In this episode we will be discussing Cory’s new online initiative for web/graphic designers called “Your Graphics”. We will also discuss the new SigmaChi.com and the old “InCircle”.
Tomorrow July 1st will be the start of Sigma Chi’s Grand Chapter. This year it will be held in Charleston, SC from July 1st to July 5th. Grand Chapter meets every 2 years (odd # years) and has a delegate from the Grand Consul, Past Grand Consult, undergraduate and graduate chapters. Each delegate has 1 vote when voting for new officers and/or amending changes to Sigma Chi’s Constitution etc…
This year will be the77th Grand Chapter which dates back to 1857. Click here(pdf link) for a more detailed look at Grand Chapter’s history.
Here is a breakdown of the events scheduled.
Thursday Welcome Reception – held at the The Williams Aiken HouseThe White
Following the Thursday welcome reception, we have arranged optional blocks of dining reservations at Charleston’s best restaurants at all price points and cuisines
Rose Luncheon – held on Friday, July 3 in the Long Room at at McCrady’s Restaurant
Significant Sigs Awards Banquet
The Order of Constantine Luncheon
Saturday Fourth of July Celebration – held at the South Carolina Aquarium
There are also several options for various tours
I am hoping to see some people blog or twitter the events while they are at Grand Chapter. So if you’re at Grand Chapter and plan on tweeting the events, make sure to send a message to @sharesigmachi
We also recorded a Skype call with Alex Jarvis discussing Grand Chapter, rush, province etc…
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On June 28th Sigma Chi will be 154 years old. It would be nice if we could let everybody know that this day is a special occasion. With so many people using social networks these days it seems so easy to have everybody update their “status” on June 28th and let everybody know that it’s Sigma Chi’s birthday. So that is what we are asking everybody to do, just update your status with the following message on June 28th, 2009.
“Happy 154th Birthday Sigma Chi #ShareSigmaChi”
Since all the different social networks are slightly different, here are some different status/message/updates you can use.
Also feel free to upload a video to YouTube or any other video service of you saying “Happy 154th Birthday Sigma Chi”.
[update] We are reviewing the idea of giving out a prize or gift of some sort for doing this. We’ll update you with more info soon, but we are thinking we may randomly select 1 person who updates their status and send them a prize. [update] We have such a strong response to our 154th birthday idea that we have decided to reward you for your support. We will be giving away a $50 (Apple or Amazon) giftcard to the winner. To be eligible you will need to be following @sharesigmachi on Twitter or you must be
a fan on the ShareSigmaChi Facebook page. That way we can be sure you have updated your status. If you have any questions than make sure to email us (see below for email) and don’t forget to update your status on June 28th.
If you want to keep up with ShareSigmaChi on some of these social networks, then check out the following links.
ShareSigmaChi on Twitter – Follow us so it will easier for us to see your “Happy Birthday” tweet ShareSigmaChi on Facebook – Make sure and become a fan of “ShareSigmaChi” to make it easier for us to see you update your status.
We recorded our Horizons podcast with Keith Krach on Monday and have another planned for tomorrow. The podcast with Keith went very well, everyone who participated did a fantastic job and we really hope to have them all back again to discuss Sigma Chi. We did have a bit of technical difficulties with our recording software as it decided to not record the last half of the podcast. We have been in contact with the creators of the software and they have assured us that it was a fluke thing. So hopefully we won’t have any other problems in the future.
So as the title of this post reads, we will be recording another podcast tomorrow night with a Co-Founder of OutOfWorkChicago.com,Erik Jensen. Erik is a Ball State graduate/initiate and now lives in Chicago, IL. We will discuss why he started OutOfWorkChicago and how it’s beneficial. We will also discuss how Sigma Chi helped Erik starting his business and what suggestions he has for those looking to start a business.
We should have the Horizons podcast up sometime tonight and we’ll try to have tomorrow’s podcast uploaded by the weekend. Remember you can get a list of all our podcasts here https://sharesigmachi.wordpress.com/category/podcast/
Over the last few months we have been coming up with ideas that we thought would be very useful for Sigs. One idea that I have been very excited about is revamping our podcast series. So far our podcasts have consisted of me talking about 1-2 Sigma Chi subjects per podcast. While I feel like we have put out some valuable material, I’ve just kept thinking that these podcasts should be so much more. Then I started thinking “why not bring on guests to interview or just to have a general Sigma Chi discussion with?”. We could turn it into more of a “round table discussion” and that is exactly what we are going to do.
Around the end of this month or early June we are going to do a podcast and discuss Horizons. We hope that we can give Sigs a little more insight on not only what Horizons is, but also what you do at Horizons and why is it was started. We plan on having 2-3 Sigs who have been to Horizons before, as well as 2-3 Sigs who plan on going to Horizons this summer. Hopefully this will allow us to find out why Horizons is so successful and it will give the Sigs who will attending to ask any questions they have. We also thought it would be beneficial to have somebody who has played a big part in the success of Horizons and we are very excited to announce that past Grand Consul Keith Krach will also be joining us on the podcast. We would like to send a big “thank you” to Keith, because we know how busy he is and also because we know he will bring a lot of good info to the podcast. So remember to be on the look out this month for some new podcasts.
Last week I came across a discussion post on LinkedIn in one of the Sigma Chi groups. This was the title “I’ll donate 50% of sales to the Beta Phi new house capital campaign” which made me very interested. After reading further it turns out that this Sig’s wife is selling an ebook that helps people remodel their homes. I thought it was great that his wife was willing to help and donate 50% of her sales to the Sigs at the University of Arizona (Beta Phi Chapter).
So if you or anybody you know is looking for help to remodel their home and you want to help out the Sigs at U of Arizona, then check out the links below.
March is here, which means March Madness is about to begin. We’ve created a group just for Sigs. Come fill out a bracket and see if you can pick em better than your fraternity brothers. If you’re interested just email us at contact[at]sharesigmachi[dot]com and we’ll send you the league info.
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