Get a head start on the 2024-2025 competition season with DECA's competitive event draft topics and resources for business operations research, professional selling, hospitality and tourism professional selling, and financial consulting.

Complete guidelines will be posted in the DECA Guide and on deca.org

Here is the link to all of the PROFESSIONAL SELLING AND CONSULTING EVENTS information from The DECA Guide

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.