Career Development Conferences
Through DECA, students have the opportunity to participate in Development Conferences. These conferences give students the ability to convey and exchange ideas and plans concerning their business role to judges.
Area Career Development Conference
At the Area Career Development Conference (ACDC) students are given a situation that is relevent to the occupational areas of their event. The situation indicates who you are, who the judge is, what the situation needs you to do, and how you are evaluated. The judge meeting you has the same situation as you. Their job is to listen to your performance, ask you some questions, and evaluate your performance.
River Ridge DECA brought 36 students to the Little Creek Conference Center on January 14, 2015 for the Area 8 Conference!
Margaret AuTau, Sam Bertram, Anna Boettigheimer, Payton Bonilla, Aniscia DelaCruz, Johnny Duffy, Jayden Gilmore, Brett Gollehon, Austin Guthrie, Josh Hannah, Josh Haws, Silvya Helman, Maija Hollingbery, Yosuf Kushan, Jenny Lam, Mathew League, Jordan Lewis, Austin Lucas, Julia Malone, Amanda McGuire, Anna Michelbrink, Tanya Munoz, Kim Myers, Denise Navarra, Lerence Nuyda, Ben Oliver, Antwane Oeurn, Keith Pardue, Sandy Pham, Raul Pineda, Kurt Price, Chris Smith, Derrick Smith, Emerald Smith, Austin Soumis, Juan Tejedor
International Career Development Conference
Through hardwork and practice, students could qualify for Nationals. This Conference will be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida between April 24-29, 2015. A lot of ICDC participants compete in one of DECA's performance-based competitive events. At this conference, competitors will be recognized for their achievements and many are given educational scholarships, stock, and cash awards.
Sam Bertram, Maija Hollingbery, and Ian Meyer have qualified for Nationals through SBE (School Based Enterprise) at the Gold level! SBE is an entrepreneurial operation in a school setting that provides goods/ services to meet the needs of the market. The SBE, or student store, is managed and operated by students as a hands-on learning experience in marketing, finance, hospitality or management. Joshua Haws will also be attending the Elevate Academy at ICDC.
State Career Development Conference
The top-place winners per event from each area will have the opportunity to compete at Washington's State Career Development Conference (SCDC) in Bellevue between March 3-5, 2015. Students will be coming from all of Washington's 11 geographic areas. Before leaving, there will be a closing ceremony held to announce the top-place winners who will be moving on to Nationals.
This year we had 10 people place for State!
Sam Bertram- 2nd in Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling, Brett Gollehon- 3rd in Professional Selling, Joshua Haws- 2nd in Professional Selling: Financial Consulting, Yosuf Kushan- 4th in Professional Selling, Ben Oliver, Kurt Price, Austin Soumis- 4th in Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan, Keith Pardue- Principles of Business Management, Emerald Smith -Senior Management Academy, Juan Tejedor- 3rd in Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling Event
Leadership Conferences
Leadership Conferences are held every year to give students a hands-on experience that familiarizes them with DECA, generating excitement and momentum as they move forward in their year with DECA. Students will attend a variety of different sessions that are led by business professionals and DECA advisors. Students also have the opportunity to start practicing for competition by doing a mock competition. They can attend a marketing fair which allows them to network with exhibitors who are showcasing SBE products, fundraising opportunities, colleges and much more.