What is Success?
 Leadership: “It’s in the doing!”
 Pride: “It’s achieving the desired outcome.”
Our Students
 Bring classroom application to the work setting
 The skills they learn leads to careers
 Careers our world are counting on
Career Outlook
Only 20% of all jobs are in professions
technical
65% of all jobs are
skilled occupations
professional
JOBS
unskilled trade
Only 15% are unskilled
Source: Statistics Canada 2005
Who are these faces?
Student members in your community
representing the province of
Ontario
What do students need to
succeed?
Academic skills
Practical Job skills
Employability skills
What are employability
skills?
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Communication
Team working
Leadership
Goal setting
Resource management
Using technology
Personal responsibility
Higher-order thinking
These essentials skills
promote
Academic Success
Self-Confidence
Positive Attitudes
Career Success
Organizations like ours…
• Only business student organization in
Canada run by students, for students
• Non-profit organization whose main
financial source is from our members’
dues
• $35 per student ($20 Dues/$15 Regionals)
• $30 Chapter fee (waived for new schools)
Collectively we represent
• 160 000 students DECA members,
internationally
• 58 000 instructors
• 15 265 chapters
• 3 081 national business sponsors and partners
Canada, United States, Mexico, Germany, South
Korea, Puerto Rico and Guam
….. in Ontario
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6 195 DECA members
179 Chapter Advisors
150 Chapters
20 national business sponsors and partners
Partnerships in Ontario
• Avery Dennison Limited
• AYJ Global
• Certified General Accountants of
Ontario
• Certified Management Accountants
of Ontario
• CIBC
• DECA U
• Dreams Take Flight
• Evolution Foods, LLC
• Georgian College - Canadian
Automotive Institute
• Historica - Encounters with Canada
• Humber The Business School
• Institute of Chartered Accountants
of Ontario
• Mei Academy
• Ministry of Small Business and
Consumer Services
• Seneca College
• Sheraton Centre
• University of Guelph
• University of Waterloo
• Vector Marketing
• Wrigley's Canada
Who are we?
Our Mission
is to engage, educate, and empower students
through experiential business learning in
becoming leaders of their communities.
Mission Achieved
Through
• Leadership Programmes
• Workplace Skills Assessment Programmes
• Special Recognition Awards Programmes
Our DECA activities and events are
co-curricular enhancing students’
academic programmes
Our Purpose
• To develop student leadership and
community responsibility
• To develop competence in
business, technology, and
interpersonal skills
• To develop an understanding of
the business environment
• To develop organizational, people,
and time management skills
CNN News Report
Workplace Skills
Assessment Program
DECA students compete yearly in business-related events at
the regional, provincial, and international levels. These events
develop, measure, and recognize the leadership abilities,
technical skills, and classroom training of students.
Information Processing
Programming Languages
Networking
Accounting
Administration
Starting your Own Business
Multimedia Design
Developing Business Plans
Communication Skills
Parliamentary Procedure
Membership
• Ontario is divided into 9 regions ~ primarily by
School Boards
• Ontario has the fourth highest membership with
over 6 100 members in the Secondary and 990
members in the Post-Secondary divisions
Membership Services
 Special Recognition Awards
 Business Partnerships
 Internship Opportunities
 Guest Speakers
 Job Shadowing/Office Tours
 Scholarships
 Preparation for Future Careers
Community Partnerships
DECA Ontario’s official charity is Dreams Take Flight.
Each year, we send critically ill kids to Disney Land. To
date, we’ve raised over $18 000 for this worthwhile
cause.
Sample activities include:
Relay for Life
Dance Fundraisers
Other volunteer programmes
DECA & You
 Publicity
 Internships
 Promotional Marketing
 Volunteer Opportunities
Annual Financials
DECA Ontario Financial Budget Information
Membership Dues /Regionals($35 per student):
$ 210 000 (24%)
Conference Income
(fall, provincial and international conferences):
$ 620 000 (70%)
Business & Industry Contributions:
$ 50 000 ( 6%)
DECA Overall Budget:
$880 000
Become a
Corporate Sponsor
Sponsorship levels to fit your
company’s needs:
Diamond Level
Platinum Level
Gold Level
Silver Level
$10 000
$ 7 500
$ 5 000
$ 2 500
Individual Scholarship:
Alumni or Friend of DECA
$1 000
$ 100
Calendar of Sponsorship
Events
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September ~ Fall Leadership Conference
November ~ Nine Regional Qualifiers
December ~ Written Business Proposals Workshop
February ~ Provincials Competition and Leadership
Conference
• April/May ~ International Leadership Conference
• July ~ Chapter Officer Leadership Training
• August ~ Alumni Socials
Student Success
• There are 13 million students in high school
• Each one wants to be successful at work and in life
• DECA Ontario is dedicated to helping each student reach
that goal
Where to Reach Us
DECA Ontario
100 Richmond Street West
Suite 341
Toronto, Ontario
M5H 3K6
416 363-3322
www.deca.ca
DECA Ontario