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What is DECA? Mississippi DECA Coordinator MDE – Office of Student Organizations

DECA – Mission Statement • DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.

DECA – Career Choices • More than 70 percent of DECA members at the International Career Development Conference indicated that DECA has influenced their future career plans.

DECA – Education Choices • More than 65 percent indicated that DECA has influenced their future college plans.

Principles of Business Administration (PBA) – Principles of Business Management – Principles of Marketing – Principles of Hospitality and Tourism – Principles of Finance

Team Decision Making Events – Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making – Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making – Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making – Financial Services Team Decision Making – Hospitality Services Team Decision Making – Marketing Management Team Decision Making – Sports and Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making – Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making

Individual Events – Accounting Applications Series – Apparel and Accessories Series – Automotive Services Marketing Series – Business Finance Series – Entrepreneurship Series – Food Marketing Series – Hotel and Lodging Management Series – Human Resources Management Series

Individual Events, cont. – Marketing Communications Series – Personal Finance Literacy Series – Quick Serve Restaurant Management Series – Restaurant and Food Service Management Series – Retail Merchandising Series – Sports and Entertainment Marketing Series

Business Operations Events – Business Services Operations Research – human resources, IT, and personal and contracted services – Buying and Merchandising Operations Research – retail and wholesale businesses that provide consumer goods. – Finance Operations Research – banks, credit unions, accounting, investments and other financial businesses – Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research – hotels, restaurants and tourism-related businesses – Sports and Entertainment Marketing Research – businesses that conduct sporting and/or entertainment events.

2017 -2018 Business Operations Research Events Topic • The 2017 -2018 topic for each Business Operations career category is the development or enhancement of a customer experience management strategy. Participants will collaborate with a local business or organization to analyze current customer experience management strategies and then present a plan to improve the customer experience within the business or organization.

Chapter Team Events – Community Service Project – Creative Marketing Project – Entrepreneurship Promotion Project – Financial Literacy Promotion Project – Learn and Earn Project – Public Relations Project

Business Management and Entrepreneurship Events – – – Innovation Plan Franchise Business Plan Independent Business Plan Start-up Business Plan Business Growth Plan International Business Plan

Marketing Representative Events – Advertising Campaign – Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan – Sports and Entertainment Promotion Plan

Professional Selling Events – Financial Consulting Event – Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling – Professional Selling

2017 -2018 Professional Selling Events Topics • Financial Consulting For 2017 -2018 you will assume the role of a financial consultant. A recent college graduate has scheduled a meeting with you because he/she is interested in investing in a retirement plan. The college graduate would like you to make recommendations that will have the most positive financial impact. The college graduate is interested in how much to save, retirement plans available and how long to save.

Professional Selling Events, cont. • Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling Event For 2017 -2018 you will assume the role of a catering sales manager for a hotel. A potential client is interested in holding a three-day conference for 750 attendees at the hotel and is meeting with you to determine unique and creative catering options. Each conference attendee’s registration includes two breaks, a seated dinner, a reception and two lunches during the three-day conference.

Professional Selling Events, cont. • Professional Selling Event For 2017 -2018 you will assume the role of a sales representative of a virtual reality technologies firm. A human resources director of a major company has scheduled a meeting with you because he/she is interested in using virtual reality technology to create a training experience for the company’s employees. The human resources director wants to learn how your firm’s products will be beneficial to training the company’s employees.

Online Events – – – Stock Market Game Virtual Business Challenge – Personal Finance Virtual Business Challenge – Restaurant Virtual Business Challenge – Retail Virtual Business Challenge – Sports and Entertainment – Virtual Business Challenge – Hotel Management – Virtual Business Challenge - Accounting – *****NEW ****Virtual Business Challenge – Fashion

Important DECA Dates – September 5 - December 9, 2017 - Stock Market Game - FREE for all DECA Members – November 3 -5, 2017 - DECA Fall Leadership Conference; Whispering Woods Conference Center, Olive Branch, MS – October 23 - November 3, 2017 - FREE for all DECA Members Virtual Business Challenge – January 12, 2018 - District I Competition, Hinds CC – Rankin Campus, Pearl, MS – January 11, 2018 District II Competition, Olive Branch High, Olive Branch, MS – January 10, 2018 District III Competition, Itawamba CC, Belden Campus, Belden, MS – January 17, 2018 - District IV Competition, JCJC, Ellisville, MS January 19, 2018 - District V Competition, MGCCC – Jeff Davis Campus, Gulfport, MS

Important DECA Dates – January 9 - 19, 2018 – FREE for all DECA Members Virtual Business Challenge – Feb. 15 -16, 2018 DECA State Career Development Conference – Marriott Hotel, Downtown Jackson, MS – April 21 -24, 2018 - DOES NOT INCLUDE TRAVEL DATES DECA International Career Development Conference; Atlanta, GA – All advisors and students MUST stay in conference hotel(s) for ALL DECA conferences if more than 60 miles away.

Benefits to DECA Members – Career Exploration – Skill Enhancement – Instructional Reinforcement – Leadership Building – Communication Building – Professionalism

2017 -2018 DECA Officers Markel Purnell - District V Coordinator - Gulfport High School; Savannah Crosby - Vice President of Membership - Harrison CTC; Quinn Gordan - District I Coordinator East - Northwest Rankin High School; Kaylan Mc. Coy- District IV Coordinator - Ross Collins CTC; Aaliyah Spearman - District III Coordinator - Itawamba AHS; Kameron King - Vice President of Marketing - Olive Branch High School; Yesenia Olquin - Vice President of Communications - Pontotoc Ridge CTC; Caitlin Carson - District I Coordinator West - Hinds County CTC; Zoe Snyder - District II Coordinator - Olive Branch High School; Sam Emerson - President - Florence High School Please complete the Officer booklet if you wish to run for a 2018 -2019 Officer position and submit to Mississippi DECA by December 1, 2017

MS DECA Districts Please note that District One is split between East and West with Hwy 20 being the dividing line. There will still be ONE District I Conference.

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