PBL Competitive Events

The PBL National Awards Program recognizes excellence in a number of business and career-related areas. PBL competitive events also prepare college students for the workforce by expanding their classroom experience with real-world scenarios.

The competitive event guidelines and competencies that follow were created for competitors, advisers, and event judges.

Past competitive events winners.

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Qualifying for PBL Competitive Events

At the State Leadership Conferences, students compete in events testing their business knowledge and skills. Top state winners are then eligible to compete for national awards at the National Leadership Conference each summer. States may modify the events offered at the district/region and state level. Always check your state guidelines if competing at the district/region and/or state level competition.

View the “Choose Your PBL Competitive Event” flow chart and PBL Events At-A-Glance to help choose an event. For information on how events break down into individual programs of study, please view PBL Events by Category.

PBL Competitive Events Guidelines

Each event is governed by specific guidelines and rating sheets. Once you choose an event, please review the guidelines closely.

View and print all guidelines for PBL events.

View all PBL events with rating sheets.

Competitors can choose to compete in individual events, as part of a team, or as part of a chapter team:

• Individual
• Team
• Chapter

Individual and team events focus on skills useful in leadership and career development; chapter events recognize overall achievement and performance in chapter management and growth.

See the full lists of skills students develop here.

There are a number of event categories competitors can choose from:

Tests
Objective Test	Objective Test & Role Play	Production & Objective Test
Collaborative Objective Test & Team Performance (Role Play)
Presentation
Speech	Presentation with Equipment	Presentation without Equipment
Prejudged Projects & Presentation	Prejudged Report	Prejudged Reports & Presentation
Collaborative Objective Test & Team Performance (Role Play)
Interview
Interview

Open Events

Open, online testing events are open to any PBL member present at the National Leadership Conference.  Prerequisites or registration is not required.  The open event tests differ each year.  The top winner of each open event is recognized during the awards ceremony.

Pilot Events

From time to time new events will be piloted before being added to the regular competitive events program. Those events will be noted in the list of events with the word “Pilot” after the event name. A person competing in a pilot event is eligible to compete in another individual or team event.  The top five (5) winners are recognized during the awards ceremony.

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