2013-2014 Total Membership Senior Level

Chapters – 258 (-6) Members – 9166 (-79)

Nashville, TN– June 29 – July 2 Total attendance – 10,000+ Arkansas attendance – 388 Arkansas competitors – 238 in 64 events

1st Place—Electronic Career Portfolio-Ethan Barnes, Highland

1st Place—Help Desk-Caleb Spann, Rosebud

4th Place—Website Design-Wes Johnston, Sameer Kulkarni, & Jan Timpe, Bentonville

5th Place—Computer Business Applications-Isaiah Villarreal, Omaha

5th Place—Local Chapter Annual Business Report-Hailey Dewey, Kaitlyn Dewey, & Samantha Shelley, Cotter

8th Place—Local Chapter Annual Business Report-Luisa Towery & Ally Young, Armorel

9th Place—Database Design & Application-Alex Kwok, Nashville

9th Place—LifeSmarts-Drew Collins & Joanna Roberts, Omaha

10th Place—Desktop Application Programming-Thurston Sapp, Little Rock Central

Top 15—Mobile Application Development-Jace McPherson, Little Rock Central

Top 15—Partnership with Business Project-Baily Atchison & Grant Hutson, Paris

Who’s Who—Rachel Ford, Siloam Springs

Teacher of the Year—Angie Hutson, Paris

March of Dimes Local Chapter Most Money Raised – Brookland

March of Dimes—Arkansas 3rd Place

New Competitive Events Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)—Word and

Excel Sales Presentation—individual event,

includes presentation of product Securities & Investments—individual event,

objective test Social Media Campaign—individual or team

event, presentation 3D Animation—individual or team event,

create a video, presentation 

 

Competitive Event ModificationsElectronic Career Portfolio—guidelines and rating sheets have been revisedEmerging Business Issues—teams present both sides, time increased to seven (7) minutes, not sequesteredLocal Chapter Annual Business Report—reduced to fifteen (15) pagesStates can advance four (4) entries in events requiring only objective tests

District I •Fall Conference September 29, 2014 Fort Smith

Convention Center•Spring Conference January 21, 2015, Fort Smith Convention Center 

District II•Fall Conference October 9, 2014, ASU Convocation Center, Jonesboro•Spring Conference January 22, 2015, Nettleton Performing Arts, Jonesboro

District III•Fall Conference October 8, 2014, Pine Bluff Convention Center, Pine Bluff•Spring Conference January 28, 2015 Pine Bluff Convention Center, Pine Bluff 

District IV•Fall Conference October 8, 2014, HSU, Arkadelphia•Spring Conference February 4, 2015, UACCH, Hope

District V•Fall Conference September 23, 2014, ATU, Russellville•Spring Conference February 2, 2015, UCA, Conway 

 

District VI•Fall Conference October 10, 2014, Vada Shied Center, ASU-MH, Mountain Home•Spring Conference January 30, 2015, ASU-MH,

Mountain Home 

District VII•Fall Conference October 7, 2014, Springdale Performing Arts, Springdale•Spring Conference February 3, 2015, U of A Reynolds Center, Fayetteville

 

•National Fall Leadership Conference November 7-10, 2014, Washington D.C.

•Midyear Executive Council December 7-8, 2014, Little Rock

•State Leadership ConferenceApril 13-14, 2015, Little Rock

•State Officer Training June 7-9, 2015, Lake Point Conference Center,

Russellville

•National Leadership Conference June 29-July 2, 2015, Chicago, IL

 

Create a new state program known as the Step Up Challenge for chapters to participate in and become involved at the state level

Expand partnership with organizations such as MOD, ACH, ARORA, Ronald McDonald House, and Make-A-Wish

Promote social media use Increase membership within each district Bridge the gap between middle, senior, and

PBL levels

National = $ 6 State = $ 3

All events will again be uploaded via Dropbox (excluding Games and

Programming).

Specific instructions will be included in your Spring

Conference Packet.

Working on new website Updating Handbook Event Guidelines State Conference

All events at Statehouse Convention Center Institute for Leaders at the Clinton Library