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  • CALIFORNIA FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA (FBLA)

    COMPETITIVE EVENTS

     

    The FBLA mission is to prepare students for successful careers in business through support for curriculum  development and innovative assessment tools. To help meet that charge, the FBLA Competitive Events Program has been developed and made available to local and state chapters for use in assessing students in the various knowledge, skills, and abilities that make up today's business education curriculum.

    The California Awards Program, also known as competitive events, recognizes and rewards excellence in a broad range of business and career-related areas. FBLA competitive events also prepare students for successful careers in business by providing opportunities to apply classroom concepts in a workforce-simulated competitive environment, while fostering a bit of competitive spirit! The competitive event guidelines and competencies that follow were created for competitors, advisers, and judges.

    FBLA members are encouraged to participate in the California Awards Program (CAP) for competition and recognition offered annually at the Section, State, and National Leadership Conferences. Membership dues must be paid in full in order to register for competition.

    The California Awards Program (CAP) Committee oversees California FBLA Competitive Events. The CAP Committee meet annually to review the California Awards Program. Contact your Section Director if you are interested in serving on this committee.


    Please download and print out the CAFBLA Competitive Events Calendar to keep appraised of deadlines, etc. If competitors miss deadlines, they will be unable to participate.

    For Production Events (Skill Site Testing), in order to participate in the 2019-2020 year, membership dues must be PAID by December 13th. For all other events starting at the section conference the membership deadline is January 17th. March 1st is the membership deadline for events starting at the State or National conference.

    2019-2020 Membership Registration opens August 1, 2019. Registration for section and state competition begins on December 2nd. Review the Competitive Events Calendar for the due dates of prejudged projects and other events. Membership must be paid and competitors registered in an event in order for work to be judged. Failure to register for the event when submitting prejudged projects will forfeit participation in the event.

    Eligibility:
        Membership Dues.  Students must be paid in full for participation in the California Awards Program.
        Individual, Team, and Chapter Events. A member may only enter in two (2) "active" (individual or team) events and one (1) "inactive" (chapter events or Creed) event. 

    Computer Events Chapter/Parents Contract
    It is highly recommended to use a Competitive Events Parent Contract to keep parents aware of the costs of attending conferences to which Competitive Events is a major objective.
    Use the link to get a copy of the Competitive Events Parent Contract and fill in your chapter information.

    National Summary of Changes for 2019-2020:

    Business Plan

    Category: Prejudged Projects & Presentation
    Type: Individual or Team 
    Modified: Reduce report length to 15 pages.

    Coding & Programming

    Category: Demonstration 
    Type: Individual 
    Modified: New for NLC only - No Prejudged; Only Demonstration Before Judges; Judging will focus on the usability and functionality of the product as seen by the judges. This event will now be categorized as a demonstration rather than performance event, and competitors will be required to demonstrate how well the project works during the event demonstration.
    CAFBLA remains as before with prejudged project--due March 3.  

    The following have also been modified by NLC as above.
    Computer Game & Simulation Programming
    E-Business
    Mobile Application Development
    Website Design

    Local Chapter Annual Business Report
    Category: Prejudged Reports & Presentation
    Type: Chapter 
    Modified: A presentation component has been added to the event.

    The following are offered by National Competitive Events for the Fall Semester and Spring Semester; Check the National Website for details and Due Dates.

    Virtual Business Finance Challenge
    Category: Team Performance
    Type: Individual or Team 
    Modified: The top twenty (20) nationally ranked teams from each VBC—both fall and spring but no more than one (1) per state, per challenge—are eligible to compete. The NLC event will now take place as an online competition prior to NLC.
    Virtual Business Management Challenge
    Category: Team Performance 
    Type: Individual or Team 
    Modified: The top twenty (20) nationally ranked teams from each VBC—both fall and spring but no more than one (1) per state, per challenge—are eligible to compete. The NLC event will now take place as an online competition prior to NLC.
     
    CALIFORNIA FBLA Summary of Changes for 2019-2020:
     
    Finalists: Increase finalists from five to eight (8) for all the prejudged, report, and role play presentation events (Exception: Parliamentary Procedure remains at five (5) finalists.) For those events that traditionally have had ten (10) finalists, they will remain the same. Check individual event page for more details.
     
    GET PUSH NOTIFICATIONS OR TEXT NOTIFICATIONS BY JOINING REMIND CA FBLA. YOU WILL RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM CAFBLA COMPETITIVE EVENTS ON DUE DATES AND OTHER INFORMATION. CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT HOW TO JOIN.
     
     
    National and State Resources:

     

      SUBMISSION FORMS FOR SECTION AND STATE CONFERENCES

    COMPETITIVE EVENT FORMS

    SECTION LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES


    Production Event Request Form
    Submission Deadline: December 13, 2019
    Link to form  (available November 15)

    FBL, Broadcast Journalism, Sales Presentation, Form Submission
    Deadline: January 17, 2020
    Link to form (available January 1)

    Job Interview Materials Form
    Submission Deadline: January 17, 2020
    Link to form (available January 1)

    STATE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

    Qualifiers From Section Conference
    Check your Section's Page

    Prejudged Event Submission Form
    Submission Deadline: March 3, 2020
    Link to Form (available February 1)

    Production Event Request Form
    Submission Deadline: March 3, 2020
    Link to Form (available February 10)

    Prejudged Event Submission Form
    (AE, CS, FBL, LCABR, PWB)
    Submission Deadline: March 3, 2020
    Link to Form (available February 1) 

    Job Interview Materials Form 
    Submission Deadline: March 3, 2020
    Link to form (available February 1)

    VirTUAL SLC Submission Form
    Broadcast Journalism, Sales Presentation, Creed, Intro to Public Speaking, Public Speaking
    Submission Deadline: April 24, 2020
    Link to form

    		      

    CHAPTER RECOGNITION
    Gold Seal Award of Merit
    Membership Award
    Sweepstakes Award

    INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION
    Outstanding Local Chapter Adviser
    Who's Who in California FBLA
    California FBLA Scholarship

    RECOGNITION FORMS

    Outstanding Local Chapter Adviser Nomination Form
    Submission Deadline: March 3, 2020
    Click HERE to submit online

    Who's Who in FBLA Nomination Form 
    Submission Deadline: March 3, 2020 
    Click HERE to submit online

    California FBLA Scholarship Application Form
    Submission Deadline: March 3, 2020
    Click HERE to submit online

    STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS 

    Members with disabilities add an important dimension to the organization. They serve as models within the profession and to the students, as well as provide guidance concerning program needs, sensitivity, and accessibility.  

    Please contact California FBLA staff as soon as possible if you know of a member who may require special services at section and state events and complete the Special Needs form while registering the student using the Blue Panda registration system.

    SLC TRANSCRIPT SUBMISSION 9TH & 10TH GRADES
     Intro to Business Presentation and Intro to Parli Pro
    Also: Wild Card Entries for Grades 9-10
    Submission Deadline: April 3, 2020
    Link to form 

     Questions about competitive events?  Email Nancy Sansot, CAP Coordinator, at competition@cafbla.org.
    Please Note: Needed in the email is your name, chapter and adviser name who should be copied. Thank you.