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Recap the adventures LDI granted ‘fueling your future!’ the lookout. Also, next year’s Southern Section Application will be arriving shortly. We are working on publishing those very soon. Please note that the 2009 Southern Section Conference has been moved to March 6. Hope to see each of you there! Find out ways to divide your events to maximize your school’s potential. By Erik Nguyen President By Raymond Lee Vice President [email protected] [email protected]
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The Southern SunThe Official Newsletter of CA Southern Section FBLA
Winter 2009 Issue V - Page 1
FBLA annual leadership institute hosted amid Southern Section
Leadership De-velopment Institute (LDI) South was a huge success. This year we had one of the highest at-tendance rates, and I hope to see that trend follow for Section and State.
For those that went, I hope you all had a great time, as the section officers
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of Southern, Gold Coast, and Inland Sections worked hard to put the event together. However, I’m sure you’ll be hearing more about LDI in our news-letter and from all your friends.
For those who weren’t able to go, I strongly encourage you to attend next year.
Let’s take a glance
at upcoming events. Southern Section is proud to present the LA Kings Sports Marketing Event on January 9. This event will even in-clude a business tour of the Staples Cen-ter, including places only the basketball players would be able to visit. More information about this event will ar-rive soon, so be on
the lookout. Also, next year’s
Southern Section Application will be arriving shortly. We are working on publishing those very soon.
Please note that the 2009 Southern Section Conference has been moved to March 6. Hope to see each of you there!
By Erik NguyenPresident
Maximize your potentialFind out ways to divide your events to maximize your school’s potential.
One way your individual chapter suc-ceed is to have as many people qualify and compete in higher level conferences. To do so, divide the numerous numbers of events for stu-dents based on their willingness, talents and interests.
Students who will compete should un-derstand that this is another priority they must consider. Like a class, they should be willing to sacrifice time and effort to get to know the material.
Fortunately, the fruits of their success will be seen once they are recognized on top of a podium in front of hundreds of students across our district. Students who
show a strong passion and desire for par-ticular events should be given priority.
Furthermore, there are some students who stand out in their talents. Guide these
students to the events that they would do well in! There are mul-tiple math-related events, speech events and even language relat-ed events that talented students should be encouraged to join.
One way you can let them know of these kinds of events is by putting events into differ-ent categories that are easier for people to distinguish.
However, don’t simply let students apply just based on tal-
ent and skill. FBLA is here to provide an opportunity for everyone, so allow some spots to be taken by students who want to experiment or are interested.
Hope you succeed as a chapter, and see you at Southern Section Conference!
By Raymond LeeVice President
Expanding Interests Unsure how to approach the competitive events? Conduct some research to expand your knowledge and repre-sent your school
Jan. 9 LA Kings Sports Marketing Conference at Staples Center
Jan. 15 Skill events, school-site testing forms for section conference - REQUEST DEAD-LINE
Feb. 3 Membership deadline to be eli-gible for Section Conferences - MONEY RECEIVED
Feb. 9 Section Conference Registration - RECEIVED
Feb. 7-13 FBLA-PBL Week
March 1 Professional Membership Dues Online Registration - DEADLINE
March 1 Membership deadline to be eligible for State/National Conferences - MONEY RECEIVED
March 1 Individual Business Achieve-ment Awards Entries - NATIONAL DEADLINE
March 6 Southern Section Conference at University of California, Irvine
March 12 State Leadership Conference skill events school-site testing form - REQUEST DEADLINE
March 19 State Projects Recognition Forms, American Enterprise Project En-tries, Partnership with Business Project Entries, Community Service Project Entries - POSTMARKED
March 25 Online Conference Registra-tion closes - State Leadership Conference
March 25 State Leadership Conference Hotel Reservations - RECEIVED
April 6 All money for State Leadership Conference - RECEIVED
April 15-18 State Leadership Conference at Hyatt Regency, Irvine
FBLA Upcoming Events & Deadlines
Compiled By Emily TianPublic Relations Officer
[email protected] more deadlines, visit www.cafbla.org
Understand the benefits of an internship: Some benefits may include job shadowing opportunities, hands-on business experience, boosting your resume, and even as simple as getting paid!
Find businesses that offer internships: Most difficult step of the whole process. In the order from easiest to hardest, I would suggest...
Find connections (relatives, family friends, neighbors, even teachers) • Search for established programs (i.e. Bank of America Student Leaders) • Visit your school career center or counseling office (resources for internships, • jobs, and Regional Occupational Programs) Search the web (tedious, I know) • Pick up the phone (newspaper classified ads, Chamber of Commerce directory) •
Obtain the internship: You will probably need to submit a resume and cover letter and go through an interview process. Make sure that your resume and cov-er letter are professional, and convey your competency and passion for business.
