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Building Deep Customer Empathy to Solve Any Problem

Nov 14, 2022

Deep Customer Empathy creates shared understanding, insights and motivation to improve the lives of our customers. How do we gain this empathy? By observing people, their behaviors, patterns and environment first-hand, with a keen eye to their pain points and barriers to achieving their goal. 

Career Insights

Opportunities that Arose from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nov 14, 2022

Out of the box, creative thinking arose because of COVID. For the live events industry and specifically for EDGE, it meant shifting to remote filming kits and establishing health and safety protocols. It strengthened our client relationships and our team’s cohesiveness.

Conferences

Over 1,000 DECA Members Gathered at The Ultimate DECA Power Trip in Washington, D.C.

Nov 13, 2022

From November 11-13, 2022, over 1,000 DECA student and advisor members from 32 states attended the Ultimate DECA Power Trip in the Washington, D.C. area. Congratulations to the Ultimate DECA Members and Competitive Excellence Experience top performers!

Partners

DECA and Piper Sandler Complete 44th Semi-Annual Survey of 14,500 U.S. Teens

Nov 11, 2022

DECA and Piper Sandler completed the 44th semi-annual Taking Stock With Teens® survey. This survey highlights discretionary spending trends and brand preferences from more than 14,500 teens across the U.S. with an average age of 15.8 years.

Chapter Strategy

How to Get The Edge on Member Engagement

Nov 10, 2022

As an organization, we want to make sure that all our members are constantly engaged in what is going on inside the world of DECA. Keeping engagement up, especially into DECA Month, is highly important to keep our members involved and engaged within the amazing organization that we’re all part of today. 

Chapter Strategy

One DECA: November 2022

Nov 8, 2022

Check out what you missed on the November 2022 #OneDECA Call, hosted by DECA's Executive Officer Team.

Career Insights

4 Videos to Help Discover What Kind of Work You Want to Do

Nov 7, 2022

Need help deciding on a potential career path or college major? Check out these helpful videos with concrete steps and reflection questions to help you discover what kind of work you want to do.

Case Study of the Week

Case Study of the Week: Rewarding Customers While Increasing Sales

Nov 7, 2022

Step into the role of promotional director for Premiere Purchase, a consumer electronics retailer. The senior vice president has asked you to plan a special event exclusively for top-tier Premiere Points members that will result in an increase in sales.

Spotlights

Non-Traditional SBE's: Unique Locations

Nov 4, 2022

School-based enterprises usually emerge in response to an identified need in the marketplace for a particular product or service. These two gold-certified, non-traditional SBEs are switching things up by providing their schools access to unique learning locations.

Spotlights

SCCC DECA Brings Joy to Local Nursing Homes

Nov 1, 2022

For Halloween, Saline County Career Center DECA held an event for members dedicated to decorating pumpkins for local nursing home residents in a community service activity.

Career Insights

Small Businesses and the Costs of Hyper-Personalization

Nov 1, 2022

What does hyper-personalization mean for small businesses with limited resources to invest in AI-powered hyper-personalization technologies? MBA Research helps us explore this year's Business Operations Research competitive events topic.

Partners

Join the Educator's Entrepreneurship Playbook Webinar Series

Nov 1, 2022

In November, Intuit will celebrate entrepreneurship with a new webinar series: The Educator's Entrepreneurship Playbook. During this series, we will explore what entrepreneurship is, how we teach it and what our students hope to learn.

DECA News

Congratulations to the Top Competitors in Session 2 of the 2024-2025 Collegiate DECA Stock Market Game

Apr 22, 2025

DECA congratulates the top-ranking individuals and teams who participated in the second session of the Collegiate DECA Stock Market Game.

Case Study of the Week

Case Study of the Week: Automated Trading Platforms

Apr 21, 2025

Step into the role of a financial advisor. A friend is considering automated trading platforms and has asked you for more information.

Partners

DECA Announces New Engagement with Merrill

Apr 16, 2025

DECA is thrilled to announce a new engagement with Merrill Wealth Management, a leading provider of wealth management and investment services, and a Bank of America company.

Partners

DECA and Piper Sandler Complete 49th Semi-Annual Survey

Apr 16, 2025

DECA and Piper Sandler completed the 49th semi-annual Taking Stock With Teens® survey. This survey highlights discretionary spending trends and brand preferences among more than 6K teens across the U.S., with an average age of 16.2.

Career Insights

Understanding Vehicle Financing

Apr 15, 2025

Financial Literacy Month is the perfect time to explore real-life money topics like vehicle financing and ownership. Learn about resources that you can use to teach these essential concepts to help students make informed, confident financial decisions.

Case Study of the Week

Case Study of the Week: Does Flavoring Help a Cough?

Apr 14, 2025

Step into the role of the director of marketing for Haven Products, a popular brand of over-the-counter medicines. The president has asked you to analyze the new Stop Cough with Honey.

