Ace Your Case: Tips, Tricks, and Pointers to Succeed in DECA Competition

ACE YOUR CASE Tips, Tricks, and Pointers to Get You to Anaheim

Contents

• What Is A Case Study?

• Preparing

• Executing

• Questions

• Individual vs. Team Events

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What is a case study?


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Case Study:

what main portion of a case study looks like


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all you have to do is

solve it.

a case study presents a

problem.

How To Set Up A Case Study

a) Skim

b) Know who you

are

c) Know who you’re

talking to

d) Find the thesis

question


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Look at your indicators.

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Prepare your

(potentially

magical)

solution.


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Empathize.

Be confident.

Back it up.


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Stand out. B

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Preparing Your Notes

Know your template.

At top of page:

company name, your role, your judge’s role,

what is being asked of you.

Space out performance indicator notes

evenly.

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MIND THE TIME.

WRITE LEGIBLY.

WRITE DOWN KEY THINGS RIGHT

AWAY.

FIRST

IMPRESSION.

Smile.

Wait to be asked to sit

down.

Interact with the judge.


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What the judge

is thinking

Why are you here? (Explain the purpose of your

presentation)

What are you going to talk

about? (Lay the roadmap)

When is this going to end? (Be time aware from the start)

GO THROUGH CASE

• look down at notes as little as possible

• keep smiling!

• if you talk yourself into a corner, keep going

• be aware of body language


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CONCLUSION

• sum up what you said

• reinforce your USP (unique selling point)

• do not get up at end of presentation… wait for judges’

questions

• at very end, thank judge for their time


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How To Address Questions

• think THEN answer

• do not ramble, concise is best

• if you have already addressed point in presentation, refer

back to it but don’t totally skip the question!


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Team Event vs. Individual

TEAM

• 30 minutes prep

• 15 minutes to present

• MUST share speaking time

• because of longer prep, you are expected to come up with more substantial presentation

• if you’re working with a friend, be careful …

INDIVIDUAL

• 10 minutes prep

• 10 minutes to present

• you get total free reign, uninhibited creativity

• easier to be intimidated by judge

• don’t have a pal to keep you company when waiting


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LET’S

RECAP.

Thank you for listening!

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Katie: @KFLANAGANN

Isabella: @isabellajchiu

Jack: @JackFenton_95

Sarah: @SarahLiu35

Mariam: @MariamRafo

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