Judge Info Section

Tell your judges to go to this link to look at the Event Guidelines for your event.

Keep registering your judges! Go to the Judge Registration Page.  You can send your new judges to the link provided on the page. When they go to the site, tell them to click on First Time Registering.

They can use the same link to login and change their registration info or event.

Here is the link to the Judge Assignments.

These judges do not have an event.

How Many Judges Have Registered for your Event?

Advisors can check to see if their judges have registered and selected your event.

These will be updated as more judges register and choose your event.

Thank you for helping our conference. Because of people like you, we will be helping our students be more prepared for their futures. 

Before you register, you will need to know what event that you will be judging. The person that recruited you will give you the name of the event to signup for.

When you go to the registration site for the first time, click on First Time Registering.

Fill out the red boxes only! Click on NEXT.  Then select the event that the person that recruited you told you to pick. If no one recruited you, just pick an event that you know about.

After you register, you can go back to the site, login, and make changes to your info and event.

After you finish registering, Go to his link to see your Event Guidelines (DO NOT SHOW THIS TO THE STUDENTS!). Read the guidelines. If you have questions, ask the person that recruited you.

Below the link to the form and video is a list of the competitions with descriptions to help you decide which one to judge, (if you were not contacted by a teacher).

Judge Registration Site

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Event descriptions

 This list will give you the info of the event you will judge, or help you choose the event you want if you were not contacted by a teacher.

Individual Series Events (for one student):

Accounting Applications: The student is given a description of a specific situation that measures skills, knowledge and attitudes in accounting applications. Students will be challenged to perform management functions and tasks focusing on the application of financial data to business planning, including collection and organization of data, development and use of reports, and analysis of data to make business decisions. Concepts include understanding the source and purpose of financial statements, the impact of management decisions on statements, and the analysis and interpretation of data for planning purposes. Roles in these events are those of supervisors, managers or entrepreneurs.

 Apparel and Accessories Marketing: The student is given a description of a specific situation that measures skills, knowledge and attitudes in apparel and accessories marketing or marketing management. Students will be challenged to perform marketing and management functions and tasks in retail establishments, wholesale establishments and/or manufacturing firms primarily engaged in the marketing of clothing and related articles for personal wear and adornment. Roles in these events are those of customers, employees, supervisors and managers.

 Automotive Services Marketing: The student is given a description of a specific situation that measures skills, knowledge and attitudes in automotive services marketing. Students will be challenged to perform marketing and management functions and tasks related to service stations and related businesses or auto parts stores. Roles in these events are those of customers, employees, supervisors, managers and entrepreneurs.

 Business Finance: The student is given a description of a specific situation that measures skills, knowledge and attitudes in business finance. Students will be challenged to perform management functions and tasks focusing on high-level financial and business planning, including collection and organization of data, development and use of reports, and analysis of data to make business decisions. Concepts include understanding the source and purpose of financial statements, the impact of management decisions on statements, and the analysis and interpretation of data for corporate planning purposes. Roles in these events are those of supervisors, managers, financial experts or entrepreneurs.

 Business Services Marketing: The student is given a description of a specific situation that measures skills, knowledge and attitudes in business services marketing. Students will be challenged to perform marketing functions and tasks involved in providing services to businesses on a fee or contract basis or providing services to consumers. Roles in these events are those of customers, employees, supervisors, managers and entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurship: Students will be challenged to perform the ability to recognize opportunities and to act on them, determine needs, identify markets, utilize marketing research, identify sources of capital and use management skills.

 Food Marketing: The student is given a description of a specific situation that measures skills, knowledge and attitudes in food marketing or marketing management. Students will be challenged to perform marketing and management functions and tasks in retail establishments, wholesale establishments and manufacturing firms resulting in the sale of food. Roles in these events are those of customers, employees, supervisors and managers.

 Hotel and Lodging Management: The student is given a description of a specific situation that measures skills, knowledge and attitudes in hotel and lodging marketing or marketing management. Students will be challenged to perform marketing and management functions and tasks in hotels, motels, lodging services, convention services, and food and beverage services. Roles in these events are those of customers, employees, supervisors and managers.

 Human Resources Management: The student is given a description of a specific situation that measures skills, knowledge and attitudes in human resources management. Students will be challenged to perform management functions and tasks focusing on staffing, recruitment, selection, training, performance appraisal, compensation and safety training. Roles in these events are those of supervisors, managers, human resource experts or entrepreneurs

 Marketing Communications: Students will be challenged to perform in marketing communications and marketing functions and tasks that inform, persuade, or remind a target market of ideas, experiences, goods or services.

 Quick Serve Restaurant Management: The student is given a description of a specific situation that measures skills, knowledge and attitudes in quick-service restaurant management. Students will be challenged to perform marketing and management functions and tasks in retail establishments, wholesale establishments and manufacturing firms primarily engaged in the quick-serve restaurant industry. Roles in these events are those of customers, employees, supervisors, managers and entrepreneurs.

 Restaurant and Food Service Management: The student is given a description of a specific situation that measures skills, knowledge and attitudes in restaurant and food service management. Students will be challenged to perform marketing and management functions and tasks in a full-service restaurant or a food-service business. Roles in these events are those of supervisors, managers and entrepreneurs.

