It’s time to speak up

When CAMPUSPEAK approached me to be a part of the SPEAK UP program on sexual assault, I knew I had…

The time to build new leaders is now

We’re all very familiar with this situation: an organization that was very weak is now stronger than you could have…

CAMPUSPEAK announces members of new board of advisors

Categorized: News

CAMPUSPEAK announced today that seven members have been selected to serve on the company’s first Board of Advisors. The new…

Brotherhood and sisterhood matter

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life

About four years ago I was sitting in a cabin on a lake in Alabama plugging away at my dissertation.…

From passive to powerful

Categorized: Leadership

Like many of you, I have been paying close attention to all the news regarding the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter…

CAMPUSPEAK announces launch of online sexual violence prevention program

Categorized: News, Sexual Violence Prevention

AURORA, CO – CAMPUSPEAK announced today the launch of its new online sexual violence prevention education program, SPEAK UP, which promotes…

Leadership sickness

Categorized: Leadership

“You sicken me.” If I’m honest with myself, I have to admit that such harsh, judgmental thoughts fired off in…

SCOPE your life decisions

Categorized: Decision Making

To paraphrase Shakespeare, “All the world’s a stage and we are players.” I didn’t always see life this way. I…

Retaking our story

Categorized: Sexual Violence Prevention

I believe in the power of personal stories. Facts do not create change, but stories do. It is a proven…

Retaking our story

Categorized: Sexual Violence Prevention

Facts do not create change, but stories do. Information alone cannot create change, but is something we often forget when…

Buy in (and don’t) get out!

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life

I’m known for a program called, Buy In or GET OUT! Usually, I’m challenging student leaders of our fraternity and…

A Fork in the Road

Categorized: Decision Making

“A Fork In the Road” is a simple moment when even the smallest decision can lead to spectacular outcomes. You…

Want to become a professional college speaker?

Categorized: News

Have you ever thought about becoming a professional college speaker? Does the thought of traveling to campuses across the country…

The DNA of an extraordinary leader

Categorized: Leadership

DNA is the genetic material in our bodies and nearly every cell has the same form of it. However it’s…

The DNA of an extraordinary leader

Categorized: Leadership

DNA is the genetic material in our bodies and nearly every cell has the same form of it. However it’s…

Three reasons Greek life is a great place to address mental health

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life

This article first appeared on The Huffington Post Fraternities and sororities have a lot of stereotypes that they are constantly…

To think big, start small

Categorized: Uncategorized

“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.” – Peter Marshall In my clinical practice, I am often asked…

Luke Davis named CEO of CAMPUSPEAK

Categorized: News

CAMPUSPEAK announced today the appointment of Luke Davis as its Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Davis joined CAMPUSPEAK as Chief…

Using recruitment for feedback and growth

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life

Recruitment is the time we convince new members to join our chapters. At the same time it is also a…

We have a communication problem

Categorized: Communication

During my more than twenty five years of working with college students, I have seen a lot of change. In…

Sealing the deal: The importance of how you offer a bid

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life

Offering someone their bid can be one of the most significant parts of the recruitment process. Not only is this…

Using academics in chapter recruitment

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life

As college-based organizations, academics are the reason our members come to our campus and the core of why we exist.…

Defining your chapter brand

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life

Every successful organization has a great brand. Think about any brand that you personally love. Chances are that brand is…

The lost art of civility

Categorized: Bystander Intervention, Communication

ci·vil·i·ty: (N. courtesy, graciousness, polite, respectful; the way to change the world for the better in 5 minutes. Some days…

Beware of your organizational pride scaring unaffiliated members

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life

Take a second and think outside of your chapter for a second. If you were not a member of your…

CAMPUSPEAK’s Recruitment Boot Camp partners with Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life

CAMPUSPEAK’s Recruitment Boot Camp has formed a partnership with the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity to provide recruitment education and consulting…

What “old” people want from us

Categorized: Communication, Relationships

As a young entrepreneur in a college town, I’ve had the opportunity to talk with a lot of professors and…

Three keys to motivating your members: S.S.S.

