DECA Meeting

October 10, 2012

Agenda

• Call to Order• Officer Team• Membership Update• Text Reminders• Competitive Events• Competitive Timeline/Deadlines

Officer TeamName Office Cell Phone

Justin Wolfe President (512) 695-6210

Carley Crow Vice President (409) 719-3377

Samara Cooper Secretary (714) 323-9145

Erica Perez Reporter (512) 660-2683

Christina El-Hage Reporter (512) 921-2343

Adele Verrengia Historian (512) 363-6930

Heather Zakour Historian (512) 538-8522

Cameron Oates Treasurer (979) 943-2596

Erika Jones Treasurer (512) 799-9094

Membership Update

• Current Membership 164– Dues paid, forms completed

• Members at Large 198– 34 unpaid/incomplete forms

• Attendance at 10/3/12 Meeting 121

Group Texting

• DECA All Members– Create a new text message

• To: 23559• Message: @DECA2012

– Send

• DECA Competition– Create a new text message

• To: 23559• Message: @DECACompetition

– Send

I’m Going to Disneyland….

Will YOU be a DECA member, compete at District and State and go

with me??

DECA CompetitionDistrict VI Competition

January 23, 2013

State Competition

February 28-March 2, 2013

Corpus Christi, Texas

International Competition

April 24-April 27, 2013

Anaheim, California

Series Events• Accounting Applications• Apparel and Accessories• Automotive Services Marketing• Business Finance Series• Business Services Marketing• Food Marketing • Hotel and Lodging Management• Human Resources• Marketing and Management• Quick Serve Restaurant Management• Restaurant and Food Service Mgmt.• Retail Merchandising• Sports and Entertainment Marketing

Principles of Business Administration

• Principles of Business Management and Administration

• Principles of Finance• Principles of Hospitality and

Tourism• Principles of Marketing

• For 1st year students Only

Team Decision Making

• Business Law and Ethics• Buying and Merchandising• Financial Analysis• Hospitality Services• Marketing Communications • Sports and Entertainment Marketing• Travel and Tourism Marketing

Role Play Team Decision Making Events

PRIOR TO DISTRICT COMPETITION: Study vocabulary Practice taking old exams and

role plays Each partner takes a multiple

choice exam over the content area in our school’s computer lab (score averaged with presentation score)

PREP AREA AT DISTRICT: Need ID, pencil, & partner 30 minute prep time with your

partner to study the business situation & organize your analysis

BEFORE THE JUDGE (A Business Executive): 15 minute interview

10 minutes explaining your team’s analysis

5 minutes for the judge to ask questions

SCORE: Presentation weighted 2x the

score of both competitor’s exam points

Business Management & Entrepreneurship

• Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan– Present a concept paper explaining an opportunity in the

marketplace– 20 min. presentation, 5 pg paper, 1-3 team members

• Entrepreneurship Participating – Independent– Present a business plan for creating a new business– 20 min. presentation, 11 pg paper, 1 person

• Entrepreneurship Participating – Franchise– Present a business plan for creating a new franchise

business– 20 min presentation, 11 pg paper, 1 person

Business Management & Entrepreneurship

• Entrepreneurship Written– Prepare a proposal to start a new business, analysis of the

business situation, and a role play to request venture capital– 15 min. presentation, 30 pg paper, 1-3 team members

• Entrepreneurship – Growing your business– Generate a strategy to grow YOUR OWN business– 15 min. presentation, 30 pg paper, 1-3 team members

• International Business Plan– Propose an International business venture– 15 min. presentation, 30 pg paper, 1-3 team members

Marketing Representative Events

Advertising Campaign Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan Sports and Entertainment Promotion Plan

On-Line Events

Stock Market Game H&R Block Dollars and Sense Challenge Virtual Business Challenge- Restaurant,

Retailing, and Sports

Tests and Practice

• Some Events require a WRITTEN test, others do not– For Written tests:

• Vocabulary important!• Practice tests

• As we get closer to Competition, practice is required!

District Competition Deadlines• October 22nd: Competition forms are DUE• December 14th: Written event papers are DUE

for proof reading• November-December(ish): Scheduled

practices for each team to rehearse presentations

• January 19th: District Career Development Conference