Category: DECA

State-bound!

Posted on by SrilekhaC

This past Saturday, TX DECA District 5 had our District Career Development Conference, and I am happy to inform all of y’all, my friends and I all made state for the second time in a row! I’m super excited to be going to state as last year was such a great experience. I met so many new people and even new people from our chapter that I just had never had the chance to converse yet. I’m sure state will be a great opportunity to meet even more new people so I’m really hyped for it!

My sister and I competed in the Integrated Marketing Campaign written event in which we wrote 10 pages detailing a marketing campaign for a product. My other friends both did role plays in entrepreneurship and marketing. I’m so proud of them and us as well as the people I know who didn’t even make state. We all worked so hard for this and the experience at district really provides a learning curve for all students attending.

Texas DECA State Career Development Conference, better known as SCDC, will be taking place February 21-23 and unfortunately UIL Solo and Ensemble will be on February 23, so I don’t know what I’m going to do for that.

Best of luck to all participants in the upcoming DCDCs and SCDCs and hope to see y’all in Orlando, Florida in April for ICDC! #READYFORIT

It’s time to take the DECA test, and I’m freaking out

Posted on by SrilekhaC

AHHH! The DECA marketing cluster exam is this Wednesday. How did it come upon us so fast?! My chapter is holding all DECA preliminary testing this Wednesday, and I’m so not “Ready For It.” I’ve practiced a couple tests and definitely didn’t score well enough to make ICDC and I’m stressed out of my mind. Two more days to study and I really don’t know what to do.

Do any of y’all know the score to even make ICDC? I’ve worked so hard on the written event and I haven’t really been studying as much as I should. Besides the stress of testing coming up, I’m super excited for DECA district. I get to see my friend who moved to another school so that’s going to be really fun.

DECA has become a part of my life now, and I cherish every moment of this journey. I can’t wait to have fun with my friends and have a successful conference. Wishing you all the best of luck and hopefully will see you guys in Florida for ICDC!

It’s DECA Season!

Posted on by SrilekhaC

So, it’s time for DECA. It’s time to take the test, present our hard work, and sit back and receive our hard earned medals and glass. I’m, of course, no DECA expert, but I have had my fair share of DECA success. Last year, freshman year, one of my best friends and I competed in the Advertising Campaign event, which is now split into three different events, the Integrated Marketing Campaign event. We made it past district to state, but unfortunately didn’t make ICDC, which is understandable as we chose one of the harder events rather than the primary business events that most freshmen take.

This year, my sister and I have taken on the challenge of the Integrated Marketing Campaign Product event. At first, I definitely thought it would be much easier to compete in one of the sub events of the event I did last year. I finally started actually working on it this week, and I realized that there is just so much to consider. I haven’t even gotten past the description because there are so many factors to this event. I’ll keep you guys updated on my progress, but as of right now, I’m trying to work on it as much as possible. It just takes so much time though. If you have any tips for me, please comment them below! Make sure to leave a like as well!

My favorite part of DECA has been hanging out with friends. DECA is such a friendly organization and you can meet so many different people. I will never forget that state conference in Dallas last year, and even the district one, and I can’t wait for three more in the years to come. DECA truly is something special. Another part of DECA that I love has been simply been competing in events. I’ve grown to love written events, even though they’re a ton of work.

#1 thing to do in a written event presentation: BE CONFIDENT. Make sure you know what you’re talking about. Create some unique aspects to your presentation. Have good visuals. BE DIFFERENT. Stand out against the rest of the competitors. Don’t get nervous. Be kind and thank the judge. Answer questions confidently and know your topic well enough to do this.

Perfection is unattainable, but ICDC isn’t. I don’t know much about role plays but I can near promise you that if you follow all of those tips for written event presentations, you will be ICDC bound.

Ok actually, I don’t promise it, because DECA is also about your knowledge in the actual business itself. But, good luck to all and have fun!

May the odds be ever in your favor this DECA season! Hope to see y’all at ICDC!

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