Competitions
DECA offers a wide range of business related competitions. Here you can find information/requirement about the different competitions, and find resources to help you best compete. Below also includes the competition dates and deadlines. To compete you must be a fully paid member of DECA. If you are interested in becoming a fully paid member or register for a competition please contact Ms Wawrzyniak.
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Event Information and Resources
Principles of Business Managment
DECA’s Principles of Business Administration Events measure the student’s proficiency in those knowledge and skills identified by career practitioners as common academic and technical content across marketing, finance, hospitality, and business management and administration. The Principles of Business Administration Events are designed for first-year DECA members who are enrolled in introductory-level principles of marketing/business courses.
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PARTICIPANTS: 1 participant
EXAM: Business Administration Core
APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE: 1 role-play; 2nd for finalists
PREPARATION TIME: 10 minutes
INTERVIEW TIME: 10 minutes
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Principles of Business Management and Administration (PBM)
The business situation will use language associated with careers in Administrative Services, Business Information Management, General Management, Human Resources Management, and Operations Management.
Principles of Finance (PFN)
The business situation will use language associated with careers in Accounting, Banking Services, Business Finance, Insurance and Securities, and Investments.
Principles of Hospitality and Tourism (PHT)
The business situation will use language associated with careers in Hotels, Restaurants, and Tourism and Travel.
Principles of Marketing (PMK)
The business situation will use language associated with careers in Marketing Communications, Marketing Management, Marketing Research, Merchandising and Professional Selling.
Team Decision Making
DECA’s Team Decision Making Events provide an opportunity for participants to analyze one or a combination of elements essential to the effective operation of a business in the specific career area. The business situation to be analyzed will be presented as a case study.
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PARTICIPANTS: 2 participants
EXAM: Career Cluster Exam
APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE: 1 case study; 2nd for finalists
PREPARATION TIME: 30 minutes
INTERVIEW TIME: 15 minutes
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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
Hospitality services include 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
Sports and entertainment marketing includes 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
Travel and tourism includes 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.
Individual Series
DECA’s Individual Series Events effectively measure students’ proficiency in the knowledge and skills identified by occupational practitioners as essential to success in a given career. Participants receive recognition for achievement in each role-play scenario and in the series as a whole.
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PARTICIPANTS: 1 participant
EXAM: Career Cluster Exam
APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE: 2 role-plays; 3rd for finalists
PREPARATION TIME: 10 minutes
INTERVIEW TIME: 10 minutes
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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.
Apparel and Accessories Marketing
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.
Automotive Services Marketing
Students will be challenged to perform marketing and management functions and tasks related to auto dealers, service stations and related businesses or auto parts stores.
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.
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.
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
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.
Hotel and Lodging 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.
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.
Marketing Communications
Students will be challenged to perform marketing communications and functions and tasks that inform, persuade, or remind a target market of ideas experiences, goods or services.
Quick Serve 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.
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.
Retail Merchandising
Students will be challenged to perform marketing and management functions and tasks that can be applied in any retail establishment.
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.
Business Operations Research Events
DECA’s Business Operations Research Events provide opportunities for participants to demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed by management personnel. Students conduct actual research studies in their communities.
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PARTICIPANTS: 1 to 3 participants
WRITTEN ENTRY PAGES ALLOWED: 20 pages
APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE: Present research and plan
PREPARATION TIME: 15 minutes
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Business Services Operations
Providing services to businesses on a fee or contract basis or providing services to consumers. Examples may include: human resources companies, information technology companies, legal services firms, training and development organizations, health care service providers, libraries, construction companies, landscaping companies, beauty salons, car washes, automotive repair companies, interior decorating, child care services, photography and tutoring services.
Buying and Merchandising Operations
Getting the product into the hands of the customer through forecasting, planning, buying, displaying, selling and providing customer service. Examples may include any retail or wholesale business that provides consumer goods: specialty stores, department stores, shopping malls, grocery stores, convenience stores, pharmacies, discount stores, farmers markets and car dealerships.
Finance Operations
Providing financial services to commercial and retail customers. Examples may include: banks, credit unions, accounting firms, investment companies, insurance companies and real estate firms.
Hospitality and Tourism Operations
Providing products and services related to event management, lodging, restaurant management and travel and tourism industries. Examples may include: hotels, lodging services, convention services, food and beverage services, restaurants, museums, amusement parks, zoos and other tourism-related businesses.
