2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS Spencer Kirkland, District I State VP Siloam Springs High School Siloam Springs, Arkansas

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS FBLA WRITTEN REPORT EVENTS  American Enterprise Project  Community Service Project  Partnership With Business

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS DON’TS

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS DO IT RIGHT!  Read - FBLA Event Description in CMH  Know – Special Event Regulations  Memorize – Written Report Rating Sheet  Plan – Brainstorm report ideas  Involve – Ask students for ideas  Start NOW – Projects always take longer than expected

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS DO IT RIGHT!  Read - FBLA Event Description in CMH  Project MUST match the guidelines!  American Enterprise Project  Chapter participation vs. individual  Community Service Project  Interest of the community  Perform range of activities/focus on one  Partnership With Business  Build a partnership  Learn about successful businesses

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS DO IT RIGHT!  Know – Special Event Regulations  Not following = TROUBLE!  I. Report Contents  Table of Contents—REQUIRED  30 page limit  Includes: Title, TOC, Divider pages, Appendices  Each side with info counts as a page  No items attached

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS DO IT RIGHT!  Know – Special Event Regulations  II. Report Covers  Both front and back covers—REQUIRED  Must include:  Name of school, State chapter, Event, Year  Card stock, cover stock, index stock  Must be bound  Tape or spiral

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS DO IT RIGHT!  Know – Special Event Regulations  III. General Requirements  Students do report/Advisers consult  Activities timeline  Start of previous SLC-start of current SLC  Send in one copy  Reports won’t be returned  May be reproduced/sold by FBLA-PBL, Inc.

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS DO IT RIGHT!  Memorize – Written Report Rating Sheet  Bolded items = structure of report  Subitems = what to write about  Clear and concise information  Design and graphics  Grammar and spelling

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS DO IT RIGHT!  Plan – Brainstorm report ideas  Involve – Ask students for ideas  Start NOW – Projects always take longer than expected  Planning  Implementation  Writing  Proofing  Submitting

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS GREAT—NOW WHAT?

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS WHAT JUDGES NOTICE

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS WHAT JUDGES NOTICE  Good, very white paper.  Professional binding.  Laser printer.  Publisher/Pagemaker.  Action pictures.  Every picture needs a caption.

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS WHAT JUDGES NOTICE  Graphs and charts.  Avoid contractions.  Clear, descriptive writing style.  No spelling, grammar errors.  Many proofreaders.  2004 NLC Winning Reports.

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS GOOD TO KNOW!  All state winners will present at NLC.  Preliminary Presentations  3 minute abstract of report  No audio/visual equipment allowed  5-minute question and answer time  Written report and preliminary oral presentations scores determine final rank  Top 10 advance to final round

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS GOOD TO KNOW!  Final Round - Oral Presentations  10 minute presentation  Audio/visual equipment allowed  5-minute question and answer time

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS CONGRATULATIONS!

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS Test Your Knowledge! 1.Name 1 of the 3 written reports discussed today. 2.What is the page limit for written reports? 3.T or F. You may use audio/visual equipment in the preliminary presentations. 4.Name 1 of the 4 items that must be included on the report cover. 5.What is the time limit on the final round oral presentation?

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS Test Your Knowledge! 1.American Enterprise Project, Community Service Project, Partnership With Business False 4.Name of school, state chapter, event, year 5.10 minutes

2005 State Leadership ConferenceSpencer Kirkland—Siloam Springs HS THE END! Siloam Springs High School Siloam Springs, Arkansas