STUDENTS
WELCOME TO LEAD DECA!
This page was built with the Chapter Leader in mind. Our goal is to support chapters officers as you lead your members through the DECA year.
The hope? That we can offer you IMMEDIATELY ACCESSIBLE resources for your chapters and chapter teams to use – beyond just articles and samples.
THE BASICS
We’re providing you the bare minimum a chapter should do!
FIRST YEAR MEMBER BUNDLE
Developed by Team Launch (2022-23), this slideshow serves as a guide for first-year DECA members exploring the opportunities offered by Washington DECA.
Before getting started with anything, organization is the most important skill to have on your side. That’s what the Storage and File Management system is designed to help with, incorporating multiple categories for chapter leaders to sort their resources and foster a productive and efficient workspace.
Author: Eli Goldenberg
A comprehensive guide for all new or returning Washington State DECA Chapter Officers which includes tips, strategies and general guidance to help organize and conduct chapter business regardless of your chapters size. It includes specefic tips curated from past WA DECA Chapter and State Officers.
Author: Vishruth Arimanda
NEW CHAPTER BUNDLE
“Get started” with DECA! Set the legacy for years to come with this New Chapter Bundle
RETURNING CHAPTER BUNDLE
Accelerate your chapter to new speeds! You have the framework, now it’s time to rev your chapter’s engine. Create THE culture of DECA your team wants, while helping your chapter build toward the future.
GENERAL CHAPTER TOOLKIT
Developed by Team Extreme, the Chapter Toolkit is a deeper look into ways to amplify the impact of your chapter and team.
DEADLINES, REMINDERS AND STATE OFFICER INSIGHT
This newsletter is designed for student members and chapter leaders! We’re giving you the 411 about upcoming events/deadlines, offering leadership advance from State Officers, and recognizing members along the way!
COMMUNITY SERVICE, CAMPAIGNS & OUTREACH
Engage your members in DECA activities throughout the year! These campaigns are perfect for developing your chapter’s program of leadership and allow your chapter to gain the recognition it deserves.
This roadmap serves as a strategic guide for DECA chapters to design, execute, and submit campaigns that not only achieve recognition but also foster growth, community engagement, and leadership development within and beyond the chapter.
Author: Taye Wong, Lead DECA Team
A “How-To” slide deck for a chapter video spotlight showcasing a DECA member’s achievements, awards, and skills acquired through DECA involvement. This resource aims to assist chapter officers in creating high-quality videos to motivate existing members and attract new ones, demonstrating the potential impact of DECA participation.
Author: Nitin Munugeti, Lead DECA Team
This slideshow serves as a guide for DECA members on leading their own community service projects. From planning and organizing to showcasing successful community projects, this presentation demonstrates to DECA members that with effective planning and execution, they too can create and lead their own service projects.
Author: Luis Morales Carrera, Lead DECA Team
GROW YOUR CHAPTER
Chapter campaigns are perfect for developing your chapter’s program of leadership and allow your chapter to gain the recognition it deserves.
Develop a strong chapter strategy while earning recognition for your outstanding activities! These campaigns could be your ticket to ICDC!
JOIN THE STATEWIDE COMMUNITY SERVICE CHALLENGE
POTENTIAL NEW MEMBERS
Chapter campaigns are perfect for developing your chapter’s program of leadership and allow your chapter to gain the recognition it deserves.
Develop a strong chapter strategy while earning recognition for your outstanding activities! These campaigns could be your ticket to ICDC!
THE BEST (LEADERSHIP) VERSION OF YOURSELF
Being an officer requires a greater insight on yourself – what your strengths are and how you can best serve members.
Use these resources to level up your leadership skills!
This slide deck introduces different DECA opportunities, both competitive and non-competitive, to members, allowing them to understand all of the different ways they can become more involved in DECA. The aim of this project is to provide members ways to actively build their leadership skills.
Author: Sneha Sharma, Lead DECA Team
Gain a deeper understanding of who you are as a leader through the DECA leadership styles! This set of slides can be presented as part of a workshop, or read through individually.
Author: Via Billing, Lead DECA Team
Being an effective leader requires a deeper understanding of yourself, and this slide deck helps you do just that! Through the four exciting activities in this workshop, you can explore who you are as a leader and utilize that knowledge to build a healthier team environment. This set of slides can be presented as part of a workshop, or read through individually.
Building a personal brand is crucial to understand your goals and ideas, and build a professional image through that! Learn more about how to build your brand through this presentation!
This “Lead as a Team” workshop is a great resource for chapters that want to run a longer workshop for officers! Through sections covering the 5 Gears, Team Development, DECA Dashboard, and the Circles of Influence, every attendee will surely find something to take away.
CHAPTER ENGAGEMENT
The resources provided in this section will help you engage your members in ways outside of competition
– through events, hospitality, and more!