Sports and Entertainment Marketing Operations
Providing products, services or experiences relating 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 or products and services related to hobbies, leisure or cultural events. Examples may include: sports team, movie theatres, waterparks, music venues, concerts, festivals, amateur practice facilities, tournaments, summer camps, outdoor adventure companies and craft/music classes.
Project Managment Events
DECA’s Project Management Events require participants to use project management skills to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control and close a project.
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PARTICIPANTS: 1 to 3 chapter representatives
WRITTEN ENTRY PAGES ALLOWED: 20 pages
APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE: Present project
PREPARATION TIME: 15 minutes
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Business Solutions Project
The Business Solutions Project uses the project management process to work with a local business or organization to identify a specific problem with the current business operations and implement a solution. Examples include talent acquisition, employee on-boarding, policies and procedures, technology integration, customer service improvement, safety operations, marketing and promotion activities, and productivity and output enhancement.
Career Development Project
The Career Development Project uses the project management process to promote/educate the knowledge and skills needed for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality, management and entrepreneurship. Examples include career fairs, summer boot camps, professional dress seminars, résumé development workshops, career exploration initiatives, mock interviews, educational paths, career paths, workplace re-entry and mentor programs.
Community Awareness Project
The Community Awareness Project uses the project management process to raise awareness for a community issue or cause. Examples include day of service, distracted driving, driving under the influence, bullying, disease awareness, mental health awareness, drug awareness, ethics, environmental and green issues, and vaping.
Community Giving Project
The Community Giving Project uses the project management process to raise funds or collect donations to be given to a cause/charity. Examples include food bank donations, homeless shelter donations, 5K’s, sports tournaments, auctions, banquets, item collections, holiday drives, adopt-a-families, etc.
Financial Literacy Project
The Financial Literacy Project uses the project management process to promote the importance of financial literacy, including spending and saving, credit and debt, employment and income, investing, risk and insurance and financial decision making. Examples include organizing and implementing seminars for students (elementary, middle, high and post-secondary), tax preparation assistance, retirement planning, and student loan workshops.
Sales Project
The Sales Project uses the project management process to raise funds for the local DECA chapter. Examples include sports tournaments, t-shirt sales, 5K’s, school merchandise sales, catalog sales, sponsorship development initiatives, fashion shows, pageants, restaurant nights, value cards, and yearbook sales.
Entrepreneurship
DECA’s Entrepreneurship Events provide opportunities to explore entrepreneurial concepts from idea generation, business planning, to growing an existing business.
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PARTICIPANTS: 1 to 3 participants
WRITTEN ENTRY PAGES ALLOWED: 10 pages
APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE: Present plan
PREPARATION TIME: 15 minutes
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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.
Integrated Marketing Campaign Events
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.
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PARTICIPANTS: 1 to 3 participants
EXAM: Marketing Exam
WRITTEN ENTRY PAGES ALLOWED: 10 pages
APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE: Present campaign
PREPARATION TIME: 15 minutes
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Integrated Marketing Campaign–Event
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
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
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.
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.
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PARTICIPANTS: 1 participant
EXAM: Career Cluster Exam
APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE: Consultation or sales presentation
PRESENTATION TIME: 15 minutes
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Financial Consulting
For 2020-2021, you will assume the role of a financial consultant. A millennial client has scheduled a meeting with you for advice on debt consolidation. The millennial, who was recently furloughed from his/her professional job, already had credit card bills, private student loans, medical bills and personal loans, but now with minimal income, his/her debt continues to grow. The client would like you to explain the benefits of consolidating debt and give recommendations on how he/she can do so, as well as provide consultation on short-term and long-term strategies to deal with the loss of income.
Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling
For 2020-2021, you will assume the role of a sales representative of a hospitality and tourism marketing agency. The director of sales and marketing of a recently re-opened 595 luxury guestroom resort is interested in your digital marketing services to promote the features of the resort to drive online bookings. The resort features an infinity pool, water park, golf course, spa, six food and beverage outlets including two exquisite restaurants, movie theatre and 100,000 square feet of meeting space. You have a meeting scheduled with the director of sales and marketing to present your company’s hospitality-specific products and services and price points.
Professional Selling
For 2020-2021, you will assume the role of a sales representative of a virtual tour software company. The director of admissions for a local college has scheduled a meeting with you because he/she has a desire to utilize virtual tours as a recruitment tool for incoming freshmen. He/she wants to learn how your company’s products and services can be beneficial to his/her college and how your company can stand out amongst the rest.
Competition Dates
District 7 Conference: November 7th, 2022 at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado
Colorado State DECA Conference: February 24-28 at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado
International Career Development Conference: April 21-26 in Orlando, Florida