The Management, Marketing, & Design events are centered around interview events, speech events, design events, or events focused on starting or enhancing a business. A student with great communication skills or someone who enjoys coming up with unique solutions to business-related challenges might be interested in this series of events. These events often do not require you to have a prior understanding of any particular field but tend to require you to be detailed and thorough (especially if you are doing a presentation event). Additionally, those intending to major in business or marketing in college may find these events helpful. Students will witness themselves develop into the future business professionals of America as they work to address real problems that arise in the business world.
505 - Entrepreneurship
515 - Interview Skills
520 - Advanced Interview Skills
525 - Extemporaneous Speech
535 - Human Resource Management
540 - Ethics and Professionalism
545 - Prepared Speech
555 - Presentation Individual
500 - Global Marketing Team
510 - Small Business Management Team
550 - Parliamentary Procedure Team
560 - Presentation Team
**You do not have to use these resources. These are just some links that will present you with a few starting points or give you a few tips. Additionally, the Style and Reference Manual for BPA will also have a lot of information regarding how some proposals or other written portions of an event should be formatted.
1) Interview Events
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KukmClH1KoA: How to ace a job interview
https://career.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/Guide/Interviewing.pdf: Job interview tips
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/interviewing/portfolio-interview: How to create a portfolio
https://resumegenius.com/blog/resume-help/how-to-write-a-resume: How to write a resume
2) Speech Events
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIXvKKEQQJo: How to get over your anxiety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV1h7n0HcTE: How to write the perfect speech
https://bizfluent.com/how-2308710-make-good-impression-during-presentation.html: How to give speeches without preparation
https://www.dummies.com/article/business-careers-money/business/business-communication/basics-of-innovative-presentation-board-styles-151382/: How to use Tri-Folds during your speech
3) Business Events
https://fitsmallbusiness.com/how-to-write-a-business-proposal/: How to create a business proposal
https://www.acceptmission.com/blog/innovative-solutions/: Finding innovative solutions
Compiled drive folder with all of the 500's events: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1C8tw00slnpYH0dsY1rw1KvG59ZMMo_KZ
If you have any questions about the 500's events, please feel free to email me at suhani.gupta.967@k12.friscoisd.org!