 Retail Merchandising: The student is given a description of a specific situation that measures skills, knowledge and attitudes in retail merchandising management. Students will be challenged to perform marketing and management functions and tasks that can be applied in any retail establishment. Roles in these events are those of customers, employees, supervisors and managers.

 Sports and Entertainment Marketing: The student is given a description of a specific situation that measures skills, knowledge and attitudes in sports and entertainment marketing. Students will be challenged to perform marketing and management functions and tasks related to amateur or professional sports or sporting events, entertainment or entertainment events, selling or renting of supplies and equipment (other than vehicles) used for recreational or sporting purposes, products and services related to hobbies or cultural events, or businesses primarily engaged in satisfying the desire to make productive or enjoyable use of leisure time. Roles in these events are those of supervisors and managers.

Team Decision Making Events (for teams of 2 students):

Business Law and Ethics: For the purposes of this event, business law is U.S. law and will include contracts, product liability, employment and types of business ownership. The ethics component involves evaluating competing social values that may reasonably be argued from either side.

 Buying and Merchandising: Employees in buying and merchandising positions get the product into the hands of the customer. This process includes forecasting, planning, buying, displaying, selling and providing customer service.

Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship includes the ability to recognize opportunities and to act on them, determine needs, identify markets, utilize marketing research, identify sources of capital and use management skills.

 Financial Services: Financial services refer to services offered in the finance industry by financial institutions. Concepts include understanding the source and purpose of financial statements, the impact of management decisions on statements, and the analysis and interpretation of data for planning purposes.

 Hospitality Services: Marketing and management functions and tasks that can be applied in hotels, motels, lodging services, related convention services, and related food and beverage services.

 Marketing Management: Marketing management includes marketing and management functions and tasks that can be applied broadly in a non-retail marketing environment.

 Sports and Entertainment Marketing: Marketing functions and tasks that can be applied in amateur or professional sports or sporting events, entertainment or entertainment events, selling or renting of supplies and equipment (other than vehicles) used for recreational or sporting purposes, products and services related to hobbies or cultural events, or businesses primarily engaged in satisfying the desire to make productive or enjoyable use of leisure time.

 Travel and Tourism: Marketing and management functions and tasks that can be applied in enterprises engaged in passenger transportation, travel service, attracting and serving the traveling public, arranging tours or acting as independent ticket agencies, and other services incidental to the travel or tourism industry. 

INTEGRATED MARKETING CAMPAIGN EVENTS(for teams up to  3 students):

DECA’s Integrated Marketing Campaign Events provide opportunities for members to develop an integrated marketing campaign of no more than 45 days in length for a real event, product or service and present the campaign in a role-play situation.

Integrated Marketing Campaign—Event includes a campaign that is related to any sports and entertainment event and/or company event. Examples include concerts, festivals, fairs, tournaments, pet adoption day, charity events, etc.  

Integrated Marketing Campaign—Product includes a campaign that is related to any hard/soft line retail products including e-commerce. Examples include apparel and accessories, retail products, etc.  

Integrated Marketing Campaign—Service includes a campaign that is related to any service or intangible product. Examples may include pet services, golf lessons, health care services, salons, restaurants, amusement parks, etc.  

ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVENTS (for teams up to  3 students):

DECA’s Entrepreneurship Events provide opportunities to explore entrepreneurial concepts from idea generation, business planning, to growing an existing business.

Innovation Plan: The Innovation Plan Event involves the idea generation and opportunity recognition needed to take advantage of market opportunities to introduce a new business, product or service. Any type of business, product or service may be used. 

Start-Up Business Plan: The purpose of the Start-Up Business Plan Event is to provide an opportunity for the participant to develop and present a proposal to form a business. The event provides an opportunity for a participant to develop and demonstrate mastery of essential knowledge and skills as they apply to the analysis of a business opportunity. 

PROFESSIONAL SELLING AND CONSULTING EVENTS

DECA’s Professional Selling and Consulting Events provide an opportunity for participants to demonstrate skills needed for a career in sales and/or consulting. Participants will organize and deliver a sales presentation or consultation for one or more products/services/customers.

PRODUCTS/SERVICES AND TARGET CUSTOMER DESCRIPTIONS

Financial Consulting (FCE)

Financial Consulting: For 2024-2025, you will assume the role of a financial consultant who works with student-athletes. A potential new client, a college-level athlete who is receiving money from NIL (name, image and likeness) deals, has scheduled a meeting with you to learn how to get started with basic investing. The client would like you to explain different investing options to develop and build a financial portfolio 

Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling (HTPS)

Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling: For 2024-2025, you will assume the role of a sales representative for a company specializing in sustainable products. The purchasing manager for a local hotel chain has scheduled a meeting with you to learn about sustainable product options that can be integrated into any of their departments. 

Professional Selling (PSE)

Professional Selling: For 2024-2025, you will assume the role of a sales representative of a customer relationship management (CRM) platform. A local small business owner has scheduled a meeting with you to discuss the potential benefits of adding a CRM platform to reach current and potential customers. The owner wants to learn how your CRM platform will engage customers to positively influence buyer behavior, build brand loyalty, and meet the business’s goals.