State Competitive Events

State three categories:  individual, team, and chapter events.  A PBL competitor may compete in two competitive events at the Spring Leadership Conference.  A participant may not be enrolled in any post-baccalaureate or graduate program prior to December 1 of the current school year in addition to meeting the eligibility requirements for individual events.

Competitive Events will follow National Competitive Events Guidelines with a few minor exceptions.  For example, unless there are more than 15 participants in Job Interview there will only be a final interview not a preliminary interview. 

Listed below are classifications of events:

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS:

• Accounting Principles
• Accounting for Professionals
• Business Communication
• Business Law
• Client Service
• Computer Applications
• Computer Concepts
• Contemporary Sports Issues
• Cyber Security
• Database Design & Applications
• Economics Concepts
• Finance Concepts
• Future Business Executive
• Future Business Teacher
• Help Desk
• Impromptu Speaking
• Information Management
• International Business  
• Job Interview
• Justice Administration
• Macroeconomics
• Management Concepts
• Marketing Concepts
• Microeconomics
• Networking Concepts
• Project Management
• Public Speaking
• Retail Management
• Sales Presentation
• Sports Management and Marketing
• Statistical Analysis
• Telecommunications
• Word Processing
• Who’s Who in PBL (Unless a chapter has a State Officer, then two)

INDIVIDUAL OR TEAM EVENTS:

• Accounting Analysis & Decision Making
• Business Presenation
• Computer Game & Simulation Programming
• Digital Video Production
• Economic Analysis & Decision Making
• Financial Analysis & Decision Making
• Financial Services
• Hospitality Management
• Human Resource Management
• Integrated Marketing Campaign
• Management Analysis & Decision Making
• Marketing Analysis & Decision Making
• Small Business Management Plan
• Strategic Analysis & Decision Making
• Web Site Design

TEAM EVENTS:

• Business Decision Making
• Business Ethics
• Desktop Publishing
• Emerging Business Issues
• Network Design 
• Parliamentary Procedure

CHAPTER EVENTS

• Community Service Project
• Largest Local Chapter Membership
• Largest Percentage Increase in Membership
• Local Chapter Annual Business Report
• Local Chapter Newsletter
• Local Chapter Scrapbook
• Local Recruitment of Chapters

SPECIAL AWARDS

• Businessperson of the Year
• Gold Seal Chapter Award of Merit – Chapters must submit monthly reports as well as submit an Annual Business Report.
• Outstanding Local Kentucky PBL Chapter – Chapters must submit monthly reports.
• Outstanding Adviser of the Year
• Outstanding Professional Division Member
• Two Professional Division Scholarships – one for two year institutions and one for four year institutions

All contestants must be members of an active local chapter which is in good standing with both State and National Associations.  The State chapter and the National Association must have the contestant on record as paying dues for the current school year.

Should a tie occur in any event, it is the responsibility of the judges to use a system of weighing in order to determine specific places in an interview or demonstration situation.  On a written examination, the tests will be numbered in order of completion.  The completion time will then be used to determine places of competitors when scores reflect a tie.

In all chapter report events which require a manuscript or report to be sent to the National office, THE REPORT OR MANUSCRIPT MUST BE PREPARED BY STUDENT MEMBERS, NOT ADVISERS.  Failure to comply with this regulation will DISQUALIFY an entry.