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<span style="font-size:smaller;">WHAT IS DECA? =<span p style="fonttext-familyalign:tahoma,geneva,sans-serifjustify;">DECA, <span class="st">''(Distributive Education Clubs of America,''</span> ) is an international association organization that aims works with schools, both high schools, and colleges to prepare young emerging , educate aspiring entrepreneurs and soon-to-be leaders/entrepreneurs . They do this by holding conferences and competitions in the following fields of business; marketing, finance, hospitality, and management.  </p><p style="text-align: center;Participation can begin as early as ninth grade">[[File:Deca circleAshlee Hunt.jpg]]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">DECA has been changing lives and impacting futures since 1946, and with their constantly revolving research and education based technology, they have provided the very best program made possible to students in high school and continue until college graduationhigher education.  </p><p style="text-align: justify;">DECA strives has almost 30 competitive events, all aimed to prepare young students for not only their future careers but also, the workload that comes along with it. DECA competitions often simulate what it’s like to make big decisions pertaining to the company, or in all business areasthe case of the entrepreneurship categories, you’d be the one founding the company itself.</spanp><p style="text-align: justify;"></spanp><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p>= WHAT EVENTS CAN YOU COMPETE IN? =
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">DECA has two student divisions, High School and Collegiate. Each division offers programs to cater hosts competitions composed of various events relating to different learning styles and varying interests aspects of its membersthe business profession. DECA competitions The High School division includes 190,000 members are aimed at providing students in business-oriented professions with experience in competitive environments. Students may chose to enter events as individuals or as a team with up to 3,500 schools, and the Collegiate division (formerly known as Delta Epsilon Chi) includes over 15,000 members in 200 colleges and universities worldwide. </span></span>
= <span style="fontEvents such as individual case studies are designed to measure a broad range of knowledge, skills, and attitudes, both general business/marketing/management and industry-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:georgiaspecific, identified by business and industry professionals as essential to success in a given occupation. Events include but are not limited to Accounting, Banking Services, Marketing Management,serifand Retail Management. ">Purpose</span></span><br/> =
<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:smaller;">The purpose Events such as prepared business plan presentations provide students the opportunity to prepare ahead of DECA is time a written prospectus and/or to provide learning opportunities present to a professional (judge) with experience in the area of specialty identified for students in marketingthe event. Events within the business plan category include but are not limited to Advertising Campaigns, finance, hospitalityGrowing a Business, and management fieldsBusiness Research. to develop technical and career skills, as well as<span style="background-color:#ffff00;">___</span></span></span>
= <span style="font-size:smallerA full listing of available competitions "><span style="font-familycan be found here:georgia,serif ">Distinct Differences From Other Offerings</span></span><br/> =
<span style="font-size[https:smaller;"><span style="font//www.deca.org/college-family:tahoma,geneva,sansprograms/college-serif;"><span style="backgroundcompetitive-colorevents/ https:#ffff00;">ECA's scholarship program provides over $300,000 in scholarships at the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) each year</span></span><www.deca.org/college-programs/college-competitive-events/span>]
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span styleWHAT IS THE IMPACT OF DECA'S ORGANIZATION ="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color:#ffff00;">Offered at both highschools and universities</span></span></span>
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<span style="fontDECA was created to prepare high-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahomaschool and college students for careers in the business sector,genevaincluding budding entrepreneurs and hopeful business leaders. Through this program,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color:#ffff00;">DECA members are poised professionals with ethics, integrity and high standards</span></span></span>they can become…
= <span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Impact Achieved For Students and Campus</span></span><br/> ='''CRITICAL THINKERS''' through the academic rigor of the program.
*'''<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Academically Prepared</span></span>LEADERS'''in their chapter and on their campus.
'''<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"></span></span>PREPARED'''<span style="font-family: tahomafor a career in management, entrepreneurship, genevahospitality, sans-serif; font-size: smaller;">DECA memebers are ambitious and high acieving studentsmarketing or finance.</span>
*'''Community Driven'''The skills gained through the DECA are important building blocks to students future, preparing them to enter the business world after college with a sense of knowledge and comfort in their area, already. Joining the chapter at your school will enhance business education, leadership skills, and academic success.
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span styleHOW CAN YOU START A CHAPTER AT YOUR SCHOOL? ="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"> DECA members continually impact and improve their local and broader communities.</span></span>
*'''Role Models'''There are two options that a student can choose when wanting to join the DECA organization. You can either join or locate a local DECA chapter either on your campus or in the community, or you can basically be a group of one and compete in competitions solo.
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahomaIf you choose the first and most common option, which is to join or create a DECA chapter, it's basically like your creating a club on campus. Except in order to be official, and in order for you to compete in regional and global competitions, you have to register your Chapter(club) on the DECA organization's website, which is deca.org. After your club is registered with the organization, it's important that you get the necessary support from stakeholders at the school, like the President, Vice President,genevaProvost,sans-serif;">and your Student Government Association. This is really important to your chapter's success since for all competitive events and for your chapter's membership with the DECA organization, fees need to be paid. As you will see in the next section, there are leaders many ways you can get the necessary funding your events and help empower others around themjust for your club in general whether that be through the actual DECA organization or through your own school.</span></span>The opportunities are endless!
= Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus:<br/> HOW CAN YOU RAISE FUNDING? =
*Every year, DECA chapter must have an advisorprovides more than $300, who teaches courses 000 in marketing, entrepreneurship, finance or managementscholarships to students across partner chapters.*Chapters Scholarships are organized into state associations providing additional extended learning opportunitiesfunded by business and organizational partners within the DECA network. Each state/provincial association has Sources of funding for the scholarships are sometimes dependent on what aspect of business a key leader that must be contactedstudent plans to pursue.*Each Member pays DECA IncFor example, scholarships for students with a focus on hospitality are eligible to receive awards from partner business Marriott International. dues Other scholarships and grants are merit-based and seek students with proven records of $8leadership and service in their communities.
= Contact Information<br/> =A full list of available scholarships and grants to DECA college students can be found at the following link:
[https://www.deca.org/college-programs/scholarships-college/ https://www.deca.org/college-programs/scholarships-college/] = CONTACT INFORMATION = DECA Inc. 1908 Association Drive<br/> Reston, VA 20191<br/>Phone: (703) 860-5000<br info@deca.org Edited by [[Ash_Hunt|Ash Hunt]], [http://universityinnovation.org/>Faxwiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell], and Alex Plazas </div> [[Category: (703) 860-4013Organizations]]