Competitive Events and Recognition Program


  

Minnesota DECA offers a comprehensive program of competitive events based on the occupational goals of its student membership and on the activities of chapters in high schools and postsecondary institutions.


The purpose of DECA's competitive events are:

  1. To contribute to the development of skills necessary for careers in marketing, merchandising, management and entrepreneurship.
  2. To evaluate student achievement of the skills through careful measurement devices (performance indicators).
  3. To provide opportunities for student and team recognition.
  4. To provide constructive avenues for individual or team expression, initiative and creativity.
  5. To motivate students to assume responsibility for self-improvement and self-discipline.
  6. To provide a vehicle for students to demonstrate (via performance indicators) their acquired skills through individual or team activities.
  7. To assist students in acquiring a realistic self-concept through individual or team activities.
  8. To help students participate in an environment of cooperation and competition.
  9. To provide visibility for the educational goals and objectives of marketing education.

Economics In Marketing Topic:


As per the guidelines for Economics in Marketing, the competitor will prepare their essay in advance of the State Career Development Conference. The 2008 topic is:

Credit card usage in the United States is at an all-time high, but the banks offering them are being condemned for the markets that they are targeting. The most popular of these target markets are college students. Current college students, as well as recent graduates, are being bombarded with guaranteed credit card offers. This has left numerous college students with thousands of dollars in debt before they have secured their first full-time job.

Writing points may include, but is not limited to the following:

  • How credit cards impact the US Economy
  • The effect of having credit cards on young individuals
  • How credit card companies profit

Public Speaking Topic:


As per the guidelines for Public Speaking, the competitor will prepare their speech in advance of the State Career Development Conference. The 2008 topic is:

With an increased emphasis on athletics in your high school, you have found that fewer business people in your community are familiar with DECA. As a member of DECA, you already know that our organization began nearly sixty years ago as “Distributive Education Clubs of America”, but as the marketing education program at your school has changed, so has the organization. DECA has evolved from the old “Distributive Education Clubs of America” to ”DECA: An Association of Marketing Students”. Amazingly, when you are talking to business people in your community about DECA, they aren’t familiar with the program. Your local Chamber of Commerce has invited you to speak about DECA at their upcoming meeting. During this time, your chapter advisor suggests it may be important to tell them about the conferences, the program of competitive events, community service projects, and other areas where your chapter is specifically involved.

You've been granted 3-5 minutes to address the Chamber.

 

View The 2007 - 2008 State Only Events Guide

 

2008 Special Awards Information Packet

 

Judges Schedule of Events


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Sample Written Event Table of Contents


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