Event Types 101
This type of event is specifically designed for first-year DECA members.
What is a Principles Event?
You can compete with one partner in this type of event.
What is a Team Decision Making Event?
The maximum length of most written projects submitted to DECA.
What is 20 pages?
You get this many minutes to prepare for an individual role-play.
What is ten minutes?
ICDC stands for this.
What is International Career Development Conference?
DECA has this many careeer clusters.
What are four?
This event type always has one participant and focuses on industry-specific skills.
What is an Individual Series Event?
This written event you create a promotional campaign for a company or cause.
A. Start-Up Business Plan
B. Integrated Marketing Campaign
C. Franchise Business Plan
D. Financial Literacy Project
What is B. Integrated Marketing Campaign?
You typically have this long to present your role-play.
To qualify for ICDC, students usually must do this at their state competition.
What is place 1st, 2nd, or 3rd?
These events involve a 100-question exam and one or two role-plays.
What are Individual Series or Principles Events?
This event combines two partners analyzing a real-world business scenario in 30 minutes and presenting for 15 minutes.
❓ What is a Team Decision Making Event?
One of these is NOT a Virtual Business Challenge area.
A. Personal Finance
B. Sports
C. Restaurant
D. Retail Fashion
What is D. Retail Fashion?
DECA judges use this to evaluate role-play performance.
What are performance indicators?
DECA’s mission is to prepare emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, management, hospitality, and this area.
These events are completed fully online using simulations and tests.
What are Virtual Business Challenge Events?
The Hospitality Services Decision Making event is an example of this.
What is a Team Decision Making Event?
The Business Growth Plan (EGB) event focuses on...
A. Launching a new business
B. Improving an existing student business
C. Advertising a product
D. Analyzing a case study
What is B. Improving an existing student business?
About 40% of your total score in a role-play event comes from this part.
What is the exam?
DECA’s core values include competence, innovation, integrity, and this.
What is teamwork?
In this event type, students submit a written report before competition and present it to a judge.
What are Written Events?
The Business Services Marketing event is an example of this.
What is an Individual Series Event?
The software that is commonly used in the Virtual Business Challenge.
A. Canva
B. Excel
C. Knowledge Matters
D. HubSpot
What is C. Knowledge Matters?
These four key areas — Product, Price, Place, and Promotion — are often part of a marketing role-play analysis.
What is the Marketing Mix?
This major city hosted the 2024 ICDC.
What is Anaheim, California?