PARTNERSHIP WITH BUSINESS PROJECT
Partnership with Business Project provides chapter members with the opportunity to share their chapter’s development and implementation of an innovative, creative, and effective partnership with a business to benefit the greater good. This competitive event consists of a pre-judged report and presentation component.
Event Overview
Division: High School
Event Type: Pre-judged only on the State Level
Event Category: Chapter Event
Event Elements: Pre-Judged Report only on the State Level
Pre-judged Component: 17-page report due by date specified in the SLC Registration Packet
NACE Connections: Career & Self-Development, Critical Thinking, Communication, Leadership, Professionalism, Teamwork
District
Check with your District leadership for District-specific competition information.
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 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).
Recognition
· The number of competitors will determine the number of winners. The maximum number of winners for each competitive event is 5.
Event Administration
· 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
§ Reports should follow the rating sheet sequence.
§ 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.
§ In the remaining fifteen (15) pages, share the following content:
· Explain the responsibilities of the business and chapter leaders and their degree of involvement (hours spent, personal contact, executives and department heads contacted)
· Describe planning, development, and implementation of project.
· Provide examples of publicity and recognition for the project.
· Discuss benefits and concepts learned from the partnership and degree of impact on both partners and FBLA chapter because of the project.
· Evaluate the project for its impact on the chapter, business, and community.
§ 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.
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 The report is pre-judged before the SLC.
o Restricted Items: QR codes and links cannot be included in the report.
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.
Scoring
· The report score will be used to determine the winners.
· Decisions of the judges are final.
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.
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/fbla/fbla-competitive-events/