Conferences

Your Post Collegiate DECA ICDC Questions Answered

Apr 9, 2025

We hope you enjoyed your time in San Francisco for Collegiate DECA's International Career Development Conference! Here are some answers to commonly asked post-ICDC questions.

DECA News

Introducing the 2025-2026 Collegiate DECA Executive Officer Team

Apr 8, 2025

Congratulations to the newly-elected 2025-2026 Collegiate DECA Executive Officer Team! The team is excited to represent Collegiate DECA members around the globe as they begin work on their goals and objectives for the year ahead.

DECA News

Thank You Collegiate DECA: A Parting Letter from Your 2024-2025 Executive Officers

Apr 8, 2025

The 2024-2025 Executive Officer Team extends a heartfelt thank you to all Collegiate DECA members who demonstrated excellence in leadership, competition and beyond this year. Hear from your outgoing executive officers and discover what’s next in our journey towards a brighter future for our division.

Conferences

Congratulations to the 2025 Collegiate DECA ICDC Competitive Event Champions

Apr 8, 2025

Congratulations to the 2025 Collegiate DECA International Career Development Conference competitive event champions! The top performers were announced during the Grand Awards Session in San Francisco, CA.

Partners

How to Bring Excitement to your Classroom this Financial Literacy Month

Apr 8, 2025

The Intuit Hour of Finance™ Challenge gives schools a free, interactive way to teach students about budgeting. Schools can win prizes*, and students learn important money skills through games and real-life situations, making finance fun and easy to understand.

Conferences

Congratulations to the 2025 Collegiate DECA ICDC Competitive Event Finalists

Apr 8, 2025

Congratulations to the competitive event finalists from Collegiate DECA's 2025 International Career Development Conference in San Francisco, CA.

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Case Study of the Week

Case Study of the Week: Which Additional Sales Channel is Best?

Jan 2, 2023

Step into the role of the owner of Victor May, a business that creates made-to-order handbags, tote bags, clutches and purses. Your business partner wants the business to add an additional sales channel and has provided you with two possibilities.

Case Study of the Week

Case Study of the Week: Creating Incentives for Use of Reusable Cups

Dec 26, 2022

Step into the role of the promotional director for Morning Brew, the largest coffee shop chain in the nation. The director of corporate responsibility wants you to design a promotion that will increase the use of reusable cups from 2% to 5% in the next year.

Spotlights

UW-Green Bay Hosted a Regional Conference

Dec 21, 2022

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Collegiate DECA Chapter hosted its first-ever regional conference this November. It was a huge success with over 70 attendees, four guest speakers and five schools.

College Success

High School vs. College Intro Business Classes

Dec 20, 2022

Are you looking to further your education in business? Here are my takeaways as a current student at an AACSB-accredited university that took three years of business courses in high school.

DECA News

Congratulations to DECA's 2022-2023 Chapter Campaign Winners

Dec 20, 2022

Congratulations to the chapters who got the edge this year by participating in DECA’s membership and chapter campaigns!

Case Study of the Week

Case Study of the Week: Recruiting Teens for Summer Jobs

Dec 19, 2022

Step into the role of human resources manager for Boardwalk Eats, a restaurant chain with 15 locations, all on popular coastlines. The owner of the chain has asked you for advice on how to best market employment opportunities to teenagers.

Career Insights

10 Business, Marketing and Hospitality Trends to Watch in 2023

Dec 15, 2022

Are you looking to get the edge in your next DECA role-play? Brush up on the top business, marketing and hospitality trends that companies will be watching in 2023.

Spotlights

Workshops for the Leaders of Tomorrow

Dec 15, 2022

Want to learn how your DECA Chapter can prepare your members for their future careers by expanding upon their personal and professional skills? Read about Cypress Bay High School’s Career Development Project and how they prepare emerging leaders at the bay!

Chapter Strategy

Five Ways to Survive Mid-Term Season

Dec 14, 2022

When mid-term exams are mixed with the mid-year slump, it tends to create problems regarding productivity and motivation, while also experiencing burnout. Here are five easy ways to help you survive the mid-term season!

Leadership

Be Consistent with Core Values

Dec 12, 2022

The "Be Consistent with Core Values" episode features Steve Holmes, the Non-Executive Chairman of Wyndham Worldwide & Wyndham Destinations.

Case Study of the Week

Case Study of the Week: Declaring Dividends

Dec 12, 2022

Step into the role of the controller of a publicly traded company called, Textron, Inc. The vice president of finance will be presenting information to the board of directors and needs your input.

Spotlights

SCCC DECA Attends the New York Experience Conference

Dec 9, 2022

Students from SCCC DECA attended DECA's New York Experience for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to New York City. The trip was full of exciting learning experiences about different aspects of marketing, business, entrepreneurship, hospitality, and finance.