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Activate Your Chapter Early for Exclusive Competitive Event Benefits
Activate your chapter by September 30, 2025 to receive a free digital download of competition resources to help your chapter prepare for competition this year.
8 Ways To Use the Membership Video for Back-to-School Recruitment
Discover eight ways members are using the 2025-26 DECA membership video during their events and meetings this back-to-school season and get ideas for your own chapter!
4 Strategies to Elevate Your DECA Association or Chapter Brand
A strong brand not only attracts new members but also energizes current ones, engages partners, and positions your chapter or association as a leader in preparing emerging leaders and entrepreneurs.
Meet the 2025-2026 DECA Content Creators
The DECA Inc. Communications team is excited to announce the 2025-2026 DECA Content Creators! Team members will help grow the DECA brand by showcasing their unique DECA experience.
From Small Chapter to Big Impact
Learn how to grow your small chapter while building strong connections, creating meaningful opportunities and turning your size into your greatest advantage!
How to Host the Ultimate First DECA Meeting: Engage, Excite, Enroll
Your first DECA meeting sets the tone for the year. Start with energy, make leadership personal and get everyone moving. When members feel connected and excited from day one, they'll want to stick around.
Go The Extra with DECA's Membership Recruitment Toolkit
Ready to Go The Extra this recruitment season? We've got you covered with DECA’s Membership Recruitment Toolkit, packed with resources to help your chapter succeed this back-to-school season!
Case Study of the Week: College is Expensive!
Step into the role of a financial advisor meeting with a new client. The client wants you to explain financial responsibilities that should be of concern at this stage in life.
DECA AT&T Project 2024-2025: Impactful Mentorship Opportunities
Through a decade-long collaboration with AT&T, the DECA AT&T Project continues to prepare students for life after high school by providing AT&T mentors and college and career readiness experiences.
Advisor Best Practice Spotlight of the Week: Zach Lisella
Zach Lisella of Northern Highlands Regional High School in New Jersey is our first DECA Advisor Spotlight of the Week! Check out Mr. Lisella's innovative competition preparation methods for helping his members get on stage and win big.
DECA Advisors - Show Us How You’re Going the Extra!
We want to see how your chapter is setting up for success this year using the Go The Extra theme and the competitive events resources from your back-to-school box.
Unpacking Teen Trends: Fall 2025 Taking Stock with Teens Survey
The 2025 Fall Piper Sandler Taking Stock With Teens Survey is now available for use in your classroom!
DECA’s Workforce Development Summit: Fueling the Talent Pipeline
College and career partners discuss how DECA and industry partners can work with educators to build a successful talent pipeline and utilize DECA members to fill voids within the workplace.
DECA’s Workforce Development Summit: Making a Difference
College and career partners worked to translate key findings into actionable objectives to continue the conversation and increase industry involvement with DECA.
Collegiate DECA 2022 Virtual Case Simulation Competition Winners
This year, 112 Collegiate DECA members participated in the Collegiate DECA Virtual Case Simulation competition, sponsored by long-time DECA partner, Knowledge Matters. Congratulations to the top three performers!
Preparing for Your Future Career Starts Today
During the Ultimate DECA Power Trip, the Executive Officer Team attended the first ever DECA Workforce Development Summit. Members of DECA’s National Advisory Board gathered to discuss the future of employment and industry across the business world.
Case Study of the Week: Turning a Hobby into a Business
Step into the role of a small business consultant. You will meet with an entrepreneur to discuss the initial steps that must be completed or researched before the entrepreneur markets the new business.
Why Cross-cultural Fluency Is Among Today’s Most Sought-after Workplace Skills
As Head of Career Services at the international hospitality school Les Roches, Stephanie Ruiz has conversations every day with potential employers for students. She explains why these employers now place cross-cultural fluency among their most in-demand skills.
Congratulations to the Collegiate DECA 2022-2023 Stock Market Game Session 1 Top Competitors
DECA congratulates the top-ranking individuals and teams who participated in the first session of the Collegiate DECA Stock Market Game.
