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On Mar. 15-17, 2013 over 3,000 high school students gathered in Grand Rapids for Michigan\u2019s 70th<\/sup> Annual DECA Competition. Each of these students had the opportunity to compete for their chance to represent Michigan at DECA\u2019s international competition in Anaheim, California which takes place in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cDECA is a group of students that are interested in all different areas of business and it allows them great opportunities to network, to compete, to meet a lot of people and to get scholarships,\u201d DECA advisor Melissa Deboer said.<\/p>\n

\u00a0DECA focuses primarily on helping students that are going into business or marketing careers become successful. During the three days that students are at DECA they participate in different sessions and programs to help them develop leadership abilities. It also helps students create a positive outlook and leads to a successful career path in their futures.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it helps students think on their feet,\u201d Deboer said. \u201cThe way it works is that they take a test on their occupational area, so if you chose hospitality and tourism you would take a test on hospitability and tourism. That\u2019s the easy part. The hard part is when they give you ten minutes with a case study and they say \u2018Hey here\u2019s the scenario for this hotel, you figure out how you\u2019re going to promote it to a group of senior citizens\u2019 and then you have to present it to a judge in a few minutes. So you have to think on your feet, you have to be out of the box and creative. Most of the students are going to be doing the same thing so you want to be the person that does something different.\u201d<\/p>\n

Students have the chance to compete in over 40 events. These events are designed by the leaders in the field of marketing education and contribute to the development of skills that are necessary for people pursuing careers in marketing, management, merchandising and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will help me in the future because it will give me a good sense of the kind of jobs I could do in the marketing and business field,\u201d senior Keenan Hammer said.<\/p>\n

Students also have the chance to explore different colleges. Representatives from universities all over the state such as Ferris State University and Northwood University and representatives from the marketing industry such as Men\u2019s Warehouse and Nike come to the conference to provide students with real life information that can help the students while planning their futures.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not planning on going into business but I think that whatever career you are going into you will most likely have to make a sales pitch so DECA is helpful in preparing for that,\u201d Schuette said. \u201cIt helps with presentation skills and I think having basic business knowledge will help people in any career.\u201d<\/p>\n

The students that will be representing DHS in Anaheim, California for the International Competition in April are Abby Currie, Jack Flanagan, Jackie Ito, Elizabeth Meier, Billy Schuette, Vikram Shanker and Nick Smith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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