Olga Plagianakos

Leadership: “It’s in the doing!”

Pride: “It’s achieving the desired outcome.”

What is Success?

Our Students

Bring classroom application to the work setting

The skills they learn leads to careers

Careers our world are counting on

Career Outlook

JOBS

65% of all jobs are skilled occupations

Only 20% of all jobs are in professions

Only 15% are unskilledSource: Statistics Canada 2005

technicalunskilled trade

professional

Student members in your communityrepresenting the province of

Ontario

Who are these faces?

What do students need to succeed?

Academic skills

Practical Job skills Employability skills

What are employabilityskills?

• Communication• Team working• Leadership• Goal setting• Resource management• Using technology• Personal responsibility• Higher-order thinking

These essentials skillspromote

Self-ConfidenceAcademic Success

Positive Attitudes Career Success

Organizations like ours…

• Only business student organization in Canada run by students, for students

• Non-profit organization whose main financial source is from our members’ dues

• $35 per student ($20 Dues/$15 Regionals)

• $30 Chapter fee (waived for new schools)

Collectively we represent

• 160 000 students DECA members, internationally

• 58 000 instructors• 15 265 chapters• 3 081 national business sponsors and partners

Canada, United States, Mexico, Germany, SouthKorea, Puerto Rico and Guam

….. in Ontario

• 6 195 DECA members• 179 Chapter Advisors• 150 Chapters• 20 national business sponsors and partners

Partnerships in Ontario

• Avery Dennison Limited • AYJ Global• Certified General Accountants of

Ontario • Certified Management Accountants

of Ontario • CIBC • DECA U • Dreams Take Flight• Evolution Foods, LLC• Georgian College - Canadian

Automotive Institute

• Historica - Encounters with Canada• Humber The Business School • Institute of Chartered Accountants

of Ontario• Mei Academy• Ministry of Small Business and

Consumer Services• Seneca College• Sheraton Centre• University of Guelph• University of Waterloo• Vector Marketing • Wrigley's Canada

Who are we?

Our Mission

is to engage, educate, and empower students through experiential business learning in becoming leaders of their communities.

Mission Achieved Through

• Leadership Programmes

• Workplace Skills Assessment Programmes

• Special Recognition Awards Programmes

Our DECA activities and events areOur DECA activities and events areco-curricular enhancing students’ co-curricular enhancing students’

academic programmesacademic programmes

Our Purpose

• To develop student leadership and community responsibility

• To develop competence in business, technology, and interpersonal skills

• To develop an understanding of the business environment

• To develop organizational, people, and time management skills

CNN News Report

Workplace SkillsAssessment Program

DECA students compete yearly in business-related events at the regional, provincial, and international levels. These events develop, measure, and recognize the leadership abilities, technical skills, and classroom training of students.

Information Processing

Networking

Administration

Multimedia Design

Communication Skills

Programming Languages

Accounting

Starting your Own Business

Developing Business Plans

Parliamentary Procedure

Membership

• Ontario is divided into 9 regions ~ primarily by School Boards

• Ontario has the fourth highest membership with over 6 100 members in the Secondary and 990 members in the Post-Secondary divisions

Membership Services

Special Recognition Awards

Business Partnerships

Internship Opportunities

Guest Speakers

Job Shadowing/Office Tours

Scholarships

Preparation for Future Careers

Community Partnerships

DECA Ontario’s official charity is Dreams Take Flight. Each year, we send critically ill kids to Disney Land. To date, we’ve raised over $18 000 for this worthwhile cause.

Sample activities include:

Relay for Life

Dance Fundraisers

Other volunteer programmes

DECA & You

Publicity

Internships

Promotional Marketing

Volunteer Opportunities

Annual Financials

DECA Ontario Financial Budget Information

Membership Dues /Regionals($35 per student): $ 210 000 (24%)

Conference Income

(fall, provincial and international conferences): $ 620 000 (70%)

Business & Industry Contributions: $ 50 000 ( 6%)

DECA Overall Budget: $880 000

Become aCorporate Sponsor

Diamond Level $10 000Platinum Level $ 7 500Gold Level $ 5 000Silver Level $ 2 500

Individual Scholarship: $1 000Alumni or Friend of DECA $ 100

Sponsorship levels to fit your company’s needs:

Calendar of SponsorshipEvents

• September ~ Fall Leadership Conference• November ~ Nine Regional Qualifiers• December ~ Written Business Proposals Workshop• February ~ Provincials Competition and Leadership

Conference• April/May ~ International Leadership Conference• July ~ Chapter Officer Leadership Training• August ~ Alumni Socials

Student Success

• There are 13 million students in high school• Each one wants to be successful at work and in life• DECA Ontario is dedicated to helping each student reach

that goal

Where to Reach Us

DECA Ontario

100 Richmond Street West

Suite 341

Toronto, Ontario

M5H 3K6

416 363-3322

www.deca.ca

DECA Ontario