Transcript Senior High FBLA 2014

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2013-2014 Total Membership
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Senior Level
 Chapters – 258 (-6)
 Members – 9166 (-79)
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Nashville, TN– June 29 – July 2
Total attendance – 10,000+
Arkansas attendance – 388
Arkansas competitors – 238 in 64 events
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1st Place—Electronic Career Portfolio-Ethan
Barnes, Highland
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1st Place—Help Desk-Caleb Spann,
Rosebud
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2nd Place—Desktop Publishing-Carley
Bearden & Lindsey Harris, Bauxite
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2rd Place—Word Processing-Bridget
Sciarra, Omaha
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3rd Place—Pilot MOS-Word-Patrick
Richardson, Quitman
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4th Place—Website Design-Wes Johnston,
Sameer Kulkarni, & Jan Timpe, Bentonville
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5th Place—Computer Business ApplicationsIsaiah Villarreal, Omaha
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5th Place—Local Chapter Annual Business
Report-Hailey Dewey, Kaitlyn Dewey, &
Samantha Shelley, Cotter
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8th Place—Local Chapter Annual Business
Report-Luisa Towery & Ally Young, Armorel
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9th Place—Database Design & Application-Alex
Kwok, Nashville
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9th Place—LifeSmarts-Drew Collins & Joanna
Roberts, Omaha
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10th Place—Desktop Application ProgrammingThurston Sapp, Little Rock Central
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Top 15—Mobile Application Development-Jace
McPherson, Little Rock Central
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Top 15—Partnership with Business ProjectBaily Atchison & Grant Hutson, Paris
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Who’s Who—Rachel Ford, Siloam Springs
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Teacher of the Year—Angie Hutson, Paris
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March of Dimes Local Chapter Most Money
Raised – Brookland
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March of Dimes—Arkansas 3rd Place
 New Competitive Events
 Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)—Word and
Excel
 Sales Presentation—individual event, includes
presentation of product
 Securities & Investments—individual event,
objective test
 Social Media Campaign—individual or team
event, presentation
 3D Animation—individual or team event, create a
video, presentation
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Competitive Event Modifications
Electronic Career Portfolio—guidelines and rating
sheets have been revised
Emerging Business Issues—teams present both sides,
time increased to seven (7) minutes, not sequestered
Local Chapter Annual Business Report—reduced to
fifteen (15) pages
States can advance four (4) entries in events requiring
only objective tests
• Fall Conference
• Spring Conference
• Fall Conference
• Spring Conference
• Fall Conference
• Spring Conference
District I
September 29, 2014 Fort Smith
Convention Center
January 21, 2015, Fort Smith
Convention Center
District II
October 9, 2014, ASU Convocation Center,
Jonesboro
January 22, 2015, Nettleton Performing
Arts, Jonesboro
District III
October 8, 2014, Pine Bluff Convention
Center, Pine Bluff
January 28, 2015 Pine Bluff Convention
Center, Pine Bluff
District IV
• Fall Conference
• Spring Conference
• Fall Conference
• Spring Conference
October 8, 2014, HSU,
Arkadelphia
February 4, 2015, UACCH, Hope
District V
September 23, 2014, ATU,
Russellville
February 2, 2015, UCA, Conway
District VI
• Fall Conference
October 10, 2014, Vada Shied
Center, ASU-MH, Mountain Home
• Spring Conference
January 30, 2015, ASU-MH,
Mountain Home
District VII
• Fall Conference
October 7, 2014, Springdale
Performing Arts, Springdale
• Spring Conference
February 3, 2015, U of A
Reynolds Center, Fayetteville
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National Fall Leadership Conference
November 7-10, 2014,
Washington D.C.
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Midyear Executive Council
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State Leadership Conference April 13-14, 2015, Little Rock
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State Officer Training
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National Leadership Conference
December 7-8, 2014, Little Rock
June 7-9, 2015, Lake Point
Conference Center, Russellville
June 29-July 2, 2015,
Chicago, IL
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Create a new state program known as the Step
Up Challenge for chapters to participate in and
become involved at the state level
Expand partnership with organizations such as
MOD, ACH, ARORA, Ronald McDonald
House, and Make-A-Wish
Promote social media use
Increase membership within each district
Bridge the gap between middle, senior, and
PBL levels
National
=$6
State = $ 3
All events will again be
uploaded via Dropbox
(excluding Games and
Programming).
Specific instructions will be
included in your Spring
Conference Packet.
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Working on new website
Updating Handbook
Event Guidelines
State Conference
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All events at Statehouse Convention Center
Institute for Leaders at the Clinton Library