Business Award Activities

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

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

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

Activity 3
Required. Research community service grants that are available. Present your findings and any recommendations on grants to pursue to the FBLA Local Officer Team and Local Adviser(s) in a one-page memo. (Upload the memo.)

Activity 4
Prepare a print ad about American Enterprise Day or FBLA-PBL Week. (Upload a copy of the ad.)

Activity 5
Participate in a community service project that your chapter is sponsoring. (Prepare and upload a news release for your school or local paper about this project.)

Activity 6
Help plan and conduct the Emblem Ceremony at a local chapter meeting. (Prepare a meeting agenda listing this ceremony as part of the meeting.)

Activity 7
Help 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.)

Activity 8
Visit a kindergarten classroom and read the Dr. Suess book, �The Lorax� to students. Help them plant sunflower seed in cups to take home. (Upload a scanned photo and a new release of this activity).

Activity 9
Prepare a local calendar of activities for your local chapter with at least two ideas for chapter activities each month. (Upload the calendar of activities)

Activity 10
Help create and present a Halloween safety skit to elementary children. (Upload a scanned photo of the activity and a copy of a press release).


EDUCATION (Complete eight (8) activities from this section. The first four (4) are required.)

Activity 11
Required. Technology. Complete the interactive Business/Internet Scavenger Hunt.

Activity 12
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 13
Required. Complete the interactive Internet Ethics and Safety Quiz (Complete interactive quiz).

Activity 14
Required. Entrepreneurship. You have just been hired at the XYZ Corporation. Your first task is to develop a new green product/invention (Please review the project requirements and complete the interactive form. Create and upload a print ad for your new product.)

Activity 15
Accounting. Explain the importance of high ethical standards in the preparation of financial statements. (Write and upload a one-page paper.)

Activity 16
Business. Successfully complete one (1) grading period in a business course with a grade of 'B' or better.

Activity 17
Communications. Prepare an agenda for two (2) chapter meetings. (Upload copies of the agendas.)

Activity 18
Entrepreneurship. Visit/tour a business. (In proper business format, write a letter addressed to your adviser describing this experience.)

Activity 19
Communications. Complete a one-page report on a local, state, or national business leader.

Activity 20
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 seven (7) activities from the list below. The first two (2) are required.)

Activity 21
Required. Prepare a recruitment brochure for your local FBLA chapter (Upload a copy of the brochure).

Activity 22
Required. Participate in a competitive event at the district/regional or state level. (Enter the name of the event, the conference, and the date on the interactive form).

Activity 23
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 24
Recruit one (1) new Professional Division member. (Enter the name of the professional member and the date joined on the interactive form).

Activity 25
Submit an article/news release about your chapter's activities using the interactive submission form.

Activity 26
Participate in the Virtual Business Challenge. (Enter the names of the team members on the interactive form).

Activity 27
Write a letter to your school superintendent or principal about the benefits of FBLA.

Activity 28
Participate in a task that is assigned by your local chapter adviser. (Prepare a 100-word summary describing this activity.)

Activity 29
Help organize a letter writing campaign for soldiers. (Upload a copy of one of the letters).

Activity 30
Attend a community or school meeting (Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, School Board, Jaycee�s, Kiwani�s, PTA, Etc. (Upload a one-page report about the meeting you attended.).