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Competitive Events Listing for 2008–2009

Welcome to the 2008–2009 Competitive Events Listing. Clicking on the links below will transport you to the official guidelines for each of DECA's Competitive Events.

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	Introduction with Overview Changes
	Written Statement of Assurances (PDF format)
	Written Statement of Assurances (Word document)
	Competitive Event Checklist
	2008–2009 Competitive Event Sponsors
	Competitive Event Listing

Business Administration Core Event	# of Participants	Written Exam	Entry Length	Prep Time	Presentation Time	Performance Indicators	Sample Exam	Sample Event
Business Basics One–on–One Event	1	Yes	N/A	10 mins.	10 mins.	BB	BB	BB

Individual Series	# of Participants	Written Exam	Entry Length	Prep Time	Presentation Time	Performance Indicators	Sample Exam	Sample Event
Accounting Applications	1	Yes	N/A	10 mins.	10 mins.	ACT	ACT	ACT
Apparel & Accessories Marketing	1	Yes	N/A	10 mins.	10 mins.	AAM	AAM	AAM
Automotive Services Marketing	1	Yes	N/A	10 mins.	10 mins.	ASM	ASM	ASM
Business Services Marketing	1	Yes	N/A	10 mins.	10 mins.	BSM	BSM	BSM
Food Marketing	1	Yes	N/A	10 mins.	10 mins.	FMS	FMS	FMS
Hotel & Lodging Management	1	Yes	N/A	10 mins.	10 mins.	HLM	HLM	HLM
Marketing Management	1	Yes	N/A	10 mins.	10 mins.	MMS	MMS	MMS
Quick Serve Restaurant Management	1	Yes	N/A	10 mins.	10 mins.	QSRM	QSRM	QSRM
Restaurant & Food Service Management	1	Yes	N/A	10 mins.	10 mins.	RFSM	RFSM	RFSM
Retail Merchandising	1	Yes	N/A	10 mins.	10 mins.	RMS	RMS	RMS
Sports and Entertainment Marketing	1	Yes	N/A	10 mins.	10 mins.	SEM	SEM	SEM

Management Team Decision Making	# of Participants	Written Exam	Entry Length	Prep Time	Presentation Time	Performance Indicators	Sample Exam	Sample Event
Business Law & Ethics	2	Yes	N/A	30 mins.	15 mins.	BLMDM	BLMDM	BLMDM
Buying & Merchandising	2	Yes	N/A	30 mins.	15 mins.	BMDM	BMDM	BMDM
Financial Analysis	2	Yes	N/A	30 mins.	15 mins.	FMDM	FMDM	FMDM
Hospitality Services	2	Yes	N/A	30 mins.	15 mins.	HMDM	HMDM	HMDM
Internet Marketing	2	Yes	N/A	30 mins.	15 mins.	IMDM	IMDM	IMDM
Sports & Entertainment Marketing	2	Yes	N/A	30 mins.	15 mins.	SMDM	SMDM	SMDM
Travel & Tourism Marketing	2	Yes	N/A	30 mins.	15 mins.	TMDM	TMDM	TMDM

Marketing Research Events	# of Participants	Written Exam	Entry Length	Prep Time	Presentation Time	Performance Indicators	Sample Exam	Sample Event
Business & Financial Services	1 to 3	No	30 pages	None	15 mins.			BFR
General Marketing	1 to 3	No	30 pages	None	15 mins.			GMR
Hospitality & Recreation	1 to 3	No	30 pages	None	15 mins.			HRR
Retail Marketing	1 to 3	No	30 pages	None	15 mins.			RMR

Written Chapter Team Events	# of Participants	Written Exam	Entry Length	Prep Time	Presentation Time	Performance Indicators	Sample Exam	Sample Event
Community Service Project	1 to 3	No	30 pages	None	15 mins.			CSP
Creative Marketing Project	1 to 3	No	30 pages	None	15 mins.			CMP
Entrepreneurship Promotion Project	1 to 3	No	30 pages	None	15 mins.			EPP
Financial Literacy Promotion Project	1 to 3	No	30 pages	None	15 mins.
Learn & Earn Project	1 to 3	No	30 pages	None	15 mins.			LEP
Public Relations Project	1 to 3	No	30 pages	None	15 mins.			PRP

Marketing Representative Events	# of Participants	Written Exam	Entry Length	Prep Time	Presentation Time	Performance Indicators	Sample Exam	Sample Event
Advertising Campaign	1 to 3	Yes	11 pages	None	20 mins.	ADC	ADC	ADC
Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan	1 to 3	Yes	11 pages	None	20 mins.			FMP
Technical Sales Event	1	Yes	N/A	None	20 mins.	TSE	TSE

Business Management & Entrepreneurship	# of Participants	Written Exam	Entry Length	Prep Time	Presentation Time	Performance Indicators	Sample Exam	Sample Event
Entrepreneurship Written	1 to 3	No	30 pages	None	15 mins.			ENW
International Business Plan	1 to 3	No	30 pages	None	15 mins.			IBP
Internet Marketing Business Plan	1 to 3	No	30 pages	None	15 mins.			IMP
Entrepreneurship Participating-Independent	1	No	11 pages	None	20 mins.			ENPI
Entrepreneurship Participating-Franchising	1	No	11 pages	None	20 mins.			ENPF

Special Activity	# of Participants	Written Exam	Entry Length	Prep Time	Presentation Time	Performance Indicators	Sample Exam	Sample Event
DECA Quiz Bowl	1 to 4						DQB

Online Activity	# of Participants	Written Exam	Entry Length	Prep Time	Presentation Time	Performance Indicators	Sample Exam	Sample Event
Stock Market Game	1 to 3	No				SMG Guidelines & Login
Virtual Business Challenge	1 to 3	No				VBC Online