= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">What is DECA?</span></spandiv> =<p dir="ltr" style="line-height[[File: 1Deca logo.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DECA(Distributive Education Clubs of America) is an international organization that works with schools, both high schools and colleges to, educate aspiring entrepreneurs and soon-to-be leaders. They do this by holding conferences and competitions in the following fields of business; marketing, finance, hospitality,</span></span>png]]<br/span><span id="docs-internal-guid-108c0dc5-db8b-6f7d-be30-93834b08aa3c"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arvo; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">and management.</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-108c0dc5-db93-2bf6-2cf1-4ed7016c55b3">https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/HE4B-p7_duMgbdwGDhmtlRh_vHag0uEmVPHDmGaGO_QRMytW3pKeqYTok-xArp-pXJbfBxdnI9WIvsxiRvOuBazVwt3MkrRo5J94Bz1ZDtxP9by2RsFu1vAIWGC2UAsK9h_iQvCJ</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; 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 higher education.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DECA has almost 30 competitive events, all aimed to prepare students for not only their future careers </span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">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 the case of the entrepreneurship categories, you’d be the one founding the company itself.</span></span></span></p><div><br/></div>
= WHAT IS DECA? =<span p style="fonttext-sizealign:smallerjustify;">DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) is an international organization that works with schools, both high schools, and colleges to, educate aspiring entrepreneurs and soon-to-be leaders. 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;">[[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 higher education.</p><span p style="fonttext-familyalign:georgiajustify;">DECA has almost 30 competitive events,serifall aimed to prepare 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 the case of the entrepreneurship categories, you’d be the one founding the company itself.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Purpose</spanp><p style="text-align: justify;"></spanp><p style="text-align: justify;"><br/p> = WHAT EVENTS CAN YOU COMPETE IN? =
<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:smaller;">The purpose DECA hosts competitions composed of DECA is various events relating to provide learning opportunities for students in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management fields to develop technical and career skillsdifferent aspects of the business profession. DECA competitions Additionally, DECA enhances preparation for college and careers by are aimed at providing programs that integrate into classroom instruction, applying learning students in the context of business, and connecting -oriented professions with experience in competitive environments. Students may chose to business and the community. Student members leverage their experience enter events as individuals or as a team with DECA up to prepare themselves academically, become more community oriented, and professionallly responsible leaders3 members. </span></span><div><br/></div>
= <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. ">Distinct Differences From Other Offerings</span></span><br/> =
*<span style="font-size: smaller; font-family: tahomaEvents such as prepared business plan presentations provide students the opportunity to prepare ahead of time a written prospectus and/or to present to a professional (judge) with experience in the area of specialty identified for the event. Events within the business plan category include but are not limited to Advertising Campaigns, genevaGrowing a Business, sans-serifand Business Research. ">DECA's scholarship program provides over $300,000 in scholarships at the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) each year</span>
*<span style="font-size: smallerA full listing of available competitions font-familycan be found here: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif ">Offered at both highschools and universities</span>
*<span style="font[https://www.deca.org/college-programs/college-competitive-sizeevents/ https: smaller; font//www.deca.org/college-family: tahoma, geneva, sansprograms/college-competitive-serif;">Competitions to gain more hands on experience<events/span>]
*<span style="font-size: smaller; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF DECA transforms its members into poised professionals with developed ethical reasoning skills, integrity and high standards</span>'S ORGANIZATION =
= <span style="font-size[[File:smaller;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Impact Achieved For Students and Campus</span></span><br/> =DECAimages.png|thumb]]
*'''Academically Prepared'''DECA was created to prepare high-school and college students for careers in the business sector, including budding entrepreneurs and hopeful business leaders. Through this program, they can become…
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">'''CRITICAL THINKERS'''DECA memebers are ambitious and high acieving studentsthrough the academic rigor of the program.</span></span>
*'''Community DrivenLEADERS'''in their chapter and on their campus.
<span style="font-family: tahoma'''PREPARED''' for a career in management, genevaentrepreneurship, sans-serif; font-size: smaller;">DECA members continually impact and improve their local and broader communitieshospitality, marketing or finance.</span>
*'''Role Models'''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 are leaders and help empower others around them.</span></span>
= <span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:georgiaThere 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,serif;">Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus</span></span> =or you can basically be a group of one and compete in competitions solo.
If 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'<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahomas important that you get the necessary support from stakeholders at the school, like the President, Vice President,genevaProvost,sans-serif;">1and your Student Government Association. EXPLORE</span></span>'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 many ways you can get the necessary funding your events and just for your club in general whether that be through the actual DECA organization or through your own school. The opportunities are endless!
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span styleHOW CAN YOU RAISE FUNDING? ="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">a. Ask your student activities director what you need to do to establish a student organization on campus or look for an existing student organization (without national/international affiliation) on your campus to join forces with. </span></span>
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahomaEvery year,genevaDECA provides more than $300,sans000 in scholarships to students across partner chapters. Scholarships are funded by business and organizational partners within the DECA network. Sources of funding for the scholarships are sometimes dependent on what aspect of business a student plans to pursue. For example, scholarships for students with a focus on hospitality are eligible to receive awards from partner business Marriott International. Other scholarships and grants are merit-serif;">bbased and seek students with proven records of leadership and service in their communities. Find a willing faculty advisor</span></span>
<span style="font-sizeA full list of available scholarships and grants to DECA college students can be found at the following link:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">c. Members and advisors must pay dues</span></span>
<span style="font[https://www.deca.org/college-size:smaller;"><span style="fontprograms/scholarships-familycollege/ https:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">d//www. Each chapter must comply with the regulations of their state, provincial or territorial association to be an active organizationdeca.<org/span><college-programs/scholarships-college/span>]
'''<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span styleCONTACT INFORMATION ="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">2. RECRUIT</span></span>'''
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">aDECA Inc. Find students, professors and supporters to help you out. When starting a chapter, it is important to put together a core group of people that will complete the tasks of founding an organization on campus.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">b. Identify potential leaders among groups of classmates, roommates, and friends. </span></span>1908 Association Drive
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahomaReston,geneva,sans-serif;">c. Recruiting a core group and let the national officer of DECA know you're interested in starting a chapter.</span></span>VA 20191
<span style="font(703) 860-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">d. Organize group meetings and fill out that application!</span></span>5000
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'''<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">4. CELEBRATE</span></span>'''
= <span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Contact Information</span></span><br/> =
<span style="font-size:smallerEdited by "><span style="font-family[[Ash_Hunt|Ash Hunt]], [http:tahoma,geneva//universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell],sans-serifand Alex Plazas <">''DECA Headquarters''</span></span>div>
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">1908 Association Drive<br/>Reston, VA 20191<br/>Phone: (703) 860-5000<br/>Fax: (703) 860-4013</span></span>
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