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DECA Flashcards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Around how many DECA members join each year? | 299,000 |
| What are the 6 categories of DECA? | Business Management & Administration, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Hospitality & Tourism, Marketing, Personal Financial Literacy |
| When was DECA founded? | 1946 |
| Where was DECA founded? | Memphis, Tenesse |
| What does DECA stand for? | Distributive Education Clubs of America |
| How many conferences in DECA and what are they? | 3 conferences = District, States, and ICDC |
| What are the 2 divisions? | High School and Collegiate. |
| Where are the headquarters? | Reston, Virginia |
| What are Roleplays? | Simulated business scenarios / case study |
| What do you have to complete along with a roleplay? | 100 question exam |
| How many teammates per team? | Up to 2 |
| How many slides must a pitchdeck be? | 20 |
| How much time do solos get to prepare? (roleplay) | 10 min |
| How much time do teams get to prepare? (roleplay) | 30 min |
| How long do the actual roleplays last? | 10-15 min |
| How many Divisions of Role-Play events and what are they | 3 (Principles Events, Individual Series Events, Team Decision-Making Events) |
| Who are principles events for (roleplays)? | first year DECA members (individual) |
| Who are individual series events for (roleplays)? | experienced members (individual) |
| Team Decision-Making Events | two people work together and role-play as a team |
| What are the two different types of paper? | 20/10 Page paper |
| Roleplay categories? | Business, marketing, finance, hospitality, and management |
| 20 - Page Paper Categorie? | Business and Operations Research, Project Management, and Entrepreneurship |
| 10-Page Categories? | Integrated Marketing Campaigns (Event, Product, or Service), Innovation Plans, and Startup Business Plans |
| What are District conferences? | Entry-level competition and only role plays are completed; papers automatically advance to States. |
| What are States (SCDC) conferences? | Larger-scale competition, typically a 3-day, 2-night field trip. Students present papers here. The top six groups qualify for ICDC. |
| What does SCDC stand for? | State Career Development Conference |
| What are ICDC (Nationals) conferences? | Highest tier; week-long event, locations rotate (e.g., Anaheim, Orlando, Atlanta), most anticipated DECA experience |
| What is School-Based Enterprise (SBE)? | School Store run by DECA students |
| Funding from? | Store profits support DECA trips and chapter events |
| What is DECA Plus? | Key resource for sample events, presentation guidelines, and exam preparation |
| Texas DECA is the largest DECA association in the world. T or F? | T |
| How many people does Texas DECA impact? | 25,000 |
| DECA is a non-profit org. T or F | T |
| What counties does District 7 cover? | Grayson and Collin Counties |
| Who is the president of District 7 + school they go to? | Charvita Malepati (Centennial High School) |
| Who are the vice presidents of District 7 + school they go to? | Katie Fang (Plano Senior HS) + Tad Tolbert (Wakeland HS) |
| Who is the director of District 7 + school they teach? | Lisa Greco (Texas Connections Academy) |
| How many chapters does Texas DECA have? | 337 |
| How many members does Texas DECA have as of 2024-2025? | 25783 |
| Who's the president of Texas DECA? | LAIKA PATEL (LAKE TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOL) |
| Who's the vice president of Texas DECA from Wakeland High School? | Hayden Lee |
| Who's the vice president of Texas DECA from GLENDA DAWSON High School? | Hitesh Mallula |
| Who's the vice president of Texas DECA from Reedy High School? | Nikhil Sivanthi |
| Who's the vice president of Texas DECA from Westwood High School? | JOSEPHINE SUN |
| Who's the vice president of Texas DECA from Coppell High School? | Ishan Wakade |
| How many districts make up Texas DECA? | 12 |
| How many roleplay events are there? | 60 |
| How many high school members are there? | 249,110 |
| How many high school chapters? | 4252 Highschool chapters |
| How many collegiate members are there? | 4560 Collegiate members |
| How many collegiate chapters are there? | 207 Collegiate Chapters |
| There are more males than females. T or F | F |
| How much of DECA is females? | Females - 53.5 percent |
| How much of DECA is males? | Male- 45.9% |
| What percentage of DECA is white/caucasian? | 50.1% |
| What percentage of DECA is latino/hispanic? | 16.6% |
| What percentage of DECA is black? | 12.7% |
| What percentage of DECA is asian? | 11.7% |
| What percentage of DECA is middle eastern? | 1.5% |
| What percentage of DECA is American indian? | 0.6% |
| What percentage of DECA is other races? | 6.8% |
| Who's the president of the high school division and from where? | Asher Leventhal (Nevada) |
| Central Region Vice President? | Cullen Watanuki (Illinois) |
| North Atlantic Region Vice President? | Hannah Heidari (Rhode Island) |
| Southern Region Vice President? | Mason St. Jean (Tennessee) |
| Western Region Vice President? | Praveena Mahendran (Washington) |
| President (Collegiate)? | Shrey Patel (Texas) |
| Vice President (Oklahoma Collegiate girl)? | Peighton Harak |
| Vice President (Oklahoma Collegiate guy)? | Tucker West |
| Vice President (Missouri Collegiate)? | PB Branson (Missouri) |
| What are the 3 Educational Conferences? | Leadership Conferences Career Pathway Conferences Career Development Conferences |