Academy Resources

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• Built to Lead Status Report: Review your chapter’s report on the Member Site post-Academy
• Built to Lead Website
• Session Materials: PowerPoint slides and Region Meeting workbook

• Facilitator: Archie Messersmith-Bunting
• Session Materials: Provided in the Officer Track workbooks below

• Questions: Contact Taelor McCarthy, Director of Fraternity Growth
• Session Materials: Mandatory Forms & Fees and PowerPoint slides

• CrowdChange
• Donate Life – Immortal Phi Gam Project (Contact the Senior Director of Education with questions)
• FraterniTees
• Legacy Deuteron
• MyGreek / File990.org
• Phi Gam Archives
• Phi Gamma Delta Educational Foundation
• Spirit Recognition
• Tailgate Hats
• USO – Phi Gamma Delta philanthropic partner (Contact the Senior Director of Education with questions)
• Upper Crust Food Service

• Session Materials: PowerPoint slides and workbook

• Session Materials: New Purple Legionnaire Orientation PowerPoint slides

• Description: Curious how one chapter transformed their Pig Dinner from a gathering of 38 to a record-breaking 508-person event? Join this session to explore the best practices, strategies, and innovative ideas that led to their success. Whether you’re looking to boost attendance or deepen graduate connections, learn how to bring your graduates back and keep them coming year after year.
• Facilitator: Mitch Sonnen (Idaho 1986)
• Session Materials: PowerPoint slides

• Description: Discover how to create impactful change by learning how executives use purpose-driven leadership to identify key initiatives and the core motivations that help inspire their teams to act.
• Facilitator: Jade Metcalf (Washington State 1992), Section Leader
• Session Materials: PowerPoint slides

• Description: Gain essential insights into managing your finances with confidence. This session is designed to be repeatable with your members and will cover foundational financial skills to help you plan, make informed decisions, and achieve your personal financial goals.
• Facilitator: Daylon Weddle (DePauw 2017), Associate Director of Fraternity & Sorority Life at DePauw University
• Session Materials: PowerPoint slides

• Description: Explore strategies for building meaningful partnerships that drive impactful service and philanthropy initiatives. This session will provide insights on aligning values, fostering collaboration, and creating programs that leave a legacy in your community.
• Session Materials: PowerPoint slides

• Description: This workshop will take a deep dive into several skills that are important for career readiness when searching for internships and jobs, as well as being a successful applicant to graduate or professional school. Participants will learn how to enhance their networking skills, how to secure strong letters of recommendation, and how to tell their story (including what they have gained from Phi Gamma Delta membership) effectively during interviews and when writing personal statements.
• Facilitator: Amelious Whyte (Minnesota Faculty), Educational Director
• Session Materials: PowerPoint slides

• Built to Lead Website
• LMS (Contact the Associate Director of Education if you need help accessing the LMS)
• Session Materials: PowerPoint slides and workbook

• Session Materials: PowerPoint slides and workbook

• Session Materials: PowerPoint slides and workbook

• President’s Agreement & LMS Course: Required completion date is February 1
• Session Materials: PowerPoint slides and workbook

• Session Materials: PowerPoint slides and workbook

• Certified Recruiter Training (free for Phi Gam members)
• ChapterBuilder Account: Contact the Director of Fraternity Growth if you need help accessing your chapter’s account
• PhiredUp’s ChapterBuilder Training Program (free for Phi Gam members)
• Session Materials: Recruitment workbook

• Phi Gamma Delta’s Risk Management Policy
• Session Materials: Jeopardy PowerPoint slides

• Session Materials: PowerPoint slides and workbook

• Description: True brotherhood starts with a sense of belonging. Fostering that connection requires intentional reflection and collaboration. Participants will use the Social Identity Wheel to explore how their personal identities shape their leadership style and approach to fostering inclusion. Drawing inspiration from Carin Taylor’s PEACE framework (Psychological Safety, Empathy, Acceptance, Connection and Embraced), attendees will uncover actionable strategies to create environments where every brother feels valued and supported.
• Session Materials: PowerPoint slides and workbook

• Description: Conflicts are a common part of life. When members can identify conflicts, how to communicate effectively and work to address the issues that led to conflict it can make a huge difference in a member’s life. Oftentimes members find themselves in a similar type of conflict and use a similar approach to resolving conflict. Many times, members are unaware of the type of approach and resolution that is occurring. The goals of this lesson are to help members learn the five types of conflict resolutions, how to identify the type of conflict resolution they frequently use and the conflict resolution style of someone else.
• Mental Health Resources: Behind Happy Faces or contact the Director of Education for additional resources
• Session Materials: PowerPoint slides and workbook

• Description: Your wellbeing is the foundation of your success and happiness. This session dives into the Eight Dimensions of Wellness: Social, Emotional, Spiritual, Intellectual, Physical, Environmental, Financial and Occupational. The session also explores how each dimension contributes to a balanced, fulfilling life. Participants will reflect on their own wellness across these areas and leave with practical strategies to enhance their self-care.
• Session Materials: PowerPoint slides and workbook

• Description: Hazing prevention is often singularly centered around the things you can’t do. “Don’t do this, it’s hazing…”, “You can’t do this, because it could be hazing…” and so on. During this session, we will flip the script and talk about what we can do, what to expect from every member development program, and what all fraternities/sororities should provide through their onboarding process. Redefine onboarding by exploring your Members’ Bill of Rights—highlighting what every chapter should offer through their member onboarding program.
• Facilitator: Archie Messersmith-Bunting
• Session Materials: PowerPoint slides and workbook

• Description: Remember the membership experience survey you and your brothers took? Come learn how you can use what your members said about their experience in the chapter to guide your choices as a leader. This session will show you how to read your chapter’s report and consider how the survey data can be used to elevate the fraternity experience.
• Session Materials: PowerPoint slides and workbook
• Session Videos: All are available on the Fraternity’s LMS
• Staff Contacts:
  • Assistant Executive Director – request a copy of your chapter’s Brotherhood Assessment results (note: this can also be found on the Member Site) or schedule a consultation to review your report
  • Senior Director of Chapter Services – if you have any questions