Lingo 101: Social Chair

What is a Social Chair?

The social chair is the face of your fraternity that is seen by the rest of the Greek and campus community. The social chair is responsible for planning smaller social gatherings (themed gatherings) and larger parties. The social chair should be: responsible, creative, outgoing, tactful, diligent, and intelligent. If you, the social chair, have all of these qualities, then you have the potential to be a good social chair. If you lack in any of these qualities, then I highly suggest that you work on these qualities, as it will make your life much easier.

For some of your frat brothers, the main reason they joined the fraternity was for the parties. So in some sense, you have the most important job in the house. Socials are a great way to bring brothers together and get them girls. The social chair is rarely praised, but always criticized. I hope this doesn’t scare you from being a social chair. So now that you understand your role, here’s how to plan for your responsibilities.