Choosing the Right Competitive Event: A Step-by-Step Guide
Begin your journey to select the best competitive event this year with a series of questions guiding you through the decision-making process. Explore options for beginners and seasoned DECA participants, such as Principles of Business Management & Administration, Principles of Finance, and Principles of Hospitality & Tourism. Access helpful resources and make an informed choice tailored to your preferences and experience level.
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Choosing the Right Event Follow these steps to help you select the best competitive event for you this year. Internet connection is beneficial. Let s Begin! Let s Begin!
The First Question: OR Do you like solving a challenge by thinking on your feet? Do you like having a prepared plan and an opportunity to rehearse? Start Here! Start Here! Start Here! Start Here!
Second Question: OR Do you like to work with a partner? Do you like to work individually? Let s Go! Let s Go! Let s Go! Let s Go!
Next Question: Is this your first year in DECA? Yes it is! No, I m a DECA Pro! OR Yes it is! No, I m a DECA Pro!
Awesome! Welcome to DECA!! For new members, we recommend the Principles of Business Administration Events Principles of Hospitality Tourism Principles of Marketing Principles of Hospitality & Tourism Principles of Marketing Principles of Finance Principles of Business Management Administration Principles of Finance Principles of Business Management & Administration Or Maybe an Individual Series Event? Or Maybe an Individual Series Event?
Principles of Business Management & Administration Role Plays will use language associated with careers in administrative services, business information management, general management, human resources management, and operations management. Sample Test Sample Test Sample Role Play Sample Role Play Go Back to My Other Options Go Back to My Other Options
Principles of Finance Role Plays will use language associated with careers in accounting, banking services, business finance, insurance and securities, and investments. Sample Role Play Sample Test Sample Role Play Sample Test Go Back to My Other Options Go Back to My Other Options
Principles of Hospitality & Tourism Role Plays will use language associated with careers in hotels, restaurants, and tourism and travel. Sample Role Play Sample Test Sample Role Play Sample Test Go Back to My Other Options Go Back to My Other Options
Principles of Marketing Role Plays will use language associated with careers in marketing communications, marketing management, marketing research, merchandising and professional selling. Sample Role Play Sample Test Sample Role Play Sample Test Go Back to My Other Options Go Back to My Other Options
Welcome Back!! What area of business interests you the most? Marketing Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Marketing Hospitality Tourism Business Management Hospitality & Tourism Business Management Finance I m Not Sure Finance I m Not Sure
Marketing Series Events Apparel Accessories Marketing Marketing Communications Apparel & Accessories Marketing Marketing Communications Retail Merchandising Automotive Services Marketing Retail Merchandising Automotive Services Marketing Sports Entertainment Marketing Sports & Entertainment Marketing Business Services Marketing Business Services Marketing Take Me Back Food Marketing Take Me Back Food Marketing
Apparel & 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. Go Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Sample Role Play Sample Exam Go Back
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. Go Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Sample Role Play Sample Exam Go Back
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. Go Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Sample Role Play Sample Exam Go Back
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. Go Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Sample Role Play Sample Exam Go Back
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. Go Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Sample Role Play Sample Exam Go Back
Retail Merchandising Students will be challenged to perform marketing and management functions and tasks that can be applied in any retail establishment. Go Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Sample Role Play Sample Exam Go Back
Sports & 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. Sample Role Play Go Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Sample Exam Go Back
Finance Series Events Accounting Applications Business Finance Accounting Applications Business Finance Personal Financial Literacy Personal Financial Literacy Take Me Back Take Me Back
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. Sample Role Play Go Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Sample Exam Go Back
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. Go Back Sample Role Play Go Back Sample Exam Sample Role Play Sample Exam
Personal Financial Literacy The Personal Financial Literacy Event is designed to measure the student s ability to apply reliable information and systematic decision making to personal financial decisions. The Personal Financial Literacy Event is designed for DECA members who are enrolled in personal finance and financial literacy courses. Go Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Go Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam
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. Go Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Sample Role Play Sample Exam Go Back
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. Go Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Sample Role Play Sample Exam Go Back
Hospitality Series Events Hotel and Lodging Management Quick Serve Restaurant Management Hotel and Lodging Management Quick Serve Restaurant Management Restaurant and Food Service Management Restaurant and Food Service Management Take Me Back Take Me Back
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. Go Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Sample Role Play Sample Exam Go Back
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. Go Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Sample Role Play Sample Exam Go Back
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. Go Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Sample Role Play Sample Exam Go Back
Cant Decide? Try a few! Entrepreneurship Marketing Entrepreneurship Marketing Hospitality Tourism Business Management Hospitality & Tourism Business Management Finance Finance
YAY! Teamwork Makes the Dream work! Team Decision Making Events allow you and a partner 30 minutes to solve a complex business scenario. Sweet! Let s Go! Take Me Back! Take Me Back! Sweet! Let s Go!