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life

Asking members to do something Small, Significant, and Specific has been the most effective way I’ve seen. Do not…

Stop being boring: Using creativity & curiosity to define a new standard

Categorized: Organizational Success

Starting off the school year can be a hectic time. In between getting back in the swing of classes and…

Face your fears

Categorized: Health & Wellness, Leadership

I was five, and was going swimming with my father. Every afternoon that summer, my family would visit our neighbor’s…

Leading with purpose

Categorized: Leadership, Organizational Success

What do you think of when you hear the word “purpose”? Most of us question the purpose of life, our…

CAMPUSPEAK announces removal of CEO T.J. Sullivan

Categorized: News

CAMPUSPEAK, Inc. announces the removal of T.J. Sullivan as Chief Executive Officer. Sullivan’s employment was terminated for cause and his…

Bringing values back to sorority recruitment

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life, News, Recruitment

Laurel Peffer Price shares how Recruitment Boot Camp is revolutionizing Panhellenic Recruitment Counselor Training. In the world of a Panhellenic…

12 alternatives to meetings

Categorized: Organizational Success

It’s a fact: Many student organization meetings are lame. While there are many reasons for this disappointment, the biggest is…

Five ways to jumpstart your council or chapter this fall

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life, Organizational Success

As both professionals and students, it is easy for us to get caught in a routine. We challenge you and…

Get past yourself and climb a rock

Categorized: Leadership

How often do we hear of the five steps to an effective leader? Or how to be a leader for…

Innovation in leadership today

Categorized: Leadership

By Tim Mousseau The current state of the world is constantly fluid. It is impossible for any organization to survive…

What’s the harm in one more drink?

Categorized: Alcohol & Other Drugs

by Jake Byczkowski When asked to sum up my program in a single sentence, a friend of mine posed the…

Forming a new partnership

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life, News

Alpha Kappa Lambda Contracts Recruitment Boot Camp to Manage All Fraternity Growth Initiatives Alpha Kappa Lambda (AKL) has formed a…

Direct. Honest. Fierce. What could happen if we were all like that?

Categorized: Bullying, Bystander Intervention, Hazing

by Lorin Phillips Recently, I was taking a walk in the sun with my 7-year-old niece, Ella. Goodbye winter! As…

Three tips to network like a pro

Categorized: Organizational Success

by Pete Mockaitis It’s fun when your members know everybody who can enhance your organization. It makes you feel like…

Are you Maximizing your Programming Dollars?

Categorized: News

by Mike Dilbeck and Rick Barnes As you consider hiring a speaker to come to your campus, you may be…

CAMPUSPEAK welcomes 12 new facilitators

Categorized: News

We are excited to welcome 12 new facilitators to our already amazing team! Get to know the facilitators who could…

Become an Every Day Hero

Categorized: Bystander Intervention

Mike Dilbeck, a CAMPUSPEAK speaker that encourages students to act based on their values, has launched a new project, the…

Tips on crushing conferences

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life

David Stollman is one of the leading speakers on Fraternity and Sorority Life, traveling to hundreds of campuses and a…

Breaking down How Women Haze: Obedience leads to power

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life, Hazing

How is it that these caring, compassionate women can become “mean girls”? Lorin Phillips, speaker with CAMPUSPEAK, admits she is…

CAMPUSPEAK’s interactive workshops division is looking to hire a few new facilitators!

Categorized: News

CAMPUSPEAK Facilitators are trained facilitators who travel to campuses nationwide to bring interactive workshops to students. What makes an excellent…

Hazing doesn’t have to be a scary conversation

Categorized: Hazing

Lorin Phillips, speaker at CAMPUSPEAK and Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority’s Assistant Executive Director, has been having hazing, risk management and…

Leadership secret: Tough love

Categorized: Leadership

By Kristen Hadeed I’m willing to bet you’re going into this thinking “How is Kristen, one of the youngest speakers…

What motivates the members of your organization?

