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How to Earn, Purchase + Download Your AMA Associate in Marketing Management Certificate
The AMA Associate in Marketing Management certificate validates the marketing skills DECA students possess, signaling to colleges and employers that they’re prepared for what’s next.
Watch Now: Exploring Careers in Wealth Management with Merrill
Merrill professionals share their career journeys, insights into the field and the skills that support success in wealth management.
Mark Your Calendars for the Executive Officer Hospitality Career Exploration Webinar
On Tuesday, November 10, your DECA Executive Officer team is bringing you behind the scenes of the hospitality industry with leaders from Chick-fil-A, Taco Bell and more!
The NBA’s $76 Billion Bet on Free TV
With the month of October and fall weather in full swing, it can only mean one thing: Basketball. Is. Back. See why the NBA provides a perfect case study into channel strategy
5 Paris Marketing Tricks to Use on Your Next DECA Role Play
The city of lights has a lot more to offer than its pastries and architecture; it houses some of the best marketing and advertising tricks.
Building Your Future: Explore Careers in Rental Housing
Building Your Future: Explore Careers in Rental Housing introduces high school students to the people, skills, and career pathways that keep apartment communities operating successfully.
NRF Halloween Survey Shows Consumer Spending Expected to Reach $13.5 Billion
For more than two decades, NRF’s Halloween survey has tracked how consumers celebrate the holiday, and this year’s results show that shoppers are being thoughtful and strategic.
Celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Week with IBM SkillsBuild
Help students build essential digital skills with free, industry-validated resources from IBM SkillsBuild, perfect to integrate into Cybersecurity Career Week, October 19 to October 24, 2026.
Your Network Starts Now: 5 Questions to Ask Industry Professionals
Building a professional network doesn’t have to wait until college graduation or your first job search. Every connection with an industry professional is an opportunity to learn from their experience.
From Ideas to Impact: Building and Pitching Hospitality Innovations for a Sustainable Future
Give students the opportunity to tackle a real hospitality sustainability challenge, develop an innovative solution, and pitch their idea to a panel of decision-makers.
Customer Service Skills Start with DECA
Customer Service Week, October 5–9, 2026, is a chance to recognize the importance of great customer service and the skills DECA members can build now to succeed in future careers.
The Summer of the Blockbuster: What Spider-Man, the Odyssey, and Michael Teach Us About Marketing
This past summer, the U.S. box office reached $4.765 billion, narrowly surpassing the previous summer record that stood for over ten years.
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Selling You: How to Maximize Your Bargaining Power in Job Salary Negotiations
Getting the most out of salary negotiations can be daunting when you’re new to the working world. While salaries across the country vary from region to region, there are some general tactics everyone can keep in mind to bring their best to the negotiating table.
From a Handshake to a Helping Hand: Connecting with Community Professionals
Stepping into a conversation with a professional can be intimidating, but with five key steps, you can create a connection that goes from an introductory handshake to a long-term career helping hand.
Spotlight on Customer Service
What is customer service and why does it matter to your future career? Experts from Chick-fil-A, Men's Wearhouse, Publix and Walgreens share their thoughts.
From Service Clerk to District Manager, the Walgreens Way
It was supposed to be a typical day in the life of then-teenager Mario Figueroa, a Walgreens district manager in the Chicago suburb of Buffalo Grove, IL.
Residential Property Management: Success Starts Here
With a career in the residential property management industry, you’ll get to learn on the job, earn bonuses, work your way up, receive training, and enjoy benefits such as consistent hours, health insurance, rent discounts, and more!
6 Steps to Create an Integrated Marketing Campaign
With so much competition in the marketplace, brands need to do everything they can to stand out to their customers. An integrated marketing campaign is not only effective, but it can boost brand awareness, build loyalty, and improve revenue. Here are six tips for creating an integrated marketing campaign.
Advertising: Generating Ideas
Learn creative thinking skills through an ideation process. Explore simple, fun, creative thinking techniques designed that can be used to generate ideas for paintings, photography, films, animations, graphic design, sculptures, fabric design, fashion design, industrial design or any special creative interest.
Jump-Start Your Career Today
The demand for rental housing is growing across the United States, and with that, the need for talented, hardworking and creative people to help build strong communities. Jump-start your residential property management career today.
10 Business Trends to Watch for in 2022
The past year has gone by in the blink of an eye and 2022 will be here before we know it. That means it's time to brush up on the latest business trends to incorporate into your next DECA role-play or prepared event.
Explore Holiday Trends: Consumers Shop Sooner, Spend More
The National Retail Federation says this holiday season will have consumers shopping sooner and spending more – emphasizing the deep impact that retail has on the overall economy and highlighting the career opportunities in the industry.
How to Craft a Stand-Out Cover Letter
A cover letter is an appetizer before the main course—your resume. Like any good appetizer, it gets you excited for what is coming next!
4 Essentials for Planning Your Future Career
Regardless of what field you want to pursue a career in, there are four essential elements that need to be part of your plan.
