DECA trophy
DECA is an association of over 180,000 high school and college students from around the world that focuses on manifesting and improving skills in marketing, management, and entrepreneurship. Throughout the year, DECA hosts several competitive events, and members perform many hours of community service, always seeking to develop and strengthen their leadership skills.
On January 17-19, DECA held the Northern California CDC (NorCal) competition in the San Ramon Marriott, where 1500 students from dozens of schools came to compete. Students stayed in the San Ramon Marriott for three days to take part in the NorCal competition. This experience, in addition to strengthening their skills and testing their knowledge in business-related topics, encouraged students to be independent and provided the perfect platform for them to learn and have fun simultaneously.
Manasi Maheshwari, a freshman from American High School, participated in business management section. She says that “DECA was an awesome experience where I learned a lot of public speaking, quick thinking, analytical skills and team work. It took coordinated efforts to prepare and compete in the events”. Manasi won first prize in the role play and third prize overall in the Regional DECA competitions.
DECA competitions consist of three parts: role-plays, a multiple-choice exam, and a written event. Role-plays are one-on-one situations where the competitor is presented with a prompt based on a selected topic (business management, finance, marketing, hospitality & tourism, etc.). They are judged based on confidence, knowledge of material, and skill in relaying information.
The next aspect of the competition is a hundred question multiple-choice exam testing knowledge of the student’s selected topic. Finally, in the written event, competitors create and demonstrate a presentation as if they are representatives of a business who have developed a business plan.
India Post News Service
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