Jill’s Weekly DECA Emails

Hello Everyone, 

I hope your first few days of school are going well. It is fun to feel the excitement as students head back to school.

Here are a few things for the week.

PROMOTIONAL VIDEO

Our State Officers have made a fantastic video for you to use in your classroom. Here is the link for it https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DT9e9kJstPVU1BXNEsodQZXw7n7j3pyI/view or it is on our webpage.

The National DECA promo video is also great this year. You can find it at https://www.deca.org/hs

FALL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

We are excited about our Utah DECA Fall Conference. It will be September 21. Here is the agenda:

7:45-8:15- Registration 

8:15-8:45 – Session 1

8:45-8:50 – Break time

8:50-9:20 – Session 2

9:20-9:25 – Break time

9:25-9:55 – Session 3

9:55-10:00 – Break time

10:00-10:30- Session 4

Leave Megaplex

10:30-12:00 – Lunch/Chapter Planning time

12:00 – Meet at Salt Palace

12:30-2:00 – Closing Session

2:00-8:00 – FanX

Times in the afternoon might be slightly adjusted once all the logistics get in place for getting all DECA participants into the Salt Palace while the FANX opening is happening.

Students will pick 4 breakout sessions in the morning to attend. They will have 8 options to choose from. We will then leave the Megaplex. Chapters will be on their own for lunch and planning time. We will meet back at the Salt Palace at 12:00 (more details on where to go will come) and our Closing Session will be from 12:30-2:00. At the end of the Closing Sessions, chapters will be able to attend FANX. 

The cost for the conference is $40 per attendee. Includes conference, conference activities, and DECA swag. Students must be registered with National DECA to register and attend the Fall Conference. We are limited to 900 students attending this conference. I do not anticipate having to limit anyone from coming. Last year we had 752 students attend FLC. We have planned on 15 from each school. We understand that some bring less and some more. If you are planning on bringing more than 15 students, could you please let me know. If we foresee an issue, I will be in touch with you.

Registration is at https://www.decaregistration.com/ut-flc. We are still working on how to distribute the FANX tickets. It may require an email for each student, but I am hoping to be able to just send them to each advisor. I will keep you updated.

Dress code for FLC is Business Casual or DECA/school shirts and jeans or nice pants. No shorts. Due to all the different activities, we feel this is appropriate dress.

I have attached a flyer and a release form for FLC.

ADVISOR PLC

We will be having a DECA and FBLA combined advisor professional learning conference on Thursday, September 7 from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm at the Mountain American Corporate Office Building. This is for new and experienced advisors.  

This will be free for all affiliated advisors and will cost $40 for anyone who is non-affiliated.  

I have attached a flyer with information. 

To register for the event please go to https://distefano.wufoo.com/forms/fbla-deca-adviser-plc 

WEBSITE

Our website is up and running! We will be putting information on the website throughout the year. The website is www.utahdeca.org. If there is something you want on the website, please let me know.

DECA WELCOME BACK BOX 

If you were a chapter last year, you should be receiving your Welcome Back Box from National DECA. If you are a new chapter, once you register your chapter you will receive the box. It contains some helpful material. 

DECADIRECT.ORG 

This is a great resource to use to get information from DECA and resources to use in your classroom and clubs.

Several things for you for this week.

ADVISOR TRAINING

The last day to register for the Advisor Training is today! Go to https://distefano.wufoo.com/forms/fbla-deca-adviser-plc to register. The training is on September 7, one week from today. We will send out all the details next week.

AGGIE INVITE

I have received more information about the Aggie Invite. They have asked us to pass this along. Information was sent out earlier this week about the Aggie Invite.

We have also received some concerns about students only being allowed to compete in one event in total. As a leadership team, we have decided to lift this limit and replace it with students being allowed to compete in one DECA event AND one FBLA event. We are hoping this will allow students the opportunity to see what events are like from both clubs and hopefully expand memberships for the different clubs. I have attached a message below with more information about this change. Would you be able to forward it to advisors again? We are working on registration details and what it will look like with these new changes, but I will keep you informed and let you know once a decision is made.

Check-in is from 7:00 – 8:15 a.m. with the Welcome starting at 8:30 a.m. Then Awards are scheduled to go on until 4:00 p.m.

