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Watch Now: DECA's 2025-2026 Membership Video

Aug 5, 2025

Check out DECA's 2025-2026 membership video to help your chapter show students why joining DECA empowers members to Go The Extra.

Conferences

Watch the #DECAICDC 2026 Promo Video

Aug 5, 2025

Go The Extra at the biggest DECA event of the year – DECA's International Career Development Conference hosted in Atlanta, GA on April 25-28, 2026.

Chapter Strategy

The 2025-2026 SBE Chapter Certification Guidelines are Now Available

Aug 4, 2025

The SBE chapter certification guidelines and competition guidelines for the 2025-2026 school year are now available.

Chapter Strategy

Go The Extra with 2025-2026 Chapter Campaigns

Aug 4, 2025

The 2025-2026 DECA Chapter Campaigns are here to help you GO THE EXTRA! Participating in the chapter campaigns encourages DECA members to engage with their community and grow membership.

Case Study of the Week

Case Study of the Week: Can Posh be Swag?

Aug 4, 2025

Step into the role of the owner of Posh, a luxury portable charger for mobile phones. The director of sales wants you to choose a new sales channel that will increase sales but not damage the brand image.

Spotlights

Prepping for a Record Year: Building Your Chapter’s Calendar with Purpose

Aug 1, 2025

If you want to lead your chapter to a record year, you need a calendar that covers competitions, community service, social events and everything in between. Here's how to build one that works.

Chapter Strategy

Go The Extra: High School Program of Leadership

Aug 1, 2025

The 2025-2026 High School Division Executive Officer Team is excited to introduce our Program of Leadership. We can’t wait to help members Go The Extra through advocacy, communications and membership engagement.

Chapter Strategy

How to Have the Best First Chapter Meeting

Aug 1, 2025

What’s the secret to having the best first chapter meeting of the year? Spoiler: it’s not free donuts. As we approach the start of a new school year, chapter officers need to hold an informative and engaging first meeting.

Career Insights

Taylor’s Version: A Masterclass in Branding, Loyalty and Business Strategy

Aug 1, 2025

This moment is a real-time lesson in business strategy, branding and consumer behavior. Here’s why Taylor Swift’s move matters to DECA members and what it teaches us about business and brand identity.

Chapter Strategy

Freshmen Are the Future: How to Spark Interest and Grow Your DECA Chapter

Aug 1, 2025

The key to gaining freshmen interest isn’t just handing them a flyer or discussing competition. It's about making them feel welcome, excited and connected. Here’s how to make that happen.

Chapter Strategy

Money Moves: Effective Fundraising for Your Chapter

Aug 1, 2025

The best chapters treat fundraising like a business: they plan smart, market well and get creative. Here’s how to make money moves that matter!

Partners

DECA Welcomes New Partners in Empowering the Next Generation of Leaders

Jul 28, 2025

Please join us in applauding our newest collaborators who are providing realistic insights into business and industry, and promoting meaningful, relevant learning for DECA members.

Compete

5 Tips for Taking On the DECA Competition

May 6, 2015

Hear how one member took advantage of their ICDC experience to gather competition tips from other international competitors.

Compete

Competition Tips from ICDC Qualifiers

Apr 7, 2015

Ever wondered how students who compete at ICDC do so well and make it to the international conference? We took to the halls of ICDC to find out! Here are some inside tips from competitors on how to best prepare for competition and make it to ICDC!

DECA News

Collegiate DECA Scholarship Recipients 2014-2015

Mar 23, 2015

Congratulations to this year's Collegiate DECA scholarship recipients.

Compete

3 Things to Think About When Prepping for Competition

Dec 3, 2012

The unique ideas and presentations that each student brings to the competition keep me coming back to judge. Judges take great pride in witnessing the time and dedication DECA members invest in bettering themselves outside the classroom.

Compete

6 Steps to Team Competition Excellence

Feb 11, 2011

As we gear up for another year of DECA competitions some, teams are coming together for the first time while others are trying to work the kinks out from last year. When you’re competing as a team at DECA there are some key steps you’ll want to take to reach excellence.

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DECA News

DECA's 2019 Emerging Leader Honor Award Recipients

Mar 4, 2019

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.

Compete

Beat the Test Stress: 4 Tips to Ace Your Cluster Exam

Feb 22, 2019

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!

DECA News

2018-2019 DECA Virtual Business Challenge Round 2 ICDC Qualifiers

Feb 12, 2019

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.

DECA News

DECA's 2019 Certified School-based Enterprises

Feb 5, 2019

Congratulations to the DECA School-based Enterprises (SBEs) that earned a 2019 Chapter Certification!

DECA News

DECA Stock Market Game 2019 ICDC Qualifiers

Jan 28, 2019

DECA Inc. is pleased to announce the ICDC qualifiers in 2018-2019 DECA Stock Market Game, administered by the SIFMA Foundation.

Career Insights

Top Tips for Building Your First LinkedIn Profile

Jan 25, 2019

To get your LinkedIn profile off to a successful start, check out these key tips!

Career Insights

Are You an Entrepreneur?

Jan 25, 2019

DECA’s mission statement is to prepare emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. So, what exactly does it mean to be an entrepreneur?

Chapter Strategy

How to Incorporate an Entrepreneurial Attitude into Your DECA Chapter

Jan 25, 2019

You may be asking, “How does entrepreneurship apply to my chapter?” Well, the mission of DECA is to prepare emerging leaders and entrepreneurs. So why not get a head start? The same basic principles that apply to starting a business also apply to your chapter.

Career Insights

5 Resources to Fuel Your Inner Entrepreneur

Jan 25, 2019

Looking to immerse yourself in all things entrepreneurship? Check out this list on what to read, listen to and learn from in order to prime your mind as a current or future entrepreneur. Who knows, maybe they’ll spark your next big business idea!

Career Insights

7 Questions That Get You Thinking Like an Entrepreneur

Jan 25, 2019

Curious about what goes on in the mind of an entrepreneur? Read on to learn how successful entrepreneurs think, and start developing your own entrepreneurial mindset for DECA and beyond.