DECA Executive Officer Online Election Process
This year, all election activities will now be conducted virtually as a response to not holding DECA’s International Career Development Conference. Check out this year's election activity timeline.
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Collegiate DECA Executive Officer Online Election Process
This year, all election activities will now be conducted virtually as a response to not holding Collegiate DECA’s International Career Development Conference. Check out this year's election activity timeline.
Three 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.
DECA Bingo Challenge
Have you accepted the DECA Bingo Challenge? Use the digital bingo card to mark off the 24 deca-related tasks as you complete them, then tag @DECAInc in your Instagram story to share your progress.
Join Us for Our First Virtual Intuit Education Teacher Training
Intuit Education is committed to changing students' futures by providing free financial and career readiness programs. Using real-world tools like TurboTax, Mint, QuickBooks and design thinking tool, Design for Delight, students gain the confidence to live the lives they want.
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.
DECA's Digital College + Company Fair
DECA is excited to share the lineup of virtual exhibitors. Whether you're searching for post-secondary opportunities, fundraising ideas, school-based enterprise resources, community service projects or professional connections, opportunities are waiting for you.
Announcing DECA's Advocacy Campaign Winners
February was Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month, and many chapters worked hard to advocate in their communities and to their policymakers on behalf of DECA by completing the 2020 DECA Advocacy Campaign.
Apply Now for the 2020 DECA Hotel Challenge Curriculum Grants
The Virtual Business Challenge (VBC)—DECA Hotel Challenge aims to build awareness of career opportunities in the hospitality industry. To accomplish this goal, the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation supports the VBC-DECA Hotel Challenge by providing curriculum to thirty-three…
5 Task Management Tips to Skyrocket Your Productivity
Task management is important because it helps you be more productive. Sure enough, when you’re more organized and spend a little time planning, you’re able to accomplish much more. Here are some of my favorite tips!
Partner with Purpose: Developing Partnerships for a Stronger DECA
For your DECA chapter or association to thrive, it is valuable to find individuals or organizations that can help you achieve your mission and goals. Forming partnerships allows multiple groups to receive benefits while also contributing to the greater good of their respective markets.
Chatham Charter DECA's 3 Keys to Membership Success
Chatham Charter, a high school of 200 students, has a DECA chapter with 60 paid members - over one-fourth of the student body! However, these astonishing numbers didn't happen on their own. I'm going to share with you our three main tactics for membership campaign success.
Take on the Collegiate DECA Advocacy Campaign this February
Happy Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month! Celebrate this February by getting your chapter involved in Collegiate DECA’s Advocacy Campaign!
Tell Your DECA Story in 4 Easy Steps
The next opportunity to advocate for DECA is here as February is Career and Technical Education Month®! During this month we will raise awareness and celebrate the value of Career Technical Education (CTE) and the accomplishments of DECA members around the globe!
CTE Lingo: Key Terms to Know
It's Career and Technical Education Month® and you may suddenly find your social media feed full of new terms and acronyms. Don't get overwhelmed! Here are the top terms you need to know to be part of the #CTEMonth conversation and help advocate for DECA and career and technical education.
What is CTE?
It is important, especially during Career and Technical Education Month®, to know exactly what this three-letter acronym CTE stands for and why it is so important.
Celebrate #CTEMonth in February
Throughout February, as CTE students, we are called to bring awareness to the value, achievements and accomplishments of DECA and our career-connected learning.
Fundraise Your Way to ICDC
Fundraising often gets a bad reputation for being too hard or not producing the desired outcome. However, by following the six keys to fundraising, you will soon find yourself with money to fund your chapter’s trip to Nashville.
Here We Go: Make the Final Push to Boost Your Membership
Membership in DECA’s High School Division is looking strong as we surpass 211,000 members as of today. Despite this upward trend, it’s important to continue to grow and strengthen your local chapters and associations.
Six Ways to Celebrate #CTEMonth
Each February, students, educators and administrators raise awareness of career and technical education (CTE) by celebrating Career and Technical Education Month® . So how can you celebrate CTE Month and show support for DECA and your school’s program? These are the…
How to Use DECA's Impact Report in Your Advocacy Efforts
When advocating for DECA and CTE, during Career and Technical Education Month® you must always be prepared to provide accurate information and answer questions without hesitation Most likely, your interactions with community members, school administrators and policymakers will be brief and…
Rolling into the Second Semester with Collegiate DECA
2020 has arrived and with it comes the start of the second semester of DECA this academic year. Here are the three best tips for leading your Collegiate DECA chapter into 2020.
How to Guarantee Your New Year’s Resolutions Come True
People are great at setting New Year’s resolutions, but not so great at following through with them. Regardless if it’s losing weight, getting straight A’s or winning DECA glass, the desire to achieve New Year’s resolutions remains, but the actions…
Go Big with Your New Year's Resolutions
Happy Holidays, DECA! As we head into the new year, setting resolutions is a time-honored tradition. Something that is not common, however, is sticking to those resolutions! While it can be difficult to break a bad habit or start going…
Why You Should Consider Collegiate DECA Executive Office
“Every time we think we’ve measured our capacity to reach a challenge, we look up and we’re reminded that the capacity may well be limitless.” -President Bartlett, The West Wing. As we begin another year of executive officer applications, it…
DECA Executive Officer Candidate Packet Now Available
The 2020-2021 DECA Executive Officer Candidate Packet is now available. As our primary student brand ambassadors, DECA executive officers represent more than 220,000 student members to a variety of key stakeholders, including fellow members, advisors, education administrators, business partners, public…
Program of Work: The Heart of Your Chapter
With the fall semester coming to a close, now is a great time to take a look at your chapter’s success so far in the year and begin planning for the next semester if you haven’t already.
Winter Break Checklist
As the holidays approach, it is time to start thinking forward. With the conference season and many important deadlines approaching, let’s plan the best ways to spend your winter break. Here we go! 1. Prep for competition Without classes and…
Collegiate Executive Office: Top Reasons to Run
After years of being a DECA member at the collegiate and high school levels, I finally found the perfect answer for those contemplating running for an International Executive Officer position. Do it. I remember my first year in DECA; looking…
Why Run for Executive Office?
Deciding to run for executive office was probably one of the best decisions I’ve made in my entire life. After having the opportunity to serve Washington DECA, I knew that there was so much more that I wanted to accomplish…
Giving Back on #GivingTuesday
Mississippi State University-Meridian Collegiate DECA participated in #GivingTuesday, on December 3, 2019.
10 Fundraising Tips to Raise More Money for Your Chapter
Fundraising is one of those parts of being an involved DECA member that can sometimes be tricky. I mean, do you have the confidence to walk up to complete strangers and ask them for money? This isn’t a public speaking…
Five Beneficial Stress Management Tips
Stress is something that all of us are faced with, particularly at the start of the school year. Between classes, work and extracurricular activities, even the most experienced in time management can feel overwhelmed and overworked. Take advantage of the…
Your Guide to Task Management
Did you know that October 30th is National Checklist Day? In that spirit, I would like to share some of my best tips for task and time management so that you can stay productive within your chapter and association all year long.
What To Do After Your DECA Journey Ends
Last spring, I watched as my chapter’s new officer team was announced and sworn in to be next year’s leaders. A feeling of pride rushed over me knowing that the chapter had just completed another successful year and was left…
