Leader Award Activities

SERVICE (Complete three (3) activities in this section. The first two (2) are required.)

Activity 1
Required. Run for local, state, or national office. (Upload a copy of a campaign flyer or brochure you designed.)

Activity 2
Required. Prepare a (5-10 minute) electronic, video, or PowerPoint presentation promoting the Professional Division and how professional members can become involved in FBLA activities. (Prepare an outline of the presentation and a memo to your local chapter adviser in proper business format describing how your local chapter can use this new recruitment tool.)

Activity 3
Design a T-shirt for your local chapter. (Upload a copy of the T-shirt design and explain in 100 words or less how this can be used as a promotional tool for your local chapter.)

Activity 4
Participate in a national or state FBLA program (e.g., March of Dimes, American Enterprise Day, FBLA-PBL Week.) (Prepare a 100-word paper describing what you learned.)

Activity 5
Organize a chapter project to benefit a local charity of your choice or participate in a state or national service project. (Complete the online Project Activity Report form.)

Activity 6
Participate in a schoolwide or community service project or volunteer at a Salvation Army or homeless shelter. (Attach a 100-word description of this activity.)

Activity 7
Design an advertisement or public service announcement promoting FBLA. (Attach a copy of the advertisement or public service announcement.)


EDUCATION (Complete four (4) activities in this section. The first two (2) are required.)

Activity 8
Required. Entrepreneurship. Participate in a mock interview for a fictitious job using the resume and materials that you developed for the Business Award. (Complete the online Mock Interview Review Rating Sheet and the Interactive Interview Evaluation Checklist.)

Activity 9
Required. Entrepreneurship. Complete a half-day job shadow experience. (Upload a two-page paper with at least one (1) scanned photo summarizing this experience and the benefits that you gained, a thank you letter written to the business in proper business format, and a copy of a press release or newspaper clipping.)

Activity 10
Accounting. Analyze the FBLA chapter financial statement and compare it against the budget. (Write a memo to your local chapter adviser in proper business format describing your findings.)

Activity 11
Communications. Attend a National Leadership Conference or a State Leadership Conference. (Prepare an outline for an oral report and present this report at a local chapter meeting.)

Activity 12
International Business. Research the culture of a country of your choice, its relationship to career choices, and different cultural behaviors and expectations. Prepare an oral report to a business class or your local chapter on your findings. (Upload a copy of an outline of the report.)

Activity 13
International Business. Use the Internet to find at least five (5) international blunders from incorrect communications. In a one-page paper describe the impact of these blunders on the businesses that made them. Describe how these situations could apply to a business or your local chapter.

Activity 14
International Business. Research a business from outside your community that operates internationally. Present your findings in a chapter meeting or in a business class. (Upload an outline of the presentation.)

Activity 15
Marketing. Identify the different ways that businesses compete with one another. Present your findings in a chapter meeting or in a business class. (Prepare and upload a 100-word paper.)


PROGRESS (Complete five (5) activities listed below. The first two (2) are required.)

Activity 16
Required. Complete the requirements for Membership Madness or recruit two new Professional Division members.

Activity 17
Required. Complete the interactive Leadership Evaluation/Quiz.

Activity 18
Serve as a voting delegate at a district/regional, state, or national conference.

Activity 19
Participate in a task that is assigned by your local chapter adviser. (Upload a 100-word paper describing the activity.)

Activity 20
Prepare and present a workshop at a local meeting or state conference. The topic must relate to leadership. (Upload an outline of the workshop.)

Activity 21
Donate at least 20 hours of assistance to your FBLA adviser.

Activity 22
Write a letter to a government official about the benefits of FBLA.

Activity 23
Write a letter soliciting a new donation from a business for your local chapter members to attend the National Leadership Conference.

Activity 24
Participate in the Parliamentary Procedures event at the district/regional or state level, or prepare a parliamentary procedures presentation to your chapter, a business class, or at a district/regional, state, or national conference.