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=WHAT IS DECA? =<p style="text-align: justify;">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]]<br/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><p style="text-align: justify;">DECA has almost 30 competitive events, all 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;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p>=WHAT EVENTS CAN YOU COMPETE IN? =

= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">What is DECA?<span style="font-size:large;"></span> <span style="background-color:#ffff00;">(INSPIRATION WEEK WIKI PAGE)</span></span></span> =<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(Distributive Education Clubs hosts competitions composed of America) is an international organization that works with schools, both high schools and colleges various events relating to, educate aspiring entrepreneurs and soon-to-be leadersdifferent aspects of the business profession. They do this by holding conferences and DECA competitions in the following fields of business; marketing, finance, hospitality,&nbsp;</span></span></span><span id="docsare aimed at providing students in business-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&nbsp;management.</span></span></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 id="docs-internal-guid-108c0dc5-db99-5958-9fce-4b9584d7a1ca"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DECA has been changing lives and impacting futures since 1946, and oriented professions with their constantly revolving research and education based technology, they have provided the very best program made possible to students experience in high school and higher educationcompetitive environments.</span></span></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><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 Students may chose to enter events, all aimed as individuals or as a team with up to prepare students for not only their future3 members.&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:medium;">careers </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><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: center;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p>

= <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:large;"><span style="font-family:verdanaspecific, identified by business and industry professionals as essential to success in a given occupation. Events include but are not limited to Accounting, Banking Services,genevaMarketing Management,sans-serifand Retail Management.&nbsp;">What is the impact of DECA's organization?</span></span> =<div><br/></div>

= <span style="font-family:verdanaEvents 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.&nbsp;"><span style="font-size:medium;">How can you Raise Funding?</span></span><br/> =

= <span style="font-size:smallerA full listing of available competitions&nbsp;"><span style="font-familycan be found here:georgia,serif&nbsp;">Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus</span></span> =

'''<span style="font[https://www.deca.org/college-programs/college-size:smaller;"><span style="fontcompetitive-familyevents/ https:tahoma,geneva,sans//www.deca.org/college-serif;">1. EXPLORE<programs/span><college-competitive-events/span>''']

<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span styleWHAT IS THE IMPACT OF DECA'S ORGANIZATION ="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.&nbsp;</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;">c. Members and advisors must pay dues</span></span>they can become…

<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">d. Each chapter must comply with '''CRITICAL THINKERS''' through the regulations academic rigor of their state, provincial or territorial association to be an active organizationthe program.</span></span>

'''<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">2. RECRUIT</span></span>LEADERS'''in their chapter and on their campus.

<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma'''PREPARED''' for a career in management,genevaentrepreneurship,sans-serif;">a. Find studentshospitality, 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 campusmarketing or finance.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahomaThe skills gained through the DECA are important building blocks to students future,genevapreparing them to enter the business world after college with a sense of knowledge and comfort in their area,sans-serif;">balready. Identify potential leaders among groups of classmatesJoining the chapter at your school will enhance business education, roommatesleadership skills, and friendsacademic success.&nbsp;</span></span>

<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span styleHOW CAN YOU START A CHAPTER AT YOUR SCHOOL? ="font-family:tahoma,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>

<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,genevaThere 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,sans-serif;">d. Organize or you can basically be a group meetings of one and fill out that application!</span></span>compete in competitions solo.

<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahomaIf you choose the first and most common option,genevawhich is to join or create a DECA chapter,sans-serif;">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'3s important that you get the necessary support from stakeholders at the school, like the President, Vice President, Provost, and your Student Government Association. APPLYThis is really important to your chapter's success since for all competitive events and for your chapter''</span></span>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;">4. CELEBRATE</span></span>'''

= <span style="font-size:smallerEvery year, DECA provides more than $300,000 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&nbsp;"><span style="fontare eligible to receive awards from partner business Marriott International. Other scholarships and grants are merit-family:georgia,serif;">Contact Information</span></span><br/> =based and seek students with proven records of leadership and service in their communities.

<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;">''DECA Headquarters''</span></span>

<span style="font[https://www.deca.org/college-size:smaller;"><span style="fontprograms/scholarships-familycollege/ https:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">1908 Association Drive<br/>Reston, VA 20191<br/>Phone: (703) 860www.deca.org/college-5000<brprograms/>Fax: (703) 860scholarships-4013</span><college/span>]

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1908 Association Drive Reston, VA 20191 (703) 860-5000 info@deca.org   Edited by&nbsp;[[Ash_Hunt|Ash Hunt]], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell], and Alex Plazas &lt;/div&gt;  [[Category:ResourcesOrganizations]]