Business Award Activities

SERVICE (Complete three (3) activities from this section. The first one (1) is required.)

Activity 1
Required. Make a 2-5 minute oral informational presentation about FBLA to a business, class, or at a chapter meeting. (Prepare an outline of your presentation.)

Activity 2
Design a poster encouraging students to join your local FBLA chapter. (Upload a scanned copy/sample of the poster design.)

Activity 3
Prepare a bulletin board or display promoting American Enterprise Day or FBLA-PBL Week. (Upload a copy or scan of a picture of the display/bulletin board.)

Activity 4
Participate in a community service project that your chapter is sponsoring. (Prepare a news release for your school or local paper about this project.)

Activity 5
Plan and conduct the Emblem Ceremony at a local chapter meeting. (Prepare a meeting agenda listing this ceremony as part of the meeting.)

Activity 6
Organize an activity or event for your local chapter to promote American Enterprise Day or FBLA-PBL Week. (Create a news release describing this project.)


EDUCATION (Complete five (5) activities from this section. The first three (3) are required.)

Activity 7
Required. Technology. Complete the interactive Business/Internet Scavenger Hunt.

Activity 8
Required. Entrepreneurship. Prepare a resume, cover letter, and job application, applying for a fictitious job (Upload a copy of your resume and cover letter. Use the online job application form.)

Activity 9
Required. Entrepreneurship. You have just been hired at the XYZ Corporation. Your first task is to develop a new product or service. (Please complete the interactive Developing a New Product form. Create and upload a print ad for your new product.)

Activity 10
Accounting. Explain the importance of high ethical standards in the preparation of financial statements. (Write and upload a one-page paper.)

Activity 11
Business. Successfully complete one (1) grading period in a business course with a grade of 'B' or better.

Activity 12
Communications. Prepare an agenda for two (2) chapter meetings. (Upload copies of the agendas.)

Activity 13
Entrepreneurship. Visit/tour a business. (In proper business format, write a letter addressed to your adviser describing this experience.)

Activity 14
Communications. Complete a one-page report on a local, state, or national business leader.

Activity 15
Marketing. Describe how a company markets a product or service in other countries. (Write a one-page memo to your adviser of your findings.)


PROGRESS (Complete four (4) activities from the list below. The first two (2) are required.)

Activity 16
Required. Prepare a letter inviting students to join FBLA.

Activity 17
Required. Participate in a competitive event at the district/regional or state level.

Activity 18
Plan an icebreaker for your local chapter members and present it at a local chapter meeting or in a class. (Create and upload an outline of the icebreaker.)

Activity 19
Recruit one (1) new Professional Division member.

Activity 20
Submit an article/news release about your chapter's activities using the interactive submission form.

Activity 21
Develop and upload a recruitment brochure for your local chapter.

Activity 22
Write a letter to your school superintendent or principal about the benefits of FBLA.

Activity 23
Participate in a task that is assigned by your local chapter adviser. (Prepare a 100-word summary describing this activity.)