To: Potential DECA Competitive Event Judges

Subject: DECA Marketing Competitive Events Conference 2024

 

What is DECA:

North Carolina DECA is an association of high school students enrolled in the Marketing Education program. Through classroom learning, on-the-job training, and experience in DECA, students in our program learn marketing, management and entrepreneurship skills. Each year, students from Wake County gather for a series of competitive events, which are evaluated by business and industry professionals like you.  

 

We expect 2,500 + students to compete in this year’s events, and we need a minimum of 250 business and industry professionals to serve as judges.  We would like you to be an integral part of our conference by participating as a judge!   

 

• Registration Link – Click HERE to register 

 

If your business offers community service hours and would like to volunteer as a group, click on the registration link and complete that section.

 

Role Play Situation:

Each year we ask business leaders in our community to set aside a few hours to judge students in realistic role-play situations. The role-play is a common situation that could arise on a job at any time. This could include a human relations problem, a sales demonstration, a job interview, presentation of an innovative idea to increase business, or other business situations.  

 

Judge’s Role:

The judge’s role is to play a customer, fellow employee or supervisor one-on-one with the marketing/business students. After the role-play has ended, the judge will then evaluate the student based on how well the participant handled the situation.

 

When & Where:

If you are able to contribute a few hours from your busy schedule, please complete the registration form link at the bottom of this letter. You will need to arrive at the Raleigh Convention Center no later than 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 12, 2024. A parking pass will be provided.

 

There will be a Judges Reception beginning at 8:45 a.m. in Room 402C. Free breakfast will be available for judges. We will conduct a thorough orientation to make you feel comfortable in this important role.  The competition phase should end by 2:30 pm. So be prepared to stay until that time. Sometimes events can run a little over that time, or end earlier.

 

We hope you will choose to be part of this educational and valuable student conference.

 

Registration Link – Click HERE to register today!

Sincerely,

Rodney Obaigbena

NC DECA District 3 Chair