DECA Fundraising: Thinking Outside of the Box
Interested in learning how your chapter can increase its fundraising events? Read about Cypress Bay DECA's largest fundraiser of the year—snack boxes—and the impact it has on the student body.
Case Study of the Week: Making a Splash with New Management
Step into the role of the marketing director for Bridge Town Pools. The new owner has asked you to communicate a change in ownership and commitment to service to former customers.
Case Study of the Week: Does a Retailer Live Up to Its Promise?
Step into the role of the director of brand management and company spokesperson for Pet Stop. The senior vice president has asked for you to analyze negative company press and determine if company policies need to be addressed or changed.
The Gray Zone: Resources to Foster Ethical Decision-Making Skills
Welcome to The Gray Zone—that hazy, murky space between black and white, right and wrong. MBA Research offers multiple opportunities to help your students understand that the business world includes many shades of gray. Enhance your instruction using our classic case studies, interactive video series, or both!
Start Now: 3 Tips to Build Your Chapter for Next Year
Class registration for the 2023-2024 school year will be here in a few short months! If your chapter is co-curricular, where you register for a class while being a DECA member, it is important to spread the word early to potential members coming to your school next year. Here are a few tips to help your chapter succeed in gaining new members.
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Case Study of the Week: Rich Content for Weekly Emails
Step into the role of director of marketing for Our Town Grocery, a grocery store chain with 350 locations. The senior vice president has asked you to determine content for weekly emails and how to obtain more customers’ email addresses.
Helping Our Communities
Volunteers stepped up on a rainy Sunday afternoon to drop off bags requesting nonperishable food items for the Whitewater Community Space, a nonprofit community center that provides free clothing, furniture, books, food and many other items to anyone in need.
Congratulations to DECA's 2023 Certified School-based Enterprises
Congratulations to the DECA School-based Enterprises (SBEs) that earned a 2022-2023 Chapter Certification!
Spread the Love with DECA Valentines
To let your #DECAbestie or #DECAcrush know how much they mean to you, DECA has created valentines for you to share with your friends on February 14.
Case Study of the Week: The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Lending
Step into the role of a loan officer at Coopers Savings & Loan. You must explain to another loan officer the importance of emotional intelligence when helping customers apply for a loan.
DECA Announces the 2022-2023 Virtual Business Challenge Round 2 ICDC Qualifiers
DECA congratulates finalist teams in the second round of the 2022-2023 Virtual Business Challenge (VBC) advancing to final competition during DECA's International Career Development Conference.
The Magic of Next: 5-Word Motivation from Iconic Super Bowl Slogan
In the sports and entertainment world, it does not get any bigger than winning the Super Bowl in front of thousands in person and by millions around the world via television and radio.
Mayville State DECA Gives Back with the Feed My Starving Child Initiative
Thirteen Mayville State University DECA members help feed 48 starving children across the world by volunteering with the Feed My Starving Child Initiative.
DECA SEM Spotlight: Meet Jasmine Forrestal
This past week, 800 DECA members gathered in Orlando, Florida, for the 2023 Sports and Entertainment Marketing Conference. In this article, learn more about Jasmine, a standout attendee at this year's conference.
Ensign College Mock Competition 2023
Ensign Collegiate DECA had a blast preparing for Utah's state conference during our mock competition. Getting together as a chapter to learn, build on each other's energy and make much-needed memories together.
How to Prepare Yourself on Competition Day: A Guide to DECA Glass
During competition, students challenge their business knowledge and skills with real scenarios to win over judges. You have what it takes to reach your goals, and by preparing yourself for competition day, you will set yourself one step ahead of your competition.
A Look Back at DECA's Sports and Entertainment Marketing Conference
The Sports and Entertainment Marketing Conference in Orlando, Florida, has wrapped up and members have gained new knowledge to propel their careers while having fun and making new memories. Here’s a recap of what we learned and what entertainment to expect when you head to ICDC in April.
