Georgia DECA Board of Directors
Director
Sharon Shahan
Position
President, Central Region
Location
Rockdale Career Academy
Vacant Western Region
Tom Schwarz
Joey Wills
Bob O”Keefe
Rhonda Johnson
Ex-Officio
Shannon Aaron
Linda Smith
Jason Weiss
Bob Armbruster
Walter Burgess
President Elect, Southern Region Camden County High School
Northwest Region Dalton High School
Northeast Region Grayson High School
Secretary, Eastern Region
Position
Executive Director
Program Specialist
GMEA President
Board President
Industry Certification Chair
Winder Barrow High School
Location
Georgia DECA
DOE
Bibb County Schools
DECA Foundation

• Western- 2012-2015
• Application available next week
• If more than 1 candidate from each region, the region will vote per survey monkey
• First meeting is at Fall LDC

• WorkWinWow is now Power Up (DECA and GMEA Conference)
• No Marketing Decision Making (state event)
• New SBE Academy at State CDC
• Now Accepting Credit Cards
• All Conference Housing goes through GA
DECA
• New: Advisor Training Program

• Promotional Campaign
• Global Entrepreneurship Week Campaign
• Community Service Campaign
• Membership Campaign
• Advocacy Campaign

REWARDS AND RECOGNITION
• One Campaign
– Pennant
– Certificate
• Two Campaigns
– Pennant
– Plaque
– DECA flag
– Three allocations to
THRIVE ACADEMY at ICDC

REWARDS AND RECOGNITION
• One Category
– Pennant
– Certificate
• Two Categories
– Pennant
– Plaque
– DECA flag
– Three allocations to
THRIVE ACADEMY at ICDC

REWARDS AND RECOGNITION
All Categories
• Pennant
• Plaque from DECA’s
Congressional Advisory Board
• Letter of Recognition

• Start early and plan ahead.
• Engage your chapter leadership.
• Take plenty of photos.
• Be smart. Use synergy.
• Think about your target markets.
• Use DECA’s featured programs and activities
• Track your progress with the Make It Count poster.

http://www.deca.org/page/challenges/

• Development of a plan to rebrand an existing business or organization to add value to the brand
• Efforts may include, but are not limited to, new logos, new mission statements, new signage, new digital media, new store layouts

HTPS
• Service training provider for a hospitality corporation selling training plan for hospitality workers in city
PSE
• Sales representative for table maker selling tablets to school system

Comprehensive Advisor Training
Program
Recognition/Incentives
(Must Attend Drive In, Power Up, & Fall LDC)
• Advisor Certificate-DECA Comprehensive Advisor Training
• Advisor Ribbon-DECA Comprehensive Advisor Training
• Letter to CTAE Director/Principal
• Names on Screen at State CDC
Event/Conference
Regional Drive In Meetings
Fall LDC
Power UP
Training Topic
Make it Count
Using School Based Enterprises as a Classroom Learning
Laboratory
1. Using DECA to Support the Common Core & 21 st Century
Skills
2. Performance Indicators Beyond Competition
3. Promoting DECA through Social Media

• Per the Program of Work, your chapter must be PAID and AFFILIATED by
October 1, 2013
• You do not have to have every member by this date, but you must be registered and affiliated
• This report will be forwarded to the State
Department

• Friday, October 11th
• Agenda:
9:30am-10:00am Registration
10:00am-11:30am General Session/Keynote
12:00pm
1:00pm
1:00pm
Lunch (on your own)
Fair Rides Open
DECA Theme Speech
Competition
(open to spectators)

• Individual Theme Speech Event (Top 10)
– 1 st Place- $150, Plaque, Ribbon
– 2 nd Place- $100, Ribbon
– 3 rd Place- $75, Ribbon
– 4 th Place- $50, Ribbon
– 5 th Place- $25, Ribbon
– 6 th – 10 th Place- Ribbon

• Chapter T-shirt Design(Top 10)
– 1 st Place- $150, Plaque, Ribbon
– 2 nd Place- $100, Ribbon
– 3 rd Place- $75, Ribbon
– 4 th Place- $50, Ribbon
– 5 th Place- $25, Ribbon
– 6 th – 10 th Place- Ribbon

• Brochure Event-Membership or Community
Service (Top 10)
– 1 st Place- $150, Plaque, Ribbon
– 2 nd Place- $100, Ribbon
– 3 rd Place- $75, Ribbon
– 4 th Place- $50, Ribbon
– 5 th Place- $25, Ribbon
– 6 th – 10 th Place- Ribbon

Fall Leadership Development
Conference
• October 24-25, 2013 (Renaissance Waverly, Atlanta, GA)
– Pre-Conference Workshops
– Leadership Villages
– Statesman Test (no charge!, must score 90%)
– Membership Recruitment Competition
1 st Place- Plaque & 1 ICDC Slot
2 nd Place- Plaque & 1 ICDC Slot
3 rd Place- Plaque & 1 ICDC Slot
– Leadership Workshops (geared toward advisors, chapter officers, new members, & competitive events)
– Foundation Theme Baskets
– Dance

• Sunday, November 10, 2013
• Atlanta Falcons vs. Seattle Seahawks
• Special Price $45.
• $5 per ticket goes to the DECA
Foundation
• Encourage participation!

• November 18-22, 2013
• Online Testing, Top 10 earn slots to ICDC
• Cost- $5 per student
• At Home School, Students test only once, limit 1 test per student
• Tests
– Advertising Services
– Buying & Merchandising
– Entrepreneurship
– Free Enterprise Economics
– Marketing Math
– Selling

• Online Testing January 16-22, 2014
• Testing opens 8am on January 16 th and closes at
5pm on January 22nd
• Region Hosts will receive results by 8am on
January 23 rd
• Only Principles of Business & Administration
Events and Individual Series Events will participate in Online Testing
• Role Plays will take place at Region Competition.
• Need Region Hosts
• Cost- $8 for state fee plus region fee
• New this year- No Marketing Decision Making

• February 3-6, 2014
• Results will be sent out before State CDC
Early Bird Deadline
• Events:
– Principles of Business & Admin (Top 20)
– Individual Series (Top 20)
– Team Decision Making (Top 15)
– Marketing Representative Events
– Professional Selling

• February 27-March 1 (Sheraton Hotel
Atlanta)
• Schedule Same as Last year
• New: SBE Academy
• State Officer Handbook & Guidelines are the same as last year

ICDC
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• It is IMPERATIVE that advisors, chapters, alumni, and parents support the
Foundation!
• Incentives: With a $25 donation…
– The chapter will receive (1) extra competitor slot to be used at region or state
• You can receive (1) slot for an advisor donation and
(1) slot for a chapter donation for a total of (2) slots
– The chapter members will be eligible to apply for needs scholarships

• Each advisor that is a PAID and CURRENT member of ACTE/GACTE/GMEA will receive
(2) extra competitor slots for their chapter to use at region or state competition
• You must be PAID and CURRENT through
March 1, 2014
• Please check your membership to see if it is coming up for renewal so you don’t miss out!
• Deadline to renew membership or join for extra competitor slots is December 1, 2013