Categorized: Organizational Success

Open up the conversation and get your leaders communicating with every member of your organization with Motivating the Middle. Let’s…

Chapter recruitment doesn’t have to be hard

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life, Recruitment

“Chapters make recruitment way more difficult than it needs to be,” says Tom. Tom Healy is a recruitment specialist who…

Elephants and Onions workshop

Categorized: Communication, Diversity, Social Justice

Motivating students to embrace diversity and peel back the layers of social justice. For many campus communities, diversity is the…

SALAD; A community building workshop

Categorized: Community Building

Building a collaborative and cohesive community based on values, commitment and shared experiences. LEARN MORE HERE >>>

Designers against hazing: Winners of the 2013 NHPW CAMPUSPEAK Poster Contest

Categorized: Hazing

We are proud to announce the winners of the 2013 NHPW CAMPUSPEAK Poster Contest, who created designs around the 2013…

The positive impact of an every|day hero

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life, Leadership

Each day, we hope for a safe, fulfilling and enriching environment for students on college campuses. And everyday, students face…

What I wish I knew

Categorized: Leadership

by David Stollman Three things I wished I had known before becoming a student leader: Please & Thank You: Please…

Leadership: From transactions to transformations

Categorized: Leadership

Do you feel like your members are simply checking the boxes to meet requirements? Is the communication within your organization…

Kevin Smith – Getting you in ethical fitness shape

Categorized: Leadership, Mental Health

Meet Kevin. He’s a 2013 new speaker with CAMPUSPEAK. He’s here to get you ready to make those tough decisions.…

The Kevin Snyder summer project

Categorized: First Year Experience

Whether you are a student or work professionally in Student Affairs, summer break is often a time for warranted vacations,…

It’s heating up!

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life

David Stollman, the man who can get your students to Buy In or GET OUT! of your organization is gearing…

Yeah… but

Categorized: Communication, Diversity, Social Justice

How often do you make excuses for your daily actions? Do you often look back on your actions or reactions…

Top three essential tasks you MUST DO with your student leaders before summer!

Categorized: Leadership

Being a former Dean of Students and working in areas of Orientation, Fraternity and Sorority Life, Student Activities, Residence Life,…

Gearing up for Greek Week

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life

By David Stollman In theory, Greek Week is a chance for a community to celebrate what it means to be…

National hazing prevention week CAMPUSPEAK poster contest

Categorized: Hazing

Want to end hazing? So do we. CAMPUSPEAK is proud to partner with HazingPrevention.org on the exciting new National Hazing…

Start with recruitment, end with a legacy

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life

Tom Healy wants students to step up to the leadership opportunities they’re apart of during college. There’s no coasting with…

Buy in or get OUT! Twitter chatter

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life

David Stollman has a lot to say about Fraternity and Sorority Life, and so do the students that attend his…

Leadership at every step

Categorized: Leadership

Some say leaders are born while others believe they are made. No matter what, in every step of a leadership…

Think Differently

Categorized: Motivation & Inspiration

We all like to stay within our comfort zones because, understandably, it is where we feel safe. It is where…

“Crack My Back” – Know What members You Want This Fall & How to Evaluate Them

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life

A good friend of mine had just completed chiropractic school and went to his first interview. He was well prepared…

It’s not what this campaign is about. It’s who.

Categorized: Community Building

In January of this year, Mike Dilbeck, a national advocate for ending bystander behavior, founded the Every|Day Hero™ Campaign—a national…

Spreading social justice through words

Categorized: Social Justice

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. A common nursery rhyme that many students…

New Interactive Workshop that helps new leaders become great leaders

Categorized: Leadership

Another leadership program? Not quite. CAMPUSPEAK noticed a gap in current programming. We have leadership covered for those students who…

Overcoming Fears to Attain a Goal

Categorized: Motivation & Inspiration

Every student in college has a goal. Whether that goal is to get a 4.0 GPA or to simply make…

Leave a lasting legacy of great members

Categorized: Fraternity & Sorority Life

Fraternity and Sorority recruitment—every chapter does it, but is it being done in the most effective way? Tom Healy, Recruitment…

Combating Bystander Behavior for Three Years

Categorized: Bystander Intervention

Since June 2009, The PersonalPower: A RESPONSE ABILITY® Workshop has been empowering college students to go beyond bystander behavior and…