Tips for the State DECA Conference!

This year the conference promises to be the biggest ever!  Over 350 New Hampshire DECA members are scheduled to attend, and there will be over 35 different competitive events, from Marketing Management to business administration to advertising to Fashion Merchandising…and that is just the tip of the iceberg!   We will have a speaker from the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, a hypnotist brought back by popular demand, and of course the NEON theme dance on Thursday night!  AND:  the first annual DECA Marketing and Economics TRIVIA Challenge!  Plus— for the fifth year, our favorite caricature artist will be back to draw you!  So remember these tips:   Bring your ID as you will need it for all competitive events and testing;  bring a #2 pencil and non-programmable calculator to the written test.  Wear your nametag and wrist band at all times- don’t leave the hotel…and have a great time!  Network!  Learn new things!  Have fun!  Make some new friends!  See you there!

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OFFICER CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS:  Were held on Wednesday, February 1st….we met some nice candidates, and are now prepared to support them in their campaign for the state officer team for 2012-2013!  Good Luck to the candidates!  See you at the State Career Development Conference….

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North Atlantic Regional Conference (NARCON)

The NH DECA State Officer Team will present a workshop at NARCON this year in the Diamond Series Workshops on Friday night in Philadelphia.  It will focus on Interview Tips, and will be open to all DECA members attending the conference.  If you are going to NARCON, be sure to attend this session!!!

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NEW HAMPSHIRE DECA WEEK!!! (Oct. 24-28)

Monday: Carve your chapter’s pumpkin for the Pumpkin contest at Fall Leadership tomorrow!

Tuesday:  Get pumped and be at Fall Leadership Conference at Southern NH University today!

Wednesday: Diamonds for DECA– hide DECA diamonds around school, and have prizes for whomever  finds them and turns them in to your store!

Thursday: DECA charity day- pick a charity, and “sell” DECA diamonds for a dollar to raise money for that charity similar to the MDA Shamrock fund raising activities every year!

Friday: DECA Dress Up Day- dress in your best professional attire; guys with a shirt and tie and dress slacks and shoes, and girls in professional business outfits!  And get your DECA Advisor dressed up in a costume for Halloween!

Have the best DECA week ever…add your own ideas and local chapter touches to the week!

GOAL:  get your members and the rest of the school psyched about DECA!!!!!

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AT THE 2011 STATE LEADERSHIP TRAINING WORKSHOP IN GORHAM NEW HAMPSHIRE

The official state officer team at the Gorham, New Hampshire CTSO officer training conference on August 1st and 2nd.  Thanks to the state of New Hampshire for funding this educational and fun workshop and thanks for the support for career training and leadership developing student organizations!!!!!  Keep up the good work!!!!

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Juliann, Kevin, and Sagar at the NH DECA Exhibit in June at the New Hampshire State Principal Association Conference  in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire…looks like the team is shrinking! Not to worry….covering all the bases!

Getting ready to speak at the May Career Technology Education Directors Meeting in

Peterborough, New Hampshire

Officer Team in Orlando in May, at the International DECA Conference

NH DECA Officer Exhibit at the NH Principal Convention in Bretton Woods in June!

We’ll see the principals at the conference on June 28-29 at the Mount Washington Hotel!

Team 55 at first meeting in Concord NH April 2011

FIRST STATE OFFICER TEAM MEETING FOR 2011-2012 IS:

THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2011

CONCORD, NH  5-7 PM

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The complete New Hampshire DECA State Officer Team 55   for 2011-2012:

Julianne Westbrook: Seacoast School of Technology

Kevin Cassidy: Manchester Central

Sarah Egner: Hillsboro Deering

Krysta Lewis: Pinkerton Academy

Sagar Chitalia: Nashua South

INTERVIEWS FOR ASSOCIATE OFFICERS ARE WEDNESDAY MARCH 23

We will be interviewing six candidates for Associate Officer to add to our officer team this Wednesday at Central High in Manchester, NH.  The interviews will take place between 3:30 and 6:00 PM.  Those who have applied have been informed of their interview schedule. Good luck to the new candidates!

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THANKS FOR A GREAT YEAR, NEW HAMPSHIRE DECA!

The term of the 2010-2011 Officer Team 54 is now over, and  we congratulate newly elected DECA State Officer Juliann Westbrook from the Seacoast School of Technology!  We wish Juliann all the best in her duties, and hope we see you all at the International DECA Conference in Orlando in April.  We will be at the conference as former officers, competing in our events or attending the Senior Management Institute (SMI).  It will be a short while before we transition the web page to Team 55….stand by!  Meanwhile, get ready to “SOAK UP THE SUN!!!!”

“STATES” 2011 is ALMOST HERE!!

Well, the 2011 State Conference is almost here, and our term will end this coming Thursday!  Good luck to the new officers, and New Hampshire DECA, as we head for Orlando and the International Conference this April  to “Soak up the Sun!”

INTERVIEWS FOR OFFICER CANDIDATES-UPDATE 1/24:

Latest update: due to cold and snow and other crazy winter weather, the interviews are canceled.  We will provide info and tips on running for office via email and other social networking methods!  Fear not, the candidates will be well prepared for their campaign to run for 2011-2012 NH State DECA Officer Team !!!!!

Due to inclement weather, two scheduled meetings with the new officer candidates have had to be canceled!  Hope the next interview date, on Monday, January 24, at Central High in Manchester, still goes!  We shall see how the snow affects this date!

Next up is a meeting with other CTSO state officers in New Hampshire (like FFA, HOSA, FBLA, etc.) to plan the annual CTSO (Career Technical Student Organization) Day in Concord, NH.  This activity is designed to promote the student organizations to the legislature and politicians who will support continued funding for these programs.  So, hope this meeting works and we plan a good CTSO Day!

THE NEW HAMPSHIRE OFFICER TEAM  ATTENDED THE NOVEMBER POWER TRIP IN WASHINGTON D.C., ALONG WITH  40 MEMBERS FROM THE NEW HAMPSHIRE DECA ……  THERE WERE TWO DAYS OF NON-STOP WORKSHOPS AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT TRACKS, WITH MOCK COMPETITIVE EVENTS INCLUDED, ALONG WITH A FOUR HOUR MOONLIGHT TOUR OF THE CAPITAL AND ALL THE FAMOUS MONUMENTS!!!

New Hampshire DECA presented an hour long workshop called “DECA SUCCESS! Create the Best DECA Chapter Ever!” with tips on doing just that!

At Lincoln Memorial

Team 54 Kaitlin, Steph, and Taylor, taking a break between their workshops at the Fall Conference at Southern New Hampshire University.  They plan to do a variation of the workshop at the Eastern Region DECA Conference, the “Washington D.C. Powertrip,” two weeks from the Fall NH Conference.

Stephanie does the traditional roll call at the opening of the Fall Conference on October 26th.

TEAM 54 at New Hampshire Career-Tech Student Organization training conference for State Officer Teams held in Gorham, New Hampshire, in August.  It was an intensive two-day set of workshops and networking.