Aspirations of our Advisors

Welcome! Advisors, this is the place to visit for updates on conference registration, to review past Friday Flash emails, to check on important dates, and anything else that may help you as a Minnesota DECA advisor.

Interested in starting a new MN DECA chapter?

Contact Jackie Schiller, State Executive Director, at jackie@tekstar.com

Imagine a classroom full of motivated students who are engaged in learning and captivated by the relevant information you share with them. DECA, an organization that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management, is your dream instructional tool. We invite you to take a look at our program and a variety of classroom resources you would receive as a DECA advisor. Click here to view more from our New Chapter Recruitment Letter.

Documents

Name Badge Order Form

New DECA Logo

DECA View Book - Great Resource for New Chapters!

2011-2012 Theme - Aspire Higher Creative Brief

2011-2012 Theme Art - Full Color

2011-2012 Theme Art - Black and White

2011-2012 Theme Art - Grayscale

Membership Information

DECA utilizes online membership reporting for all of its state associations.

Online Membership System
DECA's online membership system offers features for chapter advisors including:

Drop-down menus now allow navigation of the system on any page.
Invoices are automatically e-mailed to chapter advisors and state/provincial advisors (opting in) so there is no need to download it.
Chapter advisors can now indicate the number Dimensions copies they would like in efforts to be environmentally friendly.
New chapters will be approved by DECA and the state/provincial advisor before they are created.

Many of you are anxious to add members to your roster now that school is in session, and our new system will make it easier than before. Instructions are embedded in the system to walk them through the process. Please remember that you need to ensure accuracy of spelling and gender of all members as this system is used for many components. Furthermore, please remember that adding membership continues to be a two step process: the members are added and then they all must be submitted.

To login, simply visit http://www.decaregistration.com/hs and enter your information as requested on the screen. If you were a chapter last year, simply login using your First name space Last name as their username and Last name as their password.

YOUR CHAPTER HAS A NEW ID NUMBER

Below is a file that contains all of current Minnesota chapters that are registered in the online membership system. It contains old chapter ID number and also the new chapter ID number.

The new number consists of a two digit number to identify your chartered association a hyphen and then a three digit number which is the designation for their chapter (01-123).

Once each member and advisor registers they will receive a unique four digit number that will be added to the association-chapter number, giving each member a unique 9-digit membership number. These numbers will follow your advisors and students through to our online registration system for our conferences. Members cannot register in the online registration system for conferences unless they are submitted members (e.g. New York Experience, etc). A list of all submitted members will be viewed so they can choose who they want to register for a conference.

If you have any questions about the system, please contact us by calling (703) 860-5000 and asking for the data management department. We thank you for your patience as we introduce the new system.

DECA DUES AS FOLLOWS:

State Association Dues - $5.00 per member
National Dues - $8.00 per member

The following information will help you through the processes:

Minnesota Chapter ID List
Online Registration Instructions
Hints and Tips
Frequently Asked Questions

Please contact Jackie at the state office if you have difficulties!

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Important Dates:

State Career Development Conference — March 4 - 6, 2012
Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, Minnesota

International Career Development Conference — April 28 - May 1, 2012
Salt Lake City, UT

Conference Registration Forms

Fall Leadership Conference

Below are the forms needed to register for the upcoming Fall Leadership Conference. Be sure to save the files to your hard drive prior to working with the files. If you are having difficulty working with the registration files please contact Jackie Schiller, and she will email the files to you.

ZOOM! Accelerate Your Leadership

2011 Voting Delegate Allocations

Chapter Advisor Documents (Registration Forms)

Housing Documents

Registration Packet

2011 Fall Leadership Conference Program Book

Central Region Leadership Conference

Below is the information for the 2011 DECA Central Region Leadership Conference in Omaha, December 2-4, 2011.

The hotel fees and registration is submitted to MN DECA on the excel file. The summary tab will calculate the amount due. REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS October 15, 2011. Fees can be received by MN DECA after the deadline, however full payment must be received PRIOR to the conference.

There are several chapters that are looking to take a bus to Omaha. If you have interest in participating, please let me know and I will try to get chapter advisors connected to make further plans for sharing travel if possible. Let's fill some busses.

I know you will be WILD ABOUT DECA and Omaha! Visit crlcomaha2011.org for more information!

2011 MN DECA CRLC Registration Packet

2011 CRLC Chapter Registration File

State Career Development Conference

Below are the forms needed to register for the upcoming State Career Development Conference. If you are looking for any event related materials, click here to visit the State Career Development Conference page. Be sure to save the files to your hard drive prior to working with the files. If you are having difficulty working with the registration files please contact Jackie Schiller, and she will email the files to you.

2012 District Allocations by Event

International Career Development Conference

Below are the forms needed to register for the upcoming International Career Development Conference. If you have any difficulty working with the registration files please contact Jackie Schiller, and she will email the files to you.

2012 ICDC Registration Information Coming Soon!