Written Events
Describe Writtens
A report between 10-30 pages based on a prompt that DECA gives you, includes interactive component with an industry professional serving as a judge
Year that DECA was founded
1946 (2021 is DECA's 75th anniversary)
# of conferences throughout the year
3
Time to complete a written
3.5 months
Official DECA Colors
Blue and Gold
two categories of competitive events
Writtens and Roleplays
Presentation time for a written
10-15 minutes
Name of DECA's official magazine
DECA Direct
3 conference dates
SVCDC: January 7-9, 2022
SCDC: February 24-27, 2022
ICDC: April 23-26, 2022
Name 5 written events
BOR, BMOR, FOR, HTOR, STOR, PMBS, PMCD, PMCA, PMCG, etc.
# of high school chapters
3200
Two examples of events from both categories of events
Writtens:
BOR, BMOR, STOR, FOR, etc.
Rolpelays:
PBM, BLTDM, ETDM, FTDM, HTDM, etc.
What is an Operations Research event?
Operations Research events involve working with a company closely to perform research that helps solve a prompt. 20-page report, 15 minutes presentation.
# of members
152,000
2021 ICDC, SCDC Conference Locations
ICDC: Atlanta