3/27 DECA Meeting

Agenda

• ICDC Information
• ICDC Testing
• Business Week
• Competition Prep.
• Reminders/Housekeeping
• Time to Talk with the Exec Board

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ICDC Travel Information

• Saturday, April 15th:
• Meet up early in the morning, carpool to Chicago
• Flight leaves from O’Hare at 7:30AM
• Arrive in Orlando at 11:10AM
• Hotel Information:
• Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista - Disney Springs Area
• 1751 Hotel Plaza Blvd, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
• Wednesday, April 19th:
• Check-out by 11AM
• Flight leaves from Orlando at 3:05PM
• Arrive in Chicago at 5:10PM
• Carpool back to Madison

ICDC Schedule Preview

ICDC Cost Information

• Total Base Cost: $485
• Already paid $200 deposit
• Remaining Fees Due:
• W/ Universal: $415
• No Universal: $285
• Please pay by April 3rd
• Venmo (@DECA_UW) or bring to a meeting

Based on what you marked on the registration form

ICDC Testing

• Will be taking today → room 1270 after the meeting
• 60 minutes and 100 questions
• Can use scratch paper and a calculator

Questions?

Business Week

Tuesday - Free Insomnia cookies 10:30am-1pm

Wednesday - Day of the badger 9am-Noon

Bucky 10am - 11am

Mental Health panel - 5:30pm-6:30pm (Mark Laplante and Kristen Fuhremann)

Thursday - Pie a professor 4pm-6pm

Saturday - Org dodgeball tournament 1pm-3pm

Questions?

Competition Tips- Overview

More in depth from last semester LINK

Event Layout Review

Case Study/ Role-Play

Individual

Team

• 30 min prep time
• 15 min presentation
• Correlating exam

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• 60 min prep time
• 15 min presentation
• No exam

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Tips and Tricks- Kayla’s 6 Rules for Success

• Performance Indicators!!!! - The most important
• Word for word, title your slides
• Well prepared slide show
• Skeleton: easy to read and edit
• Confidence, eye contact, enthusiasm
• Fake it until you make it!

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SO TRUE!

Tips and Tricks- Kayla’s 6 Rules for Success

• Timing
• 15 minutes INCLUDING questions
• Know the facts and use them
• Find in your prompt, drop them in presentation
• Know the roles
• Introduce yourself as your title, name drop the judges title too

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Tips and Tricks- Based on State

• Pay attention to how you are carrying yourself
• Don’t fidget, play with your hair, stare at the screen, etc.
• Grammar/spelling!
• Add grammarly to your browser or press the review button once you finish your slides
• Social media!!!
• You CANNOT just say “promoting through social media”
• What forms specifically target your intended market, are you boosting your ads (by location, demographic, etc.), set yourself apart

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Tips and Tricks- Based on State

• Close the deal/ closing slide
• Follow up meeting? Biannual check-ins? What is the next step?
• Make a closing thank you slide with your contact information
• SLOW DOWN, TAKE A DEEP BREATH
• A LOT of pointers on this, don’t rush, you got it!
• Slay

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Practice Role-Play

Practice Role-Play

• Treat this like the real thing
• Timed (if you finish early or need to leave early no worries)
• Team: 1 hour (if you both are here)
• Make slides if you can! Good practice!
• Present to exec board!
• OPTIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL COMPETITORS
• If you finish your exam early, prep/ present today
• Prep. today or another time and present next week

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Questions?

If you have additional questions about Competition prep, please contact Kayla Buth (Kbuth@wisc.edu)

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Reminders/Upcoming Events

• Next week: Speaker Meeting on 4/3 at 6pm in Grainger 1195
• Also time to practice for competition
• If you still haven’t picked up state feedback forms, please see us
• Pay remainder of ICDC costs by April 3rd
• Check email for updates!
• Check out our website for meeting links, competition prep, contact information, and more!!