A skill you’ll need for college applications, internships, jobs, and future endeavors! This resource is a slide deck which chapter officers can use to lead a workshop on how members can create their own resume! Members will be able to learn the different components within a resume, tips and tricks, plus see an example resume to better understand how to create their own!
Author: Shreya Ambekar, Lead DECA Team
How do effective officers create strong relationships with their chapter members? This presentation details ways you can improve connection and engagement with your chapter members – it’s crucial to increase recruitment and retention!
Chapter events are the cornerstone of every DECA chapter, whether it be in the form of a logistics meeting, a workshop, a bonding meeting, a mock competition, or so much more! This presentation helps chapter officers understand how to effectively organize a chapter event and increase member engagement during their events.
Presentation skills are a powerful skill to have in the workplace and day-to-day life. If you want to help your chapter members grow their presentation skills, this presentation comes with a minute-by-minute, activities, and essential information valuable to any member.
PUBLIC RELATIONS & MARKETING
Resources you need to up your public relations and marketing game. Whether you’re connecting with potential new members or requesting guest speakers, this section is the one for you!
This presentation provides incredible tips for all chapters to create better, clearer social media content to increase their chapter presence and develop their audience.
Author: Gayathri Arvindh, Lead DECA Team
Plan out your entire DECA year of social media! Never miss a beat when it comes to deadlines, activities, and more.
Author: Gayathri Arvindh, Lead DECA Team
This presentation provides exercises and knowledge for all chapters to build better social media content.
Check out these social media templates you can use for communication and outreach on your chapter’s Instagram!
Author: Alexis Sevigny
DECA COMPETITION
There may be many moments during your term requiring you to teach competition to members. Part of equaling the competitive playing field is ensuring members have access to uniform and correct competitive event resources. While Learn DECA is the portal for your competitors to strengthen their competition skills, this portion of Lead DECA provides you the necessities to TEACH competition to your members!
Accelerate your chapter to success with Washington DECA’s official Chapter Workshop Slide Decks!
This ‘Roleplay Visuals Slidedeck’ is a great resource to explore and learn about a variety of unique visuals. It is a helpful tool to introduce new and engaging visuals to your members, all while teaching them when and how to use them!
Authors: Shira Avitan & Sunehri Nog, Lead DECA Team
Most students don’t know the meaning of important words on cluster exams and role-play scenarios. This vocab slideshow is a great way to collaborate with your members and have them work together to understand key terms.
Authors: Ally Miner
Introduce your members to different role-play events and give them tips to succeed through this slide deck!
Take your members through how to do a role-play event from start to finish through this slide deck.
Use this slide deck to guide members through selecting their event. Be sure to use the presenter notes, located within the slide deck!
Contact area3president@wadeca.org
or area4president@wadeca.org with questions.
Use this slide deck to guide members through succeeding in their 10-pager. Be sure to use the presenter notes, located within the slide deck!
Contact area3president@wadeca.org
or area4president@wadeca.org with questions.
Presentation skills are essential for most DECA competitive events – everything from role-plays, written projects, professional selling, and more! Teach your members a skill to instantly level up their competitive success through these pre-built slides created by Team Launch.
Help your members get knowledgeable about competitive events and keep them engaged through skills and resources provided in this presentation! Understand overlooked areas of member engagement to level up your hospitality skills.
Get your chapter ready for competition through these fun workshop ideas!
Hit these preparation milestones to get your chapter ready to compete throughout the year!
DECA COMPETITIVE EVENTS…SIMPLIFIED
This document is a great handout for chapter members who need a simplified version of the competitive events.
Print this out and hang it in your DECA classroom! You can also provide the link on your chapter school system pages or websites.
Included are event descriptions, key attributes, number of participants allowed, and similar events.
RESOURCES FOR MEMBERS
Are your members still stuck on choosing the right competitive event? Have them take these quizzes!
PLANNING A MOCK COMPETITION
Mock Competitions are a great way to prepare your members for real DECA competition.
While much organization, planning and collaboration contribute to successfully hosting this event, the pay off is unmatched for your members!
Created by Team Legacy (2019-20), utilize this Mock Competition Toolkit to ensure your members are gaining the feedback necessary to succeed!
Contact info@wadeca.org.
LEAD DECA TEAM
Every day, over 900 Washington Chapter Leaders are working in the background to ensure their members are successful, ready for competition, and serving their communities.
In 2024, we created the first Washington DECA Lead DECA Team, where a selected group of dedicated chapter leaders across our state worked together to create resources to level the chapter playing field when it comes to operations, competition development, chapter engagement, and so much more!
ACCELERATING YOUR CHAPTER, STEP BY STEP!
The LeadDECA team will be composed of DECA officers throughout the state.
Each member will take on the responsibility of designing and developing resources for their new (or existing) section.
TEAM POSITIONS WILL INCLUDE:
Head of… 1) Leadership, 2) PR & Marketing, 3) Competitive Development, 4) Community Service, Campaigns & Outreach, 5) Chapter Engagement and 6) Administration