Resources

Roleplay Prep

Role Play Tips : This is concise but thorough and outlines all parts of a good role-play from 2019, definitely check it out!

Writing A Roleplay Response : This is a document that is an example of a script for a role play. Keep in mind that for your actual Role Plays you will only have about 10 minutes to prep and it would honestly be a terrible idea to write a script during a real role-play, but it is a great exercise to practice how you can frame your role play, get ideas for how to phrase your ideas, and make yourself more comfortable with role-plays in general. I suggest that you read over the example and then google "[your event] deca role-play" and use one of the role-plays online to create your own role play script. If you create your script and you want feedback you can show it to a DECA friend or you can email it to any officer!

Persuasion Tactics : This is a document created last year (by Khadija Mir!) that has a link to a 3 minute video about persuasion tactics. These tips are super helpful and interesting for DECA and business in general! Also in the document is notes that Khadija took on the video and ideas of how to use them in role plays. Seriously though this video is super interesting!

Roleplay Strategies : To give this some context, every year at ICDC (the international deca competition) the winners of a lot of events are from Ontario, Canada and this is a link to a section of the textbook (DECA is a class there so they have a textbook) so this PDF has a lot of the role play tips that Ontario uses and they win a lot, so I definitely suggest reading over this PDF, maybe find a role play online and think about how you could use the techniques in the PDF in a role play yourself. Also I definitely suggest checking out this PDF if you are a returning member because it has tips that we haven't been taught before in BHS DECA. 

Past Roleplay Winners Tips : This document is tips from California DECA event winners and winning an event in California is a big deal because that is a big state and a lot of people to compete against, so these tips are from kids who have had a lot of success in DECA. Read this over and try to find two tips that you will use in the future and write them down on a notecard. 

Top 5 Roleplay Myths : The info in this article will help you use the rules of Deca Role-plays to your advantage and help you get your score up a couple points! Its a quick read and very informative. 

Business Core PI's : This is a google doc from BHS DECA 2019 ICDC Prep and it is a list of every core performance indicator. A core PI is a performance indicator that can be given to you in any DECA role-play regardless of what category you are in. The goal with this document was to as a group fill out definitions for every PI on the document, but as you can see we ran out of time and that did not happen. I suggest trying to look over these PIs because they will reoccur in a lot of your role plays!

Major Concepts Article : This document has a link to an article and some questions that you can use to guide your reading. There is no need to write out the answers to the questions or anything, but if you want to because it helps you understand better feel free. The article reviews some competition tips that will help boost your score in Role Plays and also help you in the business world in general! It shouldn't take more than 10 minutes to read over.