North Dakota DECA
Preparing Emerging Leaders in Marketing, Mangement, and Entrepreneurship
Maximize Your Momentum
Learn. Grow. Achieve.
High School Students
This is the place to start your DECA Career! We’re combining real-life experience with classroom activities to help you graduate from high school with a full resume and a headstart on your future. Take this opportunity and make it yours! Here We Go!
Get Involved
Whether you’re a member, parent, advisor, school administrator or marketing education supporter you’re in the right place to begin your ND DECA story!
College Students
See what it means to be a DECA Member and who to contact on your campus. Join the association helping young leaders interested in entrepreneurship, marketing, management, finance, or hospitality develop skills, gain experience, and launch a successful career.
High School
DECA programs exist in 24 of our high schools and career and technology centers in the state.
Alumni
Reconnect with the association that gave you so much.
College
Nine colleges and universities have a Collegiate DECA Chapter.
Educators
Classrooms led by dedicated educators are filled with students across North Dakota to learn about marketing, management, hospitality, finance and entrepreneurship.
Our Mission & Vision
North Dakota DECA was chartered in 1953 and was organized around one ambition goal: to improve educational and career opportunities for students.
In the years since its formation, DECA has remained on the cutting edge of educational innovation and has become nationally known for integrating academic achievement with vocational skills and creating linkages with the business community.
Over time, the needs of our membership have changed and we have changed to meet them. The fundamental reasons we formed remain at our core: first, effective marketing education gives young people the tools and aptitudes they need to pursue their dreams, and second, marketing education works best when it’s part of an integrated education program.
DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs
for careers in marketing,
finance, hospitality and management
in high schools and colleges in
North Dakota and across the Globe.
Featured
Meet ND DECA
Members, Advisors, and Alumni are the lifeblood of ND DECA which is why we want you to meet them! Here are just a few of those who make DECA what it is.
Charmaine Haas
3rd Year Member
Meet Charmain Haas, a third-year DECA Member at Napoleon High School! Her favorite color is purple and her favorite candy is Life Savers. Her dream job is being a graphic designer.
Her favorite experience so far was competing at ICDC in 2018.
Creighton Pfau
2nd Year Member
Meet Creighton, a Senior at Mayville State Univeristy. His favorite color is yellow and he is a lover of butterfingers. Creighton's dream job is to be a hospitalist! His favorite DECA Experience so far is attending ICDC in Orlando.
Mr. Ricardo Pierre-Louis
Advisor
Ricardo Pierre-Louis is a third-year teacher and a second-year advisor for DECA at Bismarck High School. Ricardo’s favorite color is red, and his favorite restaurant is Longhorn Steak House. His favorite DECA experience was attending his first ICDC in Orlando, Florida. He said, “I like the rewarding factors that students receive. Any student who joins DECA, no matter what his or her professional aspirations, will learn valuable skills that can be used in every part of life and in every career field.”
Andrew Young
Alumni
Andrew Young is the Creative Director at Abovo. Andrew went to college at NDSU and served as a state DECA collegiate officer. When asked how his experiences in DECA helped with his career path he said, "Attending and participating in events with judges were working in the career path, or similar career paths, in which I wanted to be on. Having their insight and feedback was incredible. Additionally, exposure to them simply for networking was equally as valuable."
2021-2022
We’re kicking off the DECA Year! ND Members are achieving goals, winning awards, and being recognized for their leadership skills in their communities. Competition practice is underway and Career Development Conference is right around the corner.
Next Steps
Lots of Ways to Get Involved.
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Across North Dakota
Supported By
Business partners are important to the success of North Dakota DECA. Business partners continue to support DECA and provide opportunities in leadership development, entrepreneurship, competition, and other areas that benefit youth. DECA has developed continued partnerships with many businesses in the state.
Important Dates
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES:
HIGH SCHOOL
Fall Leadership Conference | October 31 – November 1, 2021
State Career Development Conference | March 13-15, 2022
International Career Development Conference | April 23-26, 2022
COLLEGIATE
Fall Leadership Conference | November 2-3, 2021
State Career Development Conference | February 13-14, 2022
International Career Development Conference | April 9-12, 2022
ND DECA Blog
The Latest News & Updates
Introducing 2021-2022 High School Officer Team
This 7-person team was elected to serve ND DECA Members and help them maximize their momentum during the year!
How to Write A Letter To A Potential Professional Member
Starting a conversation via mailed letter or email is an important step in successfully recruiting business professional members and supporters for your ND DECA Chapter!
Use this guide to write your own compelling letter to gain more professional members for your chapter!
Guide for Chapters – How to Connect With Businesses
A guide for ND DECA Chapters to successfully connect with businesses professionals in their community.