Our Impact

Our member-first mindset led to the high school division setting an all-time membership record at 222,628, and Collegiate DECA also posted a membership increase over the previous year.

DECA hosted the largest-ever high school International Career Development Conference with 21,446 attendees. DECA members demonstrated their college- and career-ready knowledge by participating in DECA’s industry-validated Competitive Events Program, which aligned with Career Clusters, National Curriculum Standards, and 21st Century Skills. In addition, thousands of members participated in DECA’s Emerging Leader Series, which helps them attain 21st Century Skills.

With nine challenges offered to high school division members and two to collegiate division members, students had more opportunities to demonstrate the knowledge and skills learned in the classroom through innovative challenges in partnership with corporate partners.

More than 1,200 high school advisors participated in two days of virtual advisor professional learning sessions led by DECA Inc. staff, advisors and partners. All sessions were offered complimentary to DECA advisors.

With the launch of our new website, DECA created a searchable library of over 400 resources, samples and templates to help advisors integrate DECA into their classrooms.

DECA hosted advisor professional learning sessions at the Ultimate DECA Power Trip and both International Career Development Conferences.

Strategic outreach efforts by DECA Inc. staff and Chartered Association Advisors led to more than 700 new and reactivated chapters in 2022-2023.

DECA offered an incentive to encourage chapters to activate early in the school year by providing free digital downloads of competitive events role-plays. It was a win-win as DECA advisors received resources to use in the classroom.

DECA continued the second year of DECA+, a digital platform to provide competitive events preparation materials and classroom resources. DECA+ assists DECA members in preparing for their competitive events, college and future careers.

DECA hosted Mastermind to bring together chartered association leaders from the high school and collegiate divisions. The focus was on developing a member-first mindset, leveraging our brand, and expanding membership.

The safety and security of attendees is paramount at all DECA conferences and events. DECA’s Chartered Association Advisors received training from the International Association of Venue Managers to develop a heightened awareness to maintain focus, performance, and control—no matter the situation.

To assist with ongoing networking and support, DECA continued to host monthly Mastermind sessions virtually, allowing chartered association advisors to collaborate on timely and key issues.

The all-new DECA.org was launched at the beginning of 2023, with many new features to help prospective and current visitors navigate and access information while promoting our mission.

College and career partners joined us for DECA’s first annual Workforce Development Summit to learn about innovative solutions to address today’s workforce development challenges. They shared insights into real-time challenges, explored improvements to curricula and work-based experiences and discussed partnerships in our pursuit to help solve key workforce development issues.

DECA staff continued to position DECA as a premier CTSO at traditionally attended events such as MBA Research Conclave and ACTE CareerTech Vision and new events such as Jump$tart and the National Business Education Association.