By: Nicholas McConnell FBLA By: Nicholas McConnell

Meaning of FBLA The meaning of FBLA is: To grow your interest in business To grow your knowledge of business To expand your horizons It is an honor to be a member of FBLA There are many opportunities that become available to you These opportunities are only found through FBLA

Leadership FBLA offers many opportunities to show off your leadership skills, such as: Hosting/Attending a workshop Becoming a local, region, state, or national leader/officer Competing at the local, state, and national level

Experience FBLA lets you get your feet by: Meeting new people at conferences and workshops Seeing new places by attending conferences Getting to travel across the United States to attend NLC Competing through the competitive events offered at every level

Competition Compete at every level through the competitive events Enhance your skills by competing against other students in skill events, online testing Competition is fierce due to the fact that winners get to travel around the United States Everyone wants to travel to new places and see the country they live in

Competitive Events Compete at every level in any event you can think of: Skills Events- word, access, excel, publisher, powerpoint Performance- speak in front of a panel of judges Chapter Events- team up with your chapter and compete against other chapters Online Testing- take a test online and see how well you do against other people taking the same test

Meeting New People Travel around your state and the United States to meet new people Attend workshops and other events and meet new people Find new people and make friends that could last a very long time

Benefits FBLA has many benefits: Looks great on a resume Make life-long friends Enhance your skills by competing Gain experience through competing and conferences Gain leadership skills through hosting and attending workshops and competing

Fun! FBLA allows you to hang out with friends and make new friends The cities you visit are filled with new things to try and to do Conferences are lots of fun Hang out with friends! Try new things! Go to new places!

Join Today! An FBLA membership lasts year-round and gives you all the benefits Activities are also now available through the membership Conferences are now available to you Competition is now available Gaining all the benefits is made possible through buying a membership