On January 30, 2010, Don Brozek of CenterPoint found himself judging Business Plans, one of the competition categories at a regional conference for Future Business Leaders of America held at Lincolnway West High School.

The conference and competitions attracted 250 high school students and their business class teachers.  The day started with a keynote address from State Senator Debbie Halvorson and continued with breakout sessions on a range of business and career development topics.

FBLA-PBL is the largest business career student organization in the world. It is a national organization which partners with PhI Beta Lambda business honor society to provide a quarter million high school students with the skills needed for careers in business and business-related fields.

After his busy day of judging and chatting to the participants at the conference Don was excited to see so many young people giving up their Saturdays, and getting involved and motivated by the conference events, saying ‘judging by the enthusiasm all around me on Saturday, I am optimistic again about our economic future, and the quality of the business plans was so good I hope we see many of them in CenterPoint ready to start their own businesses”. 

FBLA-PBL’s National Awards Program recognizes and rewards excellence in a broad range of business and career-related areas. Through state-based competition at the spring State Leadership Conferences, students compete in events testing their business knowledge and skills. Top state winners then are eligible to compete for honors at the National Leadership Conference each summer.Competitions ranged from creating and preparing business plans to banking and finance, marketing, management decision making, and website development. Winners advance to state and then national competitions.

Let us know how you feel about encouraging students to get involved in business activities while they are still in High School.

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