20210-21 Event Changes:

Virtual Business Challenge – Entrepreneurship event will be added.

The Virtual Business Challenge competition will change. For each track, all 16 teams will compete in two sessions, and the final rankings will be determined based on the cumulative score from both sessions.

Team Decision Making Events will combine the 10-minute presentation and 5-minute judge questions period to 15 minutes for presentation and judge questions.

Business Solutions Project will upload their written entry electronically for ICDC as DECA pilots electronic written entry submission. 

Business Operations Research

The 2020-2021 topic for each career category is the development of a strategy to rebuild customer loyalty and spending as a result of business disruption for at least the previous six months. Participants will collaborate with a local business or organization to analyze the current state of business operations as a result of business disruption and explore strategies to rebuild customer loyalty and spending. Participants will then present a strategic plan to rebuild customer loyalty and spending.

• Brands must help rebuild society post-coronavirus
• An open brief to invent our future now (with an awesome worksheet packet)
• How Global Bands Are Responding To The COVID-19 Crisis
• An open brief for being a useful brand during COVID-19
• Maintaining customer loyalty and trust during times of uncertainty
• How Brands Can Manage a Travel Industry Crisis
• How retail banks can keep the lights on during the COVID-19 crisis — and recalibrate for the future
• MMGY: Travel Recovery to Happen Sooner Than Expected

Professional Selling

For 2020-2021, you will assume the role of a sales representative of a virtual tour software company. The director of admissions for a local college has scheduled a meeting with you because he/she has a desire to utilize virtual tours as a recruitment tool for incoming freshmen. He/she wants to learn how your company’s products and services can be beneficial to his/her college and how your company can stand out amongst the rest.

• How to Make the Most of Virtual College Tours
• Capterra: Virtual Tour Software

Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling

For 2020-2021, you will assume the role of a sales representative of a hospitality and tourism marketing agency. The director of sales and marketing of a recently re-opened 595 luxury guestroom resort is interested in your digital marketing services to promote the features of the resort to drive online bookings. The resort features an infinity pool, water park, golf course, spa, six food and beverage outlets including two exquisite restaurants, movie theatre and 100,000 square feet of meeting space. You have a meeting scheduled with the director of sales and marketing to present your company’s hospitality-specific products and services and price points.

• Some examples of digital marketing firms focused on hospitality and tourism include:
  • Incite Response
  • Travel Click
  • Revinate
  • Fuel
• Relationship-Based Hospitality Marketing
• Hotel Marketing; The Latest Trends in the Hotel Industry

Financial Consulting

For 2020-2021, you will assume the role of a financial consultant. A millennial client has scheduled a meeting with you for advice on debt consolidation. The millennial, who was recently furloughed from his/her professional job, already had credit card bills, private student loans, medical bills and personal loans, but now with minimal income, his/her debt continues to grow. The client would like you to explain the benefits of consolidating debt and give recommendations on how he/she can do so, as well as provide consultation on short-term and long-term strategies to deal with the loss of income.

• Debt Consolidation Loans
• Debt Consolidation
• What is debt consolidation?

President: Kyle Jagerson

VP of Finance: Sarah Cao

VP of Volunteer Recruitment: Sanah Ali

VP of Communications: Spencer Mateega

VP of Membership Development: Sanjali Roy

VP of Public Relations: Kevin Yang

VP of Trojan Locker Room: Sofia Marcon

MGR of Trojan Locker Room: Meredith Kleeve

MGR of Trojan Locker Room: Arnav Desai

Description of activity: An international marketing, management, entrepreneur organization that develops emerging leaders and provides real-world experiences for students in the areas of marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.

Length of season: School year (September-May).  Depending on how far each student makes it in competition.

Meeting times: Membership meetings are typically once a month on Wednesday evenings or Thursday mornings (We try to accommodate religious holidays). We also have additional meetings as needed before competitions.

Meeting sites: Forum Rooms (2nd or 4th floor), A143, A148 or Culinary Express.

Competitions: District - January (Wayzata High School), State - March (Minneapolis), and Internationals - April (locations vary).

Eligibility requirements: Enrollment in a business department class for the year of participation. Meet the Wayzata Public Schools Extra-Curricular Eligibility Requirements.

Average number of members: 160

Costs and/or needed equipment: Participation fee of $175 ($55 School fee, $30 DECA fee, $80 District Competing fee, $10 Competition Resources) to cover WHS participation fee, state and national dues, District competition, and t-shirt. Additional fees will be collected to attend FLC (Fall Leadership - Optional for first year members), CRLC (Central Region Leadership Conference - If we attend), SCDC (State competition), and ICDC (International competition) conferences.

Student leadership: Officer team selected by current members and advisors.

Lettering Criteria: Wayzata DECA members can letter in DECA by

1. Completing all volunteering requirements by District competition
2. Competing at the District competition and being called to stage as a State Qualifier
3. Obtaining a 70 or higher on the District competition test
4. Be an International Qualifier.

Sashes: Wayzata DECA members that demonstrate leadership, dedication and perseverance will earn DECA sashes for graduation. Sashes will be rewarded for members that accomplish one of the following: 4-year competing member, ICDC competitor, Wayzata DECA Officer.

Additional Information: DECA develops emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe. Local chapters are affiliated with state and national organizations. Wayzata DECA helps students develop their presentation, analysis and soft skills to better prepare them for the real world.

