1. Evaluati
on forms for all competitive events with a written entry may have more points allocated toward the executive summary on the written evaluation. Evaluation forms for the presentation of
Chapter Team Events
and evaluation forms for
Advertising Campaign
,
Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan
and
Sports and Entertainment Promotion Plan
have been revised.
2. The
Start Up Business Plan
can now be comprised of one to three members of the DECA chapter.
3. For the 2017-2018
Virtual Business Challenge
, teams have access to almost all the full simulation capabilities versus select simulation actions in previous years’ competitions. In addition, this year’s VBC will introduce shorter online qualifying rounds. Each VBC online qualifying round will be 11-days in length. The Virtual Business Challenge – Accounting has mini-challenges during each qualifying round. Visit
knowledgematters.com/highschool/competitions/deca
/ for complete details.
4. The
Virtual Business Challenge – Fashion
event will be added.
For questions about DECA’s Competitive Events Program, please contact Christopher Young, CAE, High School Division Director at
Christopher_Young@deca.org
.
Additional Helpful Information:
Special thank you to Bernadette Russoniello for the update!
