role in fraternities (55%) and a high roll in sororities (19%, no opinion 43%)
Fraternities impact academics 22% yes, 54% no opinion
Sororities impact academics 50% yes, 43% no opinion
Worth the cost? 44% yes, 43% no
Have you been discouraged from participating? 63% yes, 27% no
Are Greeks celebrated at Samford? 69% yes, 14% no
Does Samford have a positive view of Greeks? 39% yes, 35% no

13. What does this tell us? Need to advance our message pre- orientation
Families must be educated as well
Core values are not 100% incorporated in actions
Different aspects we need to better emphasize academics, faith engagement, social events without alcohol
How can we better navigate finances?
Consistent messaging from community through to organizations

14. Expectations for this year
Where do we go from here?
Expectations for this year