Marketing & Money
A short, catchy tune or phrase used in commercials to help people remember a product.
What is a jingle?
A person who takes on the financial risk to build and run their own new business venture.
Who is an entrepreneur?
The professional attire piece required for all competitors when presenting to a judge.
What is the official DECA blazer?
Southside DECA's highly popular, Gold-Level recertified School-Based Enterprise café.
What is Southern Grounds?
What is Southside's official mascot?
What is a Maverick?
A unique design, symbol, or word used to represent a company, like the famous Nike Swoosh.
What is a logo?
A brief, 30-second speech that explains a business idea quickly enough to pitch to an investor during a short elevator ride.
What is an elevator pitch?
The geometric shape of DECA's official logo symbol, which represents its core principles.
What is a diamond?
Who is Ms. Boatright and Mrs. Watson?
Because of massive emergency structural roof repairs, this major campus room is closed, forcing Southside students to eat lunch in the East Safe Room.
What is the cafeteria?
The total financial gain a business makes after paying for all its costs and expenses.
A written document that outlines a new company’s goals, marketing strategy, and financial plans.
What is a business plan?
The competitive event style where you act out a business scenario and solve a problem on the spot in front of an industry judge.
What is a role-play?
Who is the president of SHS DECA?
Who is Aamina Siddiqui
The specific street location of Southside High School in Fort Smith.
What is Gary Street?
The specific group of people that a business designs its products for and wants to sell to.
What is a target market?
The stage where a business has made exactly enough money to cover its expenses, making zero profit but suffering zero loss.
What is the break-even point?
The massive, international end-of-year conference where qualifiers travel to compete for a DECA glass trophy.
What is ICDC (International Career Development Conference)?
Southside DECA heads to this specific Arkansas city every year for the State Career Development Conference to compete for a spot at nationals.
What is Hot Springs, Arkansas?
Southside DECA partners with student council and gives back to the local Fort Smith community every year by organizing this life-saving campus event.
What is the annual blood drive?
The four foundational elements of marketing, collectively known as the 4 P's.
What are Product, Price, Place, and Promotion?
A type of business that is owned and operated by just one single person who is personally liable for its debts.
What is a sole proprietorship?
The four distinct business career clusters that frame DECA's competitive event structure.
What are Marketing, Finance, Hospitality & Tourism, and Business Management & Administration?
What room does Ms. Boatright teach in?
What is room 1008?
What school is the best side?