President Award Activities

Service Activities (Complete 3 activities. The first one is required.)

Activity 1
Required. Run for local, state, or national office. (Complete the interactive officer application form. In addition, attach a written copy of a 1-2 minute campaign speech and a campaign brochure.)

Activity 2
Help plan, organize, and complete a community service project for your chapter. (Complete the interactive Chapter Activity Report form.)

Activity 3
Help plan a recruitment drive for your local chapter or activities to celebrate American Enterprise Day or FBLA-PBL Week. (Complete the interactive Chapter Activity Report form.)

Activity 4
Help plan and participate in a holiday service project with food baskets for Thanksgiving, canned food drive, toy drive, Easter egg hunt, or adopt-a-family. (Complete the interactive Chapter Activity Report form.)

Activity 5
Work with the local historical society or the school publications department and prepare a brochure on the history of your community or your school. (Upload brochure.)

Activity 6
Volunteer to help with a school or campus project. (Write a 100-word description of the project.)


Education Activities (Complete 4 activities. The first three are required.)

Activity 1
Required. Participate in a mock job interview using the resume and job application form that you developed for the Executive Level. (Scan and upload completed Mock Job Interview Review Sheet and complete the Interview Evaluation Checklist.)

Activity 2
Required. Develop a career portfolio using some of the activities that you have worked on in this program. (See Portfolio Instruction Sheet included under strEonline.)

Activity 3
Required. Participate in an internship or at least twenty (20) hours of job shadowing. (Write a 100-word description of this experience and upload at least two (2) scanned photos and a copy of the letter from the business.)

Activity 4
Write a follow-up thank you letter for the mock job interview that you participated in for this level award. (Upload a copy of the letter.)

Activity 5
Participate in a national program such as the Stock Market Game, Junior Tours, or Economics for Leaders. (Write a 100-word description of the benefits of the program that you participated in.)

Activity 6
Research the impact that organizations such as PBL have on members, and write a letter to a government official about the benefits students receive from programs like ours. (Upload a copy of the letter.)


Progress Activities (Complete 5 activities. The first two are required.)

Activity 1
Required. Complete the PBL International Travel Project. (Upload completed project. Instructions are available online under this activity.)

Activity 2
Required. Secure a letter of recommendation from your local or state adviser on why you are deserving of the President Level. (Upload letter.)

Activity 3
Visit at least one school that does not have an active PBL chapter and meet with the dean or the business department and present the benefits of chartering a PBL chapter.

Activity 4
Attend one of the National Fall Leadership Conferences or the previous year's NLC or Institute for Leaders.

Activity 5
Draft a proclamation, public service announcement, and press release about American Enterprise Day. (Upload a copy of each.)

Activity 6
Help prepare a local chapter directory containing adviser contacts, officer contact, and member contact information: addresses, phone numbers, e-mail, birthdays, and important meeting dates. (Upload directory.)