Why Fraternity & Sorority Software is Important

Officers have to run their chapter house, have a full social calendar, keep in contact with chapter and national advisors, provide academic support, and keep track of members.

Luckily, utilizing a communications software like Greek Connect can make things easier.

Introduction

Fraternity and sorority communication software allows a chapter to utilize many features, from a calendar system to points management. While it can appear to be a lot at first, in the long run utilizing the right software can save officers countless hours and improve chapter happiness.

1) Increased communication, collaboration, and coordination

An effective communication system ensures that members can see what is going on across the fraternity or sorority in real time. With Greek Connect, chapters can track the latest announcements, events, and activities for their chapter or for the entire fraternity or sorority. Members can also view weekly meal plan menus, find files, and respond to polls. In addition, Greek Connect allows users to create group chats of alll kinds, from study groups to chapter-wide conversations. This gives students an easy way to stay up-to-date with their fraternity or sorority community while they are away at school, helping them feel more connected. This could include reading about new initiatives within a house’s leadership structure, learning about upcoming philanthropy events, viewing pictures from past rush weeks and formals, viewing videos of campus life, etc. The ability to access this information from anywhere allows for better communication and collaboration across the entire organization.

2) More effective officers

Greek Connect can be utilized by officers to improve member satisfaction. For example, using messaging can help officers send out announcements and overall be more responsive and transparent, improving member satisfaction. Additionally, Greek Connect allows users to utilize the mobile app or desktop website, allowing officers the ability to work from wherever they may be. This level of convenience allows users more flexibility, which leads to more effective officers. Also, Greek Connect has features designated for some specific officer duties, like point tracking. This allows members such as a philanthropy or scholarship chair to easily streamline and improve the tracking of merits.

3) Streamlined operations

Everything a chapter officer needs to do to be able to effectively communicate with members can be done from Greek Connect, which saves time and helps prevent errors. One of our favorite features of Greek Connect is the ability to make group chats based on member attendance; they even automatically update as members get marked present or absent. This means your messages get delivered faster and that your members don't have to worry about recieving unwanted notifications that aren't relevant to them.

4) Improved member satisfaction rates

Of course, improved member satisfaction goes hand-in-hand with improved communications. With sorority and fraternity communication software, members are able to connect more easily, without worry about whether they are missing out on important events or be fined for something they aren't even aware is happening. This leads to happier chapters, as well as higher retention rates for membership as members don’t feel like they have to abandon their social circle because of incompatible technology. No one wants to give up that bond just because their chapter doesn’t use technology effectively.

5) Reduced costs

Most chapters utilize several different softwares to fulfill only some of the features that one all-inclusive solution such as Greek Connect contains. Switching over to one software saves chapters money and time. In addition, features such as the Greek Connect's calendar rsvps can ensure that members rsvp only once, so that money isn't spend on additional spots for events that aren't needed. All of this leads to saved dollars that members can keep by the end of the school year.