From networking with DECA's top leaders at the Emerging Leader Summit in San Diego to hosting the Student Video Call Series and attending dozens of regional and association conferences, the 2019-2020 DECA Executive Officer Team has made a lasting impact on our organization. Watch their farewell videos now.
Twenty-four DECA members are the recipients of over $4.2 million in scholarships from the Army ROTC.
Congratulations to several outstanding National Advisory Board partners for reaching new milestones of service to DECA.
Join DECA members around the world for an exclusive for DECA, live concert featuring Jerry Jacobs and his band. Watch live during #DECAICDC Week.
Learn what it takes to become a successful business professional from a roundtable of accomplished executives in each of these career areas. Watch now.
Engage in a conversation with former DECA Inc. executive officers turned emerging professionals. Learn how they leveraged their DECA experience to earn success in college and their careers. Watch now.
Do you want to take your DECA experience to the next level? Here's your chance to find out how! Watch live during #DECAICDC Week.
Learn about the quirky subcultures and communities born out of the fixation of various interests, uncover the powerful success behaviors geeks exhibit, and find practical guidance as an emerging leader and how to tap into strengths in your teams. Watch now.
As schools across the country began closing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, students and teachers quickly began adjusting to distance learning and new instructional methods. Luckily, DECA and AT&T were there to help!
Meet the candidates hoping to serve as the leaders of DECA’s High School Division for the 2020-2021 school year. You can learn more about the candidates by visiting DECA's Execute Officer Election Portal.
The DECA Inc. Years of Service Award is presented to individuals who have shown outstanding and continued service to the organization and its mission. Thank you to these long-time advisors who have reached new milestones of service to DECA's members.
The DECA Inc. Years of Service Award is presented to individuals who have shown outstanding and continued service to the organization and its mission. Thank you to these long-time advisors for their years of service to Collegiate DECA.
Congratulations to the newly-elected 2020-2021 Collegiate DECA Executive Officer Team! The team is eager to represent all Collegiate DECA members and will quickly begin work on their goals and objectives for the year ahead.
#DECAICDC Week is our chance to come together online and celebrate the accomplishments of DECA's members, chapters and advisors from all around the world. Starting Monday, April 27, each day will feature a unique social media challenge and recognition opportunities for DECA's top members and chapters.
From Executive Officer Training in Orlando to ENGAGE in Chicago and #CDECAICDC Week activities, the 2020-2019 Collegiate DECA Executive Officer Team has made a lasting impact on the organization. Watch their farewell videos now.
DECA congratulates the following top-ranking teams who participated in the second session of the Collegiate DECA Stock Market Game.
Meet the candidates hoping to serve as the leaders of DECA’s Collegiate Division for the 2020-2021 school year. You can learn more about the candidates by visiting Collegiate DECA's Execute Officer Election Portal.
While we all hoped to be together in Atlanta, your Executive Officer Team has planned several online #CDECAICDC Week events to help you prepare for next year and network with other Collegiate DECA members from around the world.
While members and advisors across the globe practice social distancing and conduct chapter meetings via video, you don't have to be apart from DECA! Now you can spread some virtual DECA love with virtual DECA Zoom backgrounds.
The 2019-2020 IMPACT Program awards were announced on April's #OneDECA call! This year, we saw your extraordinary accomplishments through a record high of 61 submissions! Congratulations to the following 18 Chartered Associations Officer Teams for submitting entries to showcase the…
If there’s one thing that’s true about DECA members, it’s our ability to surprise you. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, we find a way to break through to the NEXT LEVEL.
Looking for online resources to fuel your classroom's virtual learning? We've compiled the latest resources in one place. DECA is pleased to provide its advisors and members with learning activities that can be incorporated into digital instruction.
Get a headstart on the 2020-2021 competition season with DECA's competitive event changes and draft topics for business operations research, professional selling, hospitality and tourism professional selling, and financial consulting.
DECA is excited to announce the winners of the AT&T Later Haters Chartered Association Challenge who helped DECA collect a total of 17,243 pledges.
Each year, DECA’s corporate partners offer professional development scholarships to advisors. Congratulations to the 2019-2020 Johnson & Wales University advisor scholarship recipients!
DECA has a full lineup of educational conferences for its members and advisors coming in 2020 and beyond. Check out conference dates and locations, and be sure to mark your calendars now so you’ll never miss an amazing experience. Emerging…
Congratulations to the chapters selected to receive the VBC-DECA Hotel Challenge Curriculum Grant provided by the J. Willard & Alice S. Marriott Foundation. The curriculum grant will begin with the 2020-2021 school year and will continue for three years.
DECA and the Muscular Dystrophy Association are excited to announce this year's top 10 fundraising DECA chapters. To date, DECA members have raised both awareness and more than $5 million to help MDA fulfill their mission.
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.
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.
DECA is proud to announce the chapters, associations and individuals who have earned high honors for serving an exceptional number of members, advisors, alumni and business partners.
Jacklyn J. Schiller has spent more than 30 years providing exemplary activities for career and technical students and educators through her leadership as the Minnesota DECA Chartered Association Advisor. She began her involvement with DECA as a collegiate member in 1982 and eventually served as the 1984-1985 National President for Delta Epsilon Chi.
A lifelong educator, Dr. Brenda Clark, EdD, began her service as a DECA advisor in 1982 and spent nearly 40 years serving as a marketing teacher, school-to-work coordinator, career and technical director, professional development director and an educational association executive.
Mary Peres has provided nearly 40 years of dedicated service to DECA at all levels, from chapter advisor to DECA Inc. Board of Directors President. She has never missed a regional or international DECA conference since 1980 when she began as a Marketing Education Coordinator for Oceanside High School in New York.
DECA Inc. congratulates two recipients of the DECA Inc. Outstanding Service Award, one of DECA’s most prestigious recognitions - Karen Brettingen from Minnesota and Linda Smith of Georgia.
