B310 Learn how to put the âfunâ in fundraising to help fund your DECA chapter activities! Get tons of ideas to âget the job doneâ utilizing the DECA Diamond Fundraising Model. Leave with steps on launching a successful business partnership model to help chapters connect with local businesses to create mutually beneficial promotional and monetary relationships! Mary Beth Allen | Portland High School (TN)
USING COMPETITIVE EVENTS FOR PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
B308-B309 Gain strategies on utilizing DECAâs written events as project-based learning opportunities in the classroom. Learn how to use written events in both marketing and entrepreneurship classes as a fall semester presentation final. The activity not only taps into 21st Century Skills, but also prepares students for competition well in advance. Laurie Jennings | Har-Ber High School (AR)
3:00 PM GROWING AND MANAGING LARGE CHAPTERS
B308-B309 Managing a DECA chapter of over 100 members can be challenging, but it doesnât have to be! Learn strategies for managing membership application, electing executive members, preparing for competition, fundraising and more.
Paola Fiocco | North Park Secondary School (Ontario)
SCHOOL-BASED ENTERPRISES: ITâS A FAMILY AFFAIR B310 No budget? No problem. Learn how to utilize other campus organizations for the development and enhancement of your student-led business. If you are a Schoolbased Enterprise operator seeking innovative strategies to obtain campus, district and community buy-in, this session is for you! Shawn Mosley | Clear Creek High School (TX)
MONDAY, APRIL 23
9:00 AM BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
B310 Discover how a chapter and local AT&T volunteers together have designed a valuable and sustainable relationship. Learn how students benefit from the events and activities planned in conjunction with their advisor and AT&T volunteers. From employability skills, competition preparation, community service and more, gain tips from a successful model. Betty Byrd | AT&T Brenda Neal | AT&T Nakeesha Wilson | Campbell High School (GA)
CREATING A CULTURE OF LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES
WE DO DECA DELIBERATELY
Kitti Wheeler | Clover Park High School (WA)
Melinda Briscoe | Northside High School (AR)
B308-B309 Leave with a âbag of tricksâ to set students up for success. Topics include 21st Century Skills and strategies to foster student engagement and a growth mindset. Receive research-based lesson plans and activities that are relevant, flexible, easy-to-use and are well suited for all career and technical education courses.
10:00 AM EFFECTIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
B308-B309 Weâve all done it â watched our students (and sometimes ourselves) panic as deadlines approach, presentations need to be ready, contacts need to be made and written projects submitted. Can you reduce the panic? With effective project management tools, the answer is absolutely yes! Leave this session with the tools needed to reduce stress and most importantly, improve project outcomes for your DECA members â in the classroom and in the workplace. Jennifer Milke | Henry Ford II High School (MI)
B308-B309 Learn how to use DECAâs competitive events and your school-based enterprise to create, introduce and develop 21st Century Skills that help students bridge the gap between education and the workforce. Gain strategies on using these real-life experiences in your learning lab to help your students develop problem-solving skills, teamwork and so much more!
1:00 PM DECA CONNECTS TO BUSINESS â 3 EASY STEPS
B308-B309 Developing strategic partnerships with businesses in your community is a key to developing successful DECA chapters and career-ready graduates. Knowing how to understand the mind of a business owner and organizational manager will maximize your opportunities to attract guest speakers and develop on-going internship opportunities. Get three simple ideas that, if you work them consistently, will enable you to generate long-term business partnerships for your DECA chapter. Douglas Den Hartog, Sr. | Amador Valley High School (CA)
SOCIAL MEDIA MANIA!
B310 Social media has become a large part of our world and continues to grow every day. People, businesses and organizations use social media to conduct market research, customer and employee management, public relations and many more aspects of business. Learn how to implement social media into the classroom and how to educate your students on the new-age marketing field. Discuss how businesses build their social media marketing plan and implement those ideas into your own chapter social media strategy utilizing DECAâs social media audit.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ACTION
11:00 AM AUTHENTIC LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM THAT CONNECTS WITH DECAâS WRITTEN EVENTS
2:00 PM COOL IDEAS
Julian Rodriguez | Maricopa High School (AZ)
B310 Instead of vicariously discussing topics, implementing âmake believeâ projects and having students regurgitate information, connect your students to the real world with authentic learning opportunities. Gain ideas on connecting and building relationships with local businesses that become the clients for your studentsâ real-life projects. Discover how you can transform these authentic learning projects into various DECA written events. Christine Bell | Naperville Central High School (IL)
B310 Help your students learn about entrepreneurship through authentic experiences that are supplemented heavily by university-level curriculum and regular coaching by industry experts. Your students will learn how to manage themselves, create innovative projects and thrive in a professional, competitive environment. Come prepared to engage in self-directed learning that will require hard work, but reward a high return on your investment. Daniel Jackson | Apex Friendship High School (NC)
B308-B309 Network with DECA advisors in a series of four 15-minute round-table discussions around a highly focused topic. Youâll receive tangible cool ideas you can take back to the classroom and your DECA chapter. Check decadirect.org and the DECA ICDC app for a list of the cool ideas!
3:30 PM COMPETITIVE EVENTS UPDATE B310 Get the latest updates to DECAâs Competitive Events Program and learn the 2018-2019 topics for Business Operations Research Events and Professional Selling and Consulting Events. Karen Brettingen | Eden Prairie High School (MN), Competitive Events Taskforce Co-Chair
Dan Greaven | Clarkstown South High School (NY), Competitive Events Taskforce Co-Chair
ADVI SOR P ROFESS IONAL LEARNIN G
2:00 PM SHOW ME THE MONEY!
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