1. IMPROVING YOUR COMPETITION SKILLS Matt Filippini Herriman High FBLA Chapter

2. IT’S LIKE A BEING A TRACK COACH…  …yes, a track coach…times 12   Get organized  Get resources ready ahead of time  Set challenges for students (you can’t be everything to everyone)

3. PHILOSOPHY Quality over Quantity If I was a teenager, I would want to…  Build quality, then quantity  Start Small and build up  2012 – 12  2013 – 23  2014 – 36  2015 – 43  Have fun  Be Inspired  Connect to the next level  Colleges  Professionals  Jobs  Make it real world  Gavin’s Story with HUB

4. PHILOSOPHY CONTINUED Work Smarter, not HarderFind your community’s strength  Implement FBLA into the classes you are already teaching  Use tests  Use the same rubrics  Use your background and strength  FBLA Booster Club  We have a lot of parent who want to help…so we let them

5. PHILOSOPHY ENDED Never stop talking about FBLA  “Mr. Filippini annoyed me so much with FBLA, I joined so he would stop talking about it” - Michael  “I really had no idea what FBLA was when I joined, but Mrs. Wing was always excited about. it - Olivia  “I wanted to start building “computers”, but needed some business background. Filppini and Wing really helped us with that in FBLA. - Steve and The Woz

6. GET ORGANIZED  Binders  Website  Practices  Classes  Remind.com  For Students  For Parents  Calendar 1 year ahead

7. MARIN’S STORY  1 st Place Regionals  1 st Place State  6 th Place in the Nation

8. CONNECT STUDENTS TO THEIR STRENGTHS  Over 70 Competitions  Role Plays  Presentations  Tests

9. GET EVERYONE INVOLVED

10. JUST NOT THE WEIRD ONE

11. QUICK STUDY GUIDES  www.barcharts.com www.barcharts.com  Price $4 - $7  Great for testing events!!!

12. QUIZLET.COM

13. CLUB WEBSITE - WEEBLY!!!

14. WEDNESDAY TRAININGS / MAP TIME (NOW)  Breakfast – Cereal and Milk  After School – PB&J  Topics  Guest Speakers  Men’s Warehouse,  Chick-Fil-A  Local Entrepreneurs  Speaking Events  Testing Events

15. PRESENTATION EVENTS  Watch YouTube Videos  National Winners  Buy the FBLA Resources  Videos  Winning Reports  Free Resources  Record (with permission) your best students and save the videos!  The Evil Bell  Bring in professionals into the planning process  Practice, Practice, Practice…

16. ROLE PLAY EVENTS Research First Contact Professionals Listen to their stories Create your own role plays Practice the role plays and presenting second

17. SIMPLE KEY TO SUCCESS  Compete  Herriman Invite – October 6 th  USU Aggie Invitational – October 12 th  Dixie?  Go to your Region Competition  Go to State!

18. FBLA BRAND

19. GREAT BUSINESS CLASSES BUILD GREAT FBLA CHAPTERS

22. BOOSTER CLUB  When: 1 st Thursday of every month at Kneaders  Who: Any parents who want to be involved  What:  Putting together care packages before competitions  Network to get guest speakers  Help with fundraising  Help pre-judge before competitions  Miscellaneous things

23. OFFICERS & THEIR POSITIONS

24. EVENTS

25. FUNDRAISING Herriman’s Got TalentMr. Mustang

26. COMPETITION PREP  Connect Parents & Professionals together right before Region and State Competitions  Set it up like a competition

27. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COMPLAINTS?