Tentative Conference Agenda

Thursday, November 12
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Western Region Executive Committee Meeting
3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Opening Session Rehearsals
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
State Advisors Briefing
5:00 PM
Conference and Lodging Check-In
5:00 PM
Dinner On Your Own
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
State Meetings:
Alaska
Idaho
Oregon
California
Montana
Utah
Colorado
Nevada
Washington
Guam
New Mexico
Wyoming
6:00 PM
State Officer Rehearsal for Opening Session
9:00 – 11:00 pm
WRLC 2009 Opening Session
Parade of States
YouTube DECA Promo Video Competition
Conference Highlights
Tentative Keynote: Keith Hawkins
Immediately following: DECA Name That Tune Tournament
11:30 PM
Curfew
Friday, November 13
8:00 – 9:00 am
Breakfast (Complimentary Breakfast for All Participants)
9:00 – 12:00 pm
Tentative Tours of Tahoe/Reno area businesses
Tour 1: Fallon Naval Air Station Top Gun School [Leadership & Service]
Tour 2: National Auto Museum [Tour & Automotive Marketing]
Tour 3: National Bowling Center [Bowl & Sports Marketing]
Tour 4: Rink on the River [Ice Skate & Olympic Preview]
Tour 5: Mountain High [Sierra Nevada College & Heavenly Resort]
Tour 6: Grand Sierra Resort Tour [Marketing/Hospitality]
Tour 7: Patagonia [Marketing/Retail/Merchandising]
Tour 8: Twelve Horses [Internet Marketing/Promotion]
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Lunch on your own
1:30 – 5:00 pm
Leadership Village
DECA Entrepreneurship Expo
[Exhibits by DECA Members to promo their business]
Career & College Fair
[Sponsored by DECA NAB member companies]
[Scholarship & university materials from WR colleges/FIDM, JW]
DECA Programs Booth
[Various exhibits promoting DECA programs]
Summit Store
[Coffee shop meets computer lab meets DECA store; updates to WR Facebook; Twitter]
Battle of the Bands Auditions
[WII tournament try outs]
DECA’s Top 100:  Get In or Get Out Gauntlet
[Members proceed through a progressively more difficult set of stations evaluating appearance, image, DECA knowledge, marketing, leadership, behavioral interviewing, life planning.  The object is to be in the top 100 to emerge]
DECA Knowledge Test
DECA Quiz Bowl Preliminaries
1:30 – 5:00 pm
Concurrent Pre-Scheduled Workshop Sessions
SAT Preparation
Applying for DECA Scholarships
Get All You Can from DECA
Competition Prep Session: Role-Play
Competition Prep Session: Testing
Competition Prep Session: Written
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Dinner
Option 1: On your own
Option 2: Bowl-A-Thon to Benefit MDA [extra fee applies]
8:30 pm – 11:15 pm
Second General Session
Keynote: Patrick Grady, Hypnotist
Western Region Picture
Battle of the Bands Finals
Quiz Bowl Finals
Awards Presentation of the Top 100 DECA Members
12:00 midnight
Curfew
Saturday, November 14
8:00 – 9:00 am
Breakfast (Complimentary Breakfast for All Participants)
8:00 am – 3:30 pm
Exhibit Area Open
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
DECA University
LEADS Part III:  Leadership
Chapter Management Academy Part III
Finance & Investing Major
Marketing Major
Sport & Entertainment Marketing Major
Entrepreneurship Major
Leadership Major
Technology Major
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
DECA Competitive Events
9:00 – 9:30 am
Competitor Briefing
9:00 am – 11:45 am
Closing Session Rehearsals
9:30 – 10:30 am
Testing
9:30 – 12:00 am
Role Plays and Content Interviews
12:00 – 12:30
Competition Judges’ Forum
[forum with competition judges for Q&A and specific feedback for all competitors]
12:30 – 1:30 am
Lunch (on your own)
12:00 – 1:00 pm
DECA State Advisor and State Officer Lunch hosted by Johnson & Wales
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
DECA University Continued
LEADS Part III: Leadership
Chapter Management Academy Part III
Finance & Investing Major
Marketing Major
Sport & Entertainment Marketing Major
Entrepreneurship Major
Leadership Major
Technology Major
Professional Development for Advisors
[Mixer from 1:15 pm – 1:30 pm]
[Western Region BOD Meeting 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm]
[Chapter Management Training from 3:15 pm – 5:00 pm]
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Dinner (on your own)
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Closing Session
Tentative Keynote Speaker: Amy Gallimore
Conference in Review
ICDC Promo
Awards and Appreciation Recognition
Competition Awards Presentation
9:30 pm – 11:30 pm
DECA Dance
12:00 midnight
Curfew

 



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