Dear potential DECA Judge
DECA would like to offer an opportunity for you to volunteer for the 21st Vail DECA Invitational at the Gerald Ford Hall in Beaver Creek on Monday, November 2, 2015. It should be an exciting time for the students and we appreciate your expertise. There will be a total of 16 schools around Colorado participating, with a capacity crowd of 580 students.
We will have a judges’ breakfast and briefing at the hotel, in the Ouray/Dempsey room at 7:15 a.m. Immediately following this, you will be assigned to judge a “live” selling or human relations event. The students will have approximately 10 minutes to look over the event. They may take notes as they study.
Students will then come in to you to “role play” that event with you. You may be a customer looking to buy the product the student is selling. You may have a human relations problem, which the student needs to solve. At any rate, you and the student will interact for about 7 minutes, after which you will evaluate them on a score sheet. You may see about 10 students with the exact same role play scenario. The goal of the student is to be the highest scoring student.
Students will not only receive this score, but they will have taken a marketing test the day prior. A combination of scores will result in our winners. You can find out more about DECA at http://www.deca.org/
The students have 25 different categories in which they can compete. Some are individual, some are team events. Individual events: Accounting Apparel & Accessories
Automotive Services Business Services
Food Marketing Hotel & Lodging Mgmt.
Marketing Management Quick Serve Restaurant
Restaurant & Food Service Mgmt Retail Merchandise
Sports & Entertainment Mkt. Business Finance
Team (2 members) events: Business Law and Ethics Buying and Merchandising
Hospitality Marketing Management
Sports & Entertainment Travel and Tourism
Financial Services
More details will be given at the breakfast. We have also included a box lunch, and you should be done somewhere around noon. Dress for Monday is business attire.
If you are interested, please call my cell phone number: 303.725.1458 or email me at david.haar@valorchristian.com. We look forward to having you!
Sincerely,
David Haar
Vail DECA Invitational Coordinator