FALL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

We are excited about our Utah DECA Fall Conference. It will be September 21. Here is the agenda: 

7:45-8:15- Registration  

8:15-8:45 – Session 1 

8:45-8:50 – Break time 

8:50-9:20 – Session 2 

9:20-9:25 – Break time 

9:25-9:55 – Session 3 

9:55-10:00 – Break time 

10:00-10:30- Session 4 

Leave Megaplex 

10:30-12:00 – Lunch/Chapter Planning time 

12:00 – Meet at Salt Palace 

12:30-2:00 – Closing Session 

2:00-8:00 – FanX 

Times in the afternoon might be slightly adjusted once all the logistics get in place for getting all DECA participants into the Salt Palace while the FANX opening is happening. 

Students will pick 4 breakout sessions in the morning to attend. They will have 8 options to choose from. We will then leave the Megaplex. Chapters will be on their own for lunch and planning time. We will meet back at the Salt Palace at 12:00 (more details on where to go will come) and our Closing Session will be from 12:30-2:00. At the end of the Closing Sessions, chapters will be able to attend FANX.  

The cost for the conference is $40 per attendee. Includes conference, conference activities, and DECA swag. Students must be registered with National DECA to register and attend the Fall Conference. We are limited to 900 students attending this conference. I do not anticipate having to limit anyone from coming. Last year we had 752 students attend FLC. We have planned on 15 from each school. We understand that some bring less and some more. If you are planning on bringing more than 15 students, could you please let me know. If we foresee an issue, I will be in touch with you. 

Registration is at https://www.decaregistration.com/ut-flc. The deadline to register is September 13.

Dress code for FLC is Business Casual or DECA/school shirts and jeans or nice pants. No shorts. Due to all the different activities, we feel this is appropriate dress. 

MEMBERSHIP

As you are starting to do your DECA Membership, please register your members with their legal names (the name that is on their driver’s license or school ID). This will save you lots of time when it comes time for ICDC.

Thank you to all the advisors who attended the Advisor Training yesterday. It was great to meet all the new advisors, and to see everyone again. A special thanks to Duke Di Stefano, Luccile Brizzee, and Dale Pollard for helping to plan the training. Also, a huge thank you to Kyle Stanger and Angie Larsen for presenting and to Corner Canyon DECA and Herriman DECA and FBLA for bringing students to share their projects. We have incredible people part of Utah DECA!

And now all the information you could want for the week!

FALL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

The registration deadline for FLC is Thursday, September 14 by 10:00pm. Get your students registered! Registration is at https://www.decaregistration.com/ut-flc.

I have been asked about the breakout sessions. Here are a few of them: 

• What the Hecka is DECA?
• Chapter Officer Training/Running for State Office
• Entrepreneurship – Presented by Street Smartz
• Presentation Skills – Presented by Miss Teen Utah
• Creating a fan atmosphere – Presented by University of Utah Sports Marketing
• Advocating for yourself and others – Presented by Kristen Andrus
• More coming!

Plus, our closing will be done by the Marketing Team for FANX. It is going to be a great conference!

Fall Conference is Thursday, September 21 at the Gateway Megaplex theater and the Salt Palace. 

Here is the agenda:  

7:45-8:15- Registration   

8:15-8:45 – Session 1  

8:45-8:50 – Break time  

8:50-9:20 – Session 2  

9:20-9:25 – Break time  

9:25-9:55 – Session 3  

9:55-10:00 – Break time  

10:00-10:30- Session 4  

Leave Megaplex  

10:30-12:00 – Lunch/Chapter Planning time  

12:00 – Meet at Salt Palace  

12:15-2:00 – Closing Session  

2:00-8:00 – FanX  

Remember any student attending FLC, must be a registered DECA member with National DECA.

AGGIE INVITE

I have received lots of questions about the Aggie Invite. They have created a website to help answer questions. Please go to https://huntsman.usu.edu/aggie-invitational for Aggie Invite information.

MEMBERSHIP

At the Fall Leadership Conference, we will be talking more about our Membership Campaigns for the year. However, I wanted to let you know about two that are coming up soon. 

• National DECA is the first one. Submit at least 10 student members and one chapter advisor by September 30, and receive a digital download of the 2023 Principles of Business Administration Events Preparation Materials and the 2023 Business Administration Core Association Exam for your chapter. Purchasing DECA+ this year? If so, you’ll receive a $40 discount instead of the digital downloads. That is awesome!

• The state membership campaign is, for any chapter that has 20 registered and paid members with National DECA by October 1, each member will receive a button pin. 

Start registering your members today!

UTAH DECA LOGOS

I have been asked about the Utah DECA logos we have created. They are available for you at https://utahdeca.org/utah-deca-logos/

I hope everyone has a great weekend!