International Career Development Conference – April 29 to May 2, 2020 in Nashville, TN

Chapter Service Volunteering

• Back-2-Business Volunteering Sign Up
• James J. Hill Days Volunteering Sign Up
• Staff Sales Volunteering Sign up 
• Football Games Volunteering Sign Up
• Open House Volunteering Sign Up
• Conferences Volunteering Sign Up
• Boys' Basketball Games Volunteering Sign Up
• Girls' Basketball Games Volunteering Sign Up
• Homecoming Carnival Sign Up
• Pose for Hope Sign up

Community Service Volunteering

Feed My Starving Children

• Feed My Starving Children Sign Up

Trick or Treat for Cans

• Trick or Treat for Cans Sign Up

Winter Walk

• Winter Walk Sign Up
• Winter Walk Permission Instructions & Slip
• Winter Walk Donation Form

Parent Chaperone Volunteering

• District Parent Chaperones - January 27
• State Parent Chaperones - March 1-3

Parent Judge Volunteering

• District Judge Volunteers - January 27
• State Judge Volunteers - March 1-3

Great job at state, Wayzata DECA – 61 out of 91 competitors made it to finals! The following students advanced to the ICDC competition in Orlando, FL in April:

1st Place Meredith Keleve - Marketing Communication Series
1st Place Kevin Zhang - Principles of Finance
1st Place Jake Mann, Adam Metchnek, & Matt Judge - Stock Market Game
2nd Place Makenzie Carlson - Business Services Operations Research
2nd Place Zaibaa Khan & Samantha Kruichak - Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making
2nd Place Nikki Nagiri, Samay Gandhi & Ramira Ambrose - Franchise Business Plan
2nd Place Taylor Alexander - Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling
2nd Place Sonia Gazula - Restaurant Food Service Management
2nd Place Nicole Granovsky - Retail Merchandising
2nd Place Duffy Davidson & Taylor Alexander - Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making
2nd Place Nicole Granovsky - Integrated Marketing Campaign- Service
2nd Place Lorien Zhao and Sarah Cao - International Business Plan
2nd Place Ramira Ambrose - Principles of Business Management and Administration
3rd Place Anisha Sharma and Aashay Desai - Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making
3rd Place Sam Lavely - Quick Serve Restaurant Management
3rd Place Coco Crandall and Olivia James - Integrated Marketing Campaign- Product
3rd Place Sofia Marcon - International Business Plan
3rd Place Sai Chelluri - Marketing Communications Series.
4th Place Anthony Hanson & Affaan Ahmer - Innovation Plan
4th Place Coco Crandall & Olivia James - Marketing Management Team Decision Making
4th Place Aviral Asthana - Personal Financial Literacy
4th Place Anthony Hanson & Affaan Ahmer - Financial Services Team Decision Making
6th Place Ben Mirviss, Zak Mirviss, & Bailey Yablonsky - Stock Market Game

DECA Stock Market Game Registration

Registration for the DECA stock market game must be submitted by a DECA advisor. No exceptions.

Email Mrs. Jacklitch with your names and email addresses for her to set you up.  Please allow 48-72 hours for set-up time as Mrs. Jacklitch will need to forward your information to DECA for them to set you up in their system.

DECA and the SIFMA Foundation are pleased to provide their members with the DECA Stock Market Game.

High School DECA Stock Market Game

Please view DECA's Stock Market Game Competition Guidelines to see guidelines and procedures.

Students must be DECA members to participate in the DECA Stock Market Game. No exceptions.

In the DECA Stock Market Game, teams of one to three DECA high school members work together to build and manage a high performing investment portfolio of stocks, bonds and mutual funds. The 25 teams in each DECA region with highest percentage growth compared to the S&P 500 are eligible to compete at the International Career Development Conference (ICDC), according to the Stock Market Game guidelines in the DECA Guide. Team members competing in the Stock Market Game event at ICDC may not compete in another ICDC event.

DECA Virtual Business Online Event Registration

After you have registered your team, you must email Mr. Kimbler so he can activate your team.

Team registration for the DECA Virtual Business Challenge (VBC) will begin at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Please have your members register and participate in this totally interactive technological competition. Members may participate within one, some, or all seven VBC tracks.

All of this year’s events will be using online versions of our Virtual Business simulations. And, if your students already have online Virtual Business accounts, they will not have to register for new accounts. They will, however, still have to create new VBC teams.

There are two qualifying rounds for this event and both are completely web-based. Students can qualify for a chance to compete at ICDC without even leaving their classroom!

The dates for this year’s qualifying rounds are:

Challenge 1: October 22, 2019, 10:00 a.m. Eastern – November 1, 2019, 5:00 p.m. Eastern

Challenge 2: January 7, 2020, 10:00 a.m. Eastern – January 17, 2020, 5:00 p.m. Eastern

Important Info: At the conclusion of the second round of the VBC for each of the seven tracks, the teams that qualified to compete in the live event at DECA's International Career Development Conference will be listed on the VBC rankings pages.

Competition sessions at DECA's International Career Development Conference will be held live in the exhibit hall. Unlike the qualifying rounds, competition sessions held at ICDC will be timed events. The competition at ICDC will follow a double-elimination format with scholarships being awarded to the first, second and third place teams.

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