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2018-2019 IMPACT Program Winners Announced
The 2018-2019 IMPACT Program awards were presented at the Chartered Association Officer luncheon in Orlando at #DECAICDC!
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Meet the 2019-2020 Executive Officer Team
Elected at the 2019 DECA International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Florida, the 2019-2020 Executive Officer Team is eager to represent DECA members around the globe this year. Here we go, DECA!
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DECA Scholarship Recipients 2018-2019
DECA is pleased to announce the 2018-2019 scholarship recipients. Each year, DECA and its corporate partners award over $300,000 in scholarships to DECA members. Recipients who will be present at the 2019 International Career Development Conference will be recognized on stage.
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DECA's 2019 Advocacy Campaign Recipients
February was Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month, leading many DECA chapters to raise their voices in their schools, communities and associations to advocate on behalf of DECA and CTE through completing DECA’s Advocacy Campaign.
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FIDM Entrepreneur of Tomorrow Challenge 2019 Winners
DECA Inc. and the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) are excited to announce the winners of the 2019 FIDM Entrepreneur of Tomorrow Challenge.
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DECA's 2019 Emerging Leader Honor Award Recipients
The Emerging Leader Honor Award recognizes DECA high school seniors studying marketing, finance, hospitality, and management while also being an academically prepared, community oriented, professionally responsible, experienced leader through their participation in DECA.
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Beat the Test Stress: 4 Tips to Ace Your Cluster Exam
While it might be relaxing to push aside studying right now, your future self will thank you for getting a head start. Instead of scrolling through social media between classes, use Quizlet to test your business knowledge!
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2018-2019 DECA Virtual Business Challenge Round 2 ICDC Qualifiers
DECA congratulates finalist teams in the second qualifying round of the 2018-2019 Virtual Business Challenge. These students finished in the top two places in their region in one of the Virtual Business Challenge tracks. With approval from their chartered association, each team has earned an opportunity to compete at the DECA International Career Development Conference.
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DECA's 2019 Certified School-based Enterprises
Congratulations to the DECA School-based Enterprises (SBEs) that earned a 2019 Chapter Certification!
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DECA Stock Market Game 2019 ICDC Qualifiers
DECA Inc. is pleased to announce the ICDC qualifiers in 2018-2019 DECA Stock Market Game, administered by the SIFMA Foundation.
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Rocking Out for Competitive Success
UT Austin's Collegiate DECA chapter officers organized a case study competition prep meeting. The officers chose an Austin original for the case study content: Austin City Limits!
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Giving and Receiving Feedback
Perhaps one of the hardest professional skills to develop is giving and receiving feedback. However, once you begin to give and receive feedback in a positive matter, you will become a leader worth following.
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5 Brainstorming Techniques to Produce Your Next Winning Idea
Whether you’re writing a paper, creating a project or preparing for a role-play, generating ideas is often the toughest part. Read below for different techniques you can adapt to come up with your next great idea!
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DECA Announces the 2020-2021 Theme: Next Level
If there’s one thing that’s true about DECA members, it’s our ability to surprise you. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, we find a way to break through to the NEXT LEVEL.
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The Making of Collegiate DECA's Individual and Team Case Studies
The Individual and Team Case Studies involve real-world industry trends that present a challenge for competitors to solve. The case study scenarios are derived from input from National Advisory Board partners, industry associations and trade journals. Read on for an inside look at how they are created.
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A Week of Joy for a Lifetime of Hope
Detroit Catholic Central DECA is thrilled to have raised $18,065 - the most in the nation - benefitting the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), granting a week of joy to so many children.
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3 Books to Boost Your Leadership
Many correlations have been drawn between those who read and those who lead. Here are three of my favorite leadership-oriented books to help occupy your time.
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Presentation Anxiety and How to Overcome It
You hear the words “presentation” and immediately your heart starts to race. We’ve all been there right? Most of us need a bit more training on calming those fears when presenting to a room of people. You are not alone in this fear and we are here to help ease the presentation anxiety.
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Jacklyn J. Schiller Receives DECA Honorary Life Membership
Jacklyn J. Schiller has spent more than 30 years providing exemplary activities for career and technical students and educators through her leadership as the Minnesota DECA Chartered Association Advisor. She began her involvement with DECA as a collegiate member in 1982 and eventually served as the 1984-1985 National President for Delta Epsilon Chi.
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Dr. Brenda Clark Awarded DECA Honorary Life Membership
A lifelong educator, Dr. Brenda Clark, EdD, began her service as a DECA advisor in 1982 and spent nearly 40 years serving as a marketing teacher, school-to-work coordinator, career and technical director, professional development director and an educational association executive.
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DECA Inc. Honors 2020 Outstanding Service Award Recipients
DECA Inc. congratulates two recipients of the DECA Inc. Outstanding Service Award, one of DECA’s most prestigious recognitions - Karen Brettingen from Minnesota and Linda Smith of Georgia.
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Creating Goals: Strategies to Get Where You Want to Go
Let’s talk goals! Often times, at the start of a project or the start of a new year, you may create goals for yourself. As time passes, you realize you have not completed hardly any of the goals you set out to accomplish. It’s safe to say we have all probably been here.