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FUTURE BUSINESS facilitator
Future Business Educator provides competitors with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills in the training world, either through training in the business world or a more traditional business education field. This competitive event consists of pre-judged and presentation components.
Event Overview
Division: Collegiate
Event Type: Individual
Event Category: Presentation
Event Elements: Pre-judge and Presentation
Pre-judged Component: Resume, Cover Letter and Professional Development
Presentation Time: 3-minute set-up, 15-minute professional development training or lesson plan presentation, 10-minute interview
NACE Connections: Career & Self-Development, Critical Thinking, Communication, Leadership, Professionalism
Equipment Provided by Competitors: Technology, presentation items, Conference-provided nametag, Photo Identification, Attire that meets the Florida FBLA Dress Code
Equipment Provided by FBLA: Table for preliminary round presentation and final round presentation
2024-2025 Topic
Develop a lesson or professional development training on leadership styles and how each can facilitate change in an organization.
Judges will play the role of students/professional development attendees. Competitors will select one part of their lesson plan/professional development training plan to teach to the judges during the presentation time.
State
Eligibility
· FBLA membership dues are paid by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on February 1st of the current program year.
· Members must be registered for the SLC and pay the state conference registration fee in order to participate in competitive events.
· Members must stay in an official FBLA hotel to be eligible to compete.
· Each chapter may submit one entry per event.
· Members on the state level may enter up to three different events in the following combinations:
o Three objective tests OR
o Two objective test and one production OR
o Two objective tests and one performance OR
o One objective test, one performance, and one production
· In addition, on the state level, a member may compete in one chapter event (Community Service Project or State of Chapter Presentation).
· Only competitors are allowed to plan, research, prepare, and set up their presentations.
· Each competitor must compete in all parts of an event for award eligibility.
· If competitors are late for an objective test, they may be either disqualified or permitted to begin late with no extension of the time as scheduled. If competitors are late for a presentation time, they may be disqualified or placed later in the schedule. The decision is solely up to the judges.
· Participants must adhere to the Florida FBLA dress code established by the Florida Board of Directors or they will not be permitted to participate in the competitive event.
Recognition
· The number of competitors will determine the number of winners. The maximum number of winners for each competitive event is 5.
Event Administration
· This event has a pre-judge, preliminary and final presentation round. If there are less than 15 competitors registered, the presentation component will proceed directly to the final presentation round.
· Pre-judged Materials
o Submission Deadline: A PDF of the cover letter, resume and lesson plan must be uploaded in Blue Panda by the date specified in the SLC registration packet.
o Cover Letter Specifics
§ Not to exceed one page.
§ Competitors will apply for a position at a company or school of their choice.
o Resume Specifics
§ Not to exceed two pages.
§ Highlight the competitor’s education, activities, awards/honors, and work/volunteer experience.
§ Photographs are not allowed.
o Professional Development Training/Lesson Plan Specifics
§ The professional development training/lesson plan should not exceed three (3) pages.
§ The development training/lesson plan should account for one full class period.
§ The development training/lesson plan can be formatted as the competitor chooses.
o Competitors must prepare resume, cover letter and development training/lesson plan. Advisers and others are not permitted to write the resumes, cover letters or development training/lesson plan. Resumes, cover letters, and development training/lesson plan must be original, current, and not submitted for a previous SLC.
o Pages must be formatted to fit on 8 ½” x 11” paper.
o The pre-judged materials are pre-judged before the SLC.
o Pre-judged materials will not be returned.
Preliminary Presentation
o Equipment Set-up Time: 3 minutes
o Development training/lesson plan Presentation Time: 15-minutes (one-minute warning)
o Interview Time: 10 minutes (one-minute warning)
o Internet Access: Not provided
o The presentation is judged at the SLC. The presentation is not open to audience members.
o Competitors are randomly assigned to sections.
o Facts and working data must be cited and be secured from quality sources (peer review documents, legal documents, experts in the field, etc.).
o The presentation time is exclusive to the allotted times. Once the set-up time has been reached, the presentation time automatically begins. The presentation time shall not exceed the stated time, meaning that the set-up time and Q&A time cannot be used as presentation time.
o Competitors present directly from a device which includes a laptop, tablet, mobile phone, or external monitor (approximately the size of a laptop screen). Competitors can present with one or two devices. If presenting with two devices, one device must face the judges and one devices must face the competitors.
o Projectors and projector screens are not allowed for use, and competitors are not allowed to bring their own.
o Wireless slide advancers (such as a presentation clicker or mouse) are allowed.
o External speakers are not allowed. Only device audio can be used.
o Power is not available.
o Materials, notecards, visual aids, and samples related to the project may be used during the presentation; however, no items may be left with the judges.
o Restricted items: Animals (except authorized service animals), Food (for display only; may not be consumed by judges during presentation), Links and QR codes (for display only; cannot be clicked or scanned by judges before, during, or after the presentation.
o Judges will play the role of students/trainees. Competitors will select one part of their professional development training/lesson plan to teach to the judges during the presentation time.
o After the presentation, judges will conduct an interview, lasting no longer than 10 minutes.
Final Presentation
o Equipment Set-up Time: 3 minutes
o Lesson Plan Presentation Time: 15-minutes (one-minute warning)
o Interview Time: 10 minutes (one-minute warning)
o Internet Access: Not provided
o An equal number of competitors from each section in the preliminary round will advance to the final round.
o If needed, this round will follow the same guidelines as the preliminary round.
Scoring
· The pre-judged score will be added to the preliminary presentation score to determine the finalists.
· The pre-judged score will be added to the final presentation score to determine the winners.
· If only one section, the pre-judged score will be added to the final presentation score to determine the winners.
· The pre-judged score will be used to break a tie.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
· FBLA meets the criteria specified in the Americans with Disabilities Act for all competitors with accommodations submitted through the conference registration system by the registration deadline.
Recording of Presentations
· No unauthorized audio or video recording devices will be allowed in any competitive event.
· Competitors in the events should be aware FBLA reserves the right to record any presentation for use in study or training materials.
Penalty Points
· Competitors may be disqualified if they violate the Competitive Event Guidelines or the Honor Code.
National
Be sure to see the National guidelines at https://www.fbla.org/divisions/collegiate/pbl-competitive-events/