2.  2013-2014 Total Membership  Senior Level  Chapters – 258 (-6)  Members – 9166 (-79)

3.  Nashville, TN– June 29 – July 2  Total attendance – 10,000+  Arkansas attendance – 388  Arkansas competitors – 238 in 64 events

4.  1 st Place—Electronic Career Portfolio-Ethan Barnes, Highland  1 st Place—Help Desk-Caleb Spann, Rosebud

5.  2 nd Place—Desktop Publishing-Carley Bearden & Lindsey Harris, Bauxite  2 rd Place—Word Processing-Bridget Sciarra, Omaha  3 rd Place—Pilot MOS-Word-Patrick Richardson, Quitman

6.  4 th Place—Website Design-Wes Johnston, Sameer Kulkarni, & Jan Timpe, Bentonville  5 th Place—Computer Business Applications- Isaiah Villarreal, Omaha  5 th Place—Local Chapter Annual Business Report-Hailey Dewey, Kaitlyn Dewey, & Samantha Shelley, Cotter

7.  8 th Place—Local Chapter Annual Business Report-Luisa Towery & Ally Young, Armorel  9 th Place—Database Design & Application-Alex Kwok, Nashville  9 th Place—LifeSmarts-Drew Collins & Joanna Roberts, Omaha

8.  10 th Place—Desktop Application Programming- Thurston Sapp, Little Rock Central  Top 15—Mobile Application Development-Jace McPherson, Little Rock Central  Top 15—Partnership with Business Project- Baily Atchison & Grant Hutson, Paris

9.  Who’s Who—Rachel Ford, Siloam Springs  Teacher of the Year—Angie Hutson, Paris  March of Dimes Local Chapter Most Money Raised – Brookland  March of Dimes—Arkansas 3 rd Place

10.  New Competitive Events  Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)—Word and Excel  Sales Presentation—individual event, includes presentation of product  Securities & Investments—individual event, objective test  Social Media Campaign—individual or team event, presentation  3D Animation—individual or team event, create a video, presentation

11.  Competitive Event Modifications  Electronic Career Portfolio—guidelines and rating sheets have been revised  Emerging Business Issues—teams present both sides, time increased to seven (7) minutes, not sequestered  Local Chapter Annual Business Report—reduced to fifteen (15) pages  States can advance four (4) entries in events requiring only objective tests

12. District I Fall Conference September 29, 2014 Fort Smith Convention Center Spring Conference January 21, 2015, Fort Smith Convention Center District II Fall Conference October 9, 2014, ASU Convocation Center, Jonesboro Spring ConferenceJanuary 22, 2015, Nettleton Performing Arts, Jonesboro District III Fall Conference October 8, 2014, Pine Bluff Convention Center, Pine Bluff Spring ConferenceJanuary 28, 2015 Pine Bluff Convention Center, Pine Bluff

13. District IV Fall Conference October 8, 2014, HSU, Arkadelphia Spring ConferenceFebruary 4, 2015, UACCH, Hope District V Fall Conference September 23, 2014, ATU, Russellville Spring ConferenceFebruary 2, 2015, UCA, Conway

14. District VI Fall Conference October 10, 2014, Vada Shied Center, ASU-MH, Mountain Home Spring Conference January 30, 2015, ASU-MH, Mountain Home District VII Fall Conference October 7, 2014, Springdale Performing Arts, Springdale Spring Conference February 3, 2015, U of A Reynolds Center, Fayetteville

15. National Fall Leadership Conference November 7-10, 2014, Washington D.C. Midyear Executive CouncilDecember 7-8, 2014, Little Rock State Leadership ConferenceApril 13-14, 2015, Little Rock State Officer Training June 7-9, 2015, Lake Point Conference Center, Russellville National Leadership ConferenceJune 29-July 2, 2015, Chicago, IL

17.  Create a new state program known as the Step Up Challenge for chapters to participate in and become involved at the state level  Expand partnership with organizations such as MOD, ACH, ARORA, Ronald McDonald House, and Make-A-Wish  Promote social media use  Increase membership within each district  Bridge the gap between middle, senior, and PBL levels

18.  National = $ 6  State = $ 3

19. All events will again be uploaded via Dropbox (excluding Games and Programming). Specific instructions will be included in your Spring Conference Packet.

20.  Working on new website  Updating Handbook  Event Guidelines  State Conference  All events at Statehouse Convention Center  Institute for Leaders at the Clinton Library