WHAT IS A ROLEPLAY?

• In a roleplay, a student is given a business scenario on the spot, and then given a certain amount of preparation time to devise a response and present that response to a judge. Generally, roleplays are for students who enjoy thinking on their feet.
  
  

• Everyone who competes in a roleplay must also take their respective cluster exam test, a 100 multiple-choice question exam testing general business knowledge and a specific area of business relevant to your event. 
  
  

• Preparation involves being familiar with each event's respective performance indicators, speaking with confidence, and most importantly, practicing with practice roleplays. Below is an example of a roleplay.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ROLEPLAYS

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EXAMPLE ROLEPLAY

Below is an example scoring guide that judges ACTUALLY use to evaluate you on competition day. When practicing roleplays, it is very important to understand the roleplay not only from your point of view, but from the judge's. Use these to score yourself, or have someone else score you whilst practicing. 

DECA Tip:  Watch Bowtie GOAT on Youtube!! 

He has been a DECA coach for a very long time, and his posts are very good resources. On his channel, you can find many videos explaining events, but also walking through example ones. Below are two sample videos from him, but please feel free to find more on your own.