PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Public Service Announcements are basic messages to the public that raise awareness on a specific issue. Public Service Announcement (PSA) provides members with the research, form an objective and create a 30-second video on a topic. This competitive event consists of a pre-judged portion only on the state level.

Event Overview

Division: High School
Event Type: Team of 1, 2 or 3 members
Event Category: Pre-judged only on the state level
Event Elements: Pre-judged
NACE Connections: Career & Self-Development, Communication, Critical Thinking, Leadership, Professionalism, Teamwork, Technology

2024-2025 Topic

Produce a 30-second public service announcement about Healthy Habits in the Workplace.

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 may compete in an event at the State Leadership Conference (SLC) more than once if they have not previously placed in the top ten of that event at the National Leadership Conference (NLC). If a member places in the top ten of an event at NLC, they are no longer eligible to compete in that event.
·         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 district may be represented by participant(s) based on the Florida FBLA scaled quota system found on the Florida FBLA website.
·         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).
·         Only competitors are allowed to plan, research, prepare, and set up their entry.
·         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

·         Prejudged Public Service Announcement

§  Research, form an objective for the PSA, and create a 30-second video on the topic. Facts and data must be cited and secured from quality sources.

§  The Public Service Announcement should demonstrate an understanding of the topic with a learning objective for the intended audience; major findings from the topic research; the script writing process; use of different video techniques; a list of equipment and software used; and copyright or sources for the project and PSA.

§  The production must be original content; competitors may not use previously published video clips in the videos submitted for competitions.

§  You must provide a URL in the conference registration system by the date specified in the State Conference registration packet.  You cannot make any changes to the project after the deadline. 

Scoring

·         The pre-judged scores will determine the winners.
·         Judges must break ties. All judges’ decisions 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.

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/fbla/fbla-competitive-events/