Complete the internship successfully: This could include doing things such as wearing appropriate attire, arriving on time, and always following direc-tions.
Get recognition! Participate in the FBLA Internship Project due March 19. This is a very simple process of turning in your cover letter, resume, and thank you notes, writing a short blurb about your experience, and getting a form filled out by your employer.
A copy of the FBLA Internship Project application and more directions can be found at www.cafbla.org under “Document Library.”
Five simple steps to an InternshipEmployers always want to hire people with experience yet how does a pro-spective employee obtain experience without a job? Fortunately, there is an answer: simply find an internship.
Advice By Judy ParkSecretary/Treasurer
Professional Attire If an interview is required, remember to wear profes-sional business attire. Not only will you impress your superviser, but you may have a better opportunity of retaining, if not obtaining, the internship.
Issue V - Page 2Winter 2009
Do you go to see a movie be-cause you saw the trailer on T.V. and it intrigued you? In just that minute of preview, you have al-ready formed a bias about that movie as to whether it looks interesting or not, even though you have only glimpsed less than one percent of the movie.
In the same way, people form an opinion, or first impression, about someone within the first three seconds of a new encoun-ter…even if it’s just a glance. These first impressions can be nearly impossible to reverse or undo, making those first en-counters extremely important, for they set the tone for the all the relationships that follows.
So, whether in your career or social life, it’s important to know how to create a good first impression. Make those three seconds count.
Issue V - Page 3Winter 2009
The best solution to dissolv-ing boring meetings is trying a few icebreakers. Changing the substance of meetings and add-ing a fun twist will energize a group of teens like ourselves. Below are a few icebreakers’ directions to ease your meet-ings. Admittedly, a few are out-of-the-league in level of crazi-ness, but you’ll find yourself cleansed of those ridiculously tedious meetings!
“Screamers” - used to re-1. lieve initial tension and awkwardness. Group stu-dents into reasonable siz-es, then instruct them to scream as loud as they can (in unison) every time they find themselves looking
Breaking the iceHaving trouble conjuring interesting meetings? Well, “Die, Boring Meetings, Die!!!”
By Samuel YunParliamentarian
Networking in the business world and beyondHow to make a lasting first impression: make your first three seconds count
By C.C. GongPartner w/ Leader
Networking is a great way to expand the world you live in. And whether you’re talk-ing about LDI, a club social, or even a party, they’re all prime opportunities to meet new people and build a network of relationships. To do so, you must fight the temptation to just “hang out” with the people you already know.
If you’re someone who doesn’t like to network because the thought of talking with peo-ple you don’t know intimidates you, consider that somewhere in that sea of strangers is prob-ably a friend waiting to meet you for the very first time. Here are some general tips:
Take initiative. Introduce yourself first, and be yourself! Be curious and interested in whom your counterpart is. Give your undivided attention by maintaining steady eye contact. Don’t look over the shoulder.
Use the name of your new ac-quaintance frequently.
Establish a personal connec-tion, but be careful with humor and sensitivities. You don’t want to establish a barrier.
Most importantly, have fun! Be enthusiastic and cheerful, and take every opportunity to meet new people.
If there’s an awkward pause, just move! Say something along the lines of, “Well it was a plea-sure to meet you. I hope to see you around at the conference!”
If you’re speaking to a busi-ness professional, ask for a business card. If your acquain-tance is your peer, ask them for Facebook or Myspace pages, and don’t forget to add them.
Connections in the business world are crucial for success. Start building networks now. Who knows? You just might meet them again in the future.
into someone else’s eyes. Those who manage to es-cape the gazes of others are winners. “Animal Farm” - used 2. to randomize students into official teams. All are given specific animals and instructed to make those animal trademark noises/cries. Students then find others of the same spe-cies. At that point, it may be more like a raucous zoo than a meeting – but it can be a fun zoo! “Team Movie Pictionary” 3. - mix of both teamwork and charades. Each team’s members stand in a line facing one direction. The person in the back is given a movie title and must de-scribe that movie (using
only body gestures) to the next person in just 5-10 seconds. The next person passes on those same ges-tures to the person in front, and so on. After the chain of charades is passed to the front, the most front person guesses the name of the movie based on the gestures seen. “Like An Animal” - each 4. student thinks of a favorite animal and three charac-teristics that best describe that animal. Then, he finds an acquaintance, and tells that person how those three animal characteristics best describe his own personal-ity. You’ll even hear people describe themselves as “fuzzy”!