Team Decision Making Events Business Law Ethics Buying Merchandising Entrepreneurship Business Law & Ethics Buying & Merchandising Entrepreneurship Hospitality Services Financial Services Marketing Management Hospitality Services Financial Services Marketing Management Sports Entertainment Marketing Sports & Entertainment Marketing Travel Tourism Take Me Back Travel & Tourism Take Me Back
Business Law & Ethics 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. Sample Role Play Sample Exam Take Me Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Take Me Back
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. Sample Role Play Sample Exam Take Me Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Take Me Back
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. Sample Role Play Take Me Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Take Me Back
Hospitality Services Hospitality services include marketing and management functions and tasks that can be applied in hotels, motels, lodging services, convention services, and food and beverage services. Sample Role Play Sample Exam Take Me Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Take Me Back
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. Sample Role Play Sample Role Play Sample Exam Take Me Back Sample Exam Take Me Back
Buying & Merchandising Buying and merchandising positions get the product into the hands of the customer through forecasting, planning, buying, displaying, selling and providing customer service. Sample Role Play Sample Exam Take Me Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Take Me Back
Marketing Management Marketing management includes marketing and management functions and tasks that can be applied broadly in a non-retail marketing environment. Sample Role Play Sample Exam Take Me Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Take Me Back
Sports & 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 or products and services related to hobbies, leisure or cultural events. Take Me Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam Take Me Back Sample Role Play Sample Exam
Wahoo!!! Prepared Events allow you to start working on your competitive event TODAY, and you can continue to improve your project all the way to ICDC!!! Sweet! Let s Go! Take Me Back! Take Me Back! Sweet! Let s Go!
Which do you prefer? Event Planning and Management Business Research and Strategy Event Planning and Management Business Research and Strategy Innovation or Owning a Business Promotion, Selling, or Consulting Innovation or Owning a Business Promotion, Selling, or Consulting Take Me Back! Take Me Back!
Chapter Team Events DECA s Chapter Team Events provide opportunities to engage chapter members in large-scale school and/or community activities. Chapters plan, implement, and evaluate activities to make a positive impact in their schools and communities. Tell Me More! Take Me Back! Take Me Back! Tell Me More!
Chapter Team Events Community Service Project Creative Marketing Project Community Service Project Creative Marketing Project Entrepreneurship Promotion Project Financial Literacy Promotion Project Entrepreneurship Promotion Project Financial Literacy Promotion Project Learn and Earn Project Public Relations Project Learn and Earn Project Public Relations Project Take Me Back! Take Me Back!
Community Service Project The Community Service Project provides an opportunity for chapter members to develop a better understanding of the role civic activities have in society, to make a contribution to a community service or charity, and to learn and apply the principles of the numerous components of marketing management. Chapter members demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary in planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating a community service project. Take Me Back! Full Guidelines Take Me Back! Full Guidelines
Creative Marketing Project The Creative Marketing Project is a research study in the marketing field, planned, conducted and reported by a DECA chapter, the use of which will measurably improve the marketing activities of an individual company, a group of companies (such as a shopping mall), an organization, a club or the business community. Take Me Back! Full Guidelines Take Me Back! Full Guidelines
Entrepreneurship Promotion Project The Entrepreneurship Promotion Project is a chapter project that develops the economic and marketing knowledge and skills necessary to be successful in a global economy. After learning the economic principles associated with entrepreneurship, chapter members will utilize their marketing knowledge and skills to communicate the benefits of entrepreneurship to others. Full Guidelines Take Me Back! Full Guidelines Take Me Back!
Financial Literacy Promotion Project The Financial Literacy Promotion Project is a chapter project that develops the economic and marketing knowledge and skills necessary to be successful in a global economy. After learning the economic principles associated with financial literacy, chapter members will utilize their marketing knowledge and skills to communicate the benefits of financial literacy to others. Take Me Back! Take Me Back! Full Guidelines Full Guidelines
Learn and Earn Project The Learn and Earn Project applies entrepreneurial knowledge and skills to a single sales/service activity to be run as a real business venture. In a sense, the project is a chapter entrepreneurship project. Take Me Back! Full Guidelines Take Me Back! Full Guidelines
Public Relations Project The purpose of the Public Relations Project is to provide an opportunity for the chapter members to demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed in planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating a single public relations campaign conducted by the chapter. The campaign may focus on any topic or subject of interest to the chapter. Take Me Back! Take Me Back! Full Guidelines Full Guidelines
Operations Research Projects DECA s Business Operations Research Events provide opportunities for participants to demonstrate knowledge and skills needed by management personnel. Students conduct actual research studies in their communities. Tell Me More! Take Me Back! Take Me Back! Tell Me More!
