AMERICAN ENTERPRISE PROJECT

American Enterprise Project provides chapter members with the opportunity to showcase their understanding of the economic system under which they live and to develop a concept in which they share it with their community. This competitive event consists of a pre-judged report only for state competition.

Event Overview

Division: High School
Event Type: Team of 1, 2 or 3 members present the chapter project
Event Category: Chapter Event
Event Elements: Pre-judged Report
Pre-judged Component: 17-page report due by date specified in SLC registration packet
NACE Connections: Career & Self-Development, Critical Thinking, Communication, Leadership, Professionalism, Teamwork

District

There is no competition for this on the district level.

State

Eligibility

·         FBLA membership dues are paid by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on December 1 (or earlier date specified by District Director) 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 in order to compete.
·         Each chapter may submit one entry.
·         Each competitor can only compete in one individual/team event and one chapter event (American Enterprise Project, Community Service Project, Local Chapter Annual Business Report, Partnership with Business Project).
·         All members of a team must consist of individuals from the same chapter.

Recognition

·         The number of competitors will determine the number of winners. The maximum number of winners for each competitive event is 5.

Event Administration

·         On the state level, this event has one portion:  the pre-judged report.

·         Pre-judged Report

o   Submission Deadline: A PDF of the report must be uploaded in the conference registration system by the date specified in the SLC registration packet.
o   Number of Pages: The report will be no more than seventeen (17) pages.
o   Report Specifics

§  The first page (front cover) should include the name of school, state, name of the event, and school year (2024-25) on the cover.
§  The second page must include a table of contents and each page must be numbered.  
§  Divider pages and appendices are optional and must be included in the page count.
§  Reports must describe chapter activities conducted from the end of the 2024 State Leadership Conference to the end of the 2025 State Leadership Conference.
§  The project must promote an awareness of some facet of the American enterprise system within the school and/or community and be designed for chapter participation.

o   Restricted Items: QR codes and links cannot be included in the report.
o   Competitors must prepare reports. Advisers and others are not permitted to write reports. Reports must be original, current, and not submitted for a previous NLC.
o   Pages must be formatted to fit on 8 ½” x 11” paper.
o   Reports should follow the rating sheet sequence.
o   The report is pre-judged before the SLC.
o   Pre-judged materials will not be returned. Reports submitted for competition become the property of FBLA. These reports may be used for publication and/or reproduced for sale by FBLA.

National

Be sure to see the National guidelines at:  https://www.fbla.org/divisions/fbla/fbla-competitive-events/