1. By: Nicholas McConnell
FBLA
By: Nicholas McConnell

2. Meaning of FBLA The meaning of FBLA is:
To grow your interest in business
To grow your knowledge of business
To expand your horizons
It is an honor to be a member of FBLA
There are many opportunities that become available to you
These opportunities are only found through FBLA

3. Leadership
FBLA offers many opportunities to show off your leadership skills, such as:
Hosting/Attending a workshop
Becoming a local, region, state, or national leader/officer
Competing at the local, state, and national level

4. Experience FBLA lets you get your feet by:
Meeting new people at conferences and workshops
Seeing new places by attending conferences
Getting to travel across the United States to attend NLC
Competing through the competitive events offered at every level

5. Competition Compete at every level through the competitive events
Enhance your skills by competing against other students in skill events, online testing
Competition is fierce due to the fact that winners get to travel around the United States
Everyone wants to travel to new places and see the country they live in

6. Competitive Events
Compete at every level in any event you can think of:
Skills Events- word, access, excel, publisher, powerpoint
Performance- speak in front of a panel of judges
Chapter Events- team up with your chapter and compete against other chapters
Online Testing- take a test online and see how well you do against other people taking the same test

7. Meeting New People
Travel around your state and the United States to meet new people
Attend workshops and other events and meet new people
Find new people and make friends that could last a very long time

8. Benefits FBLA has many benefits: Looks great on a resume
Make life-long friends
Enhance your skills by competing
Gain experience through competing and conferences
Gain leadership skills through hosting and attending workshops and competing

9. Fun! FBLA allows you to hang out with friends and make new friends
The cities you visit are filled with new things to try and to do
Conferences are lots of fun
Hang out with friends!
Try new things!
Go to new places!

10. Join Today!
An FBLA membership lasts year-round and gives you all the benefits
Activities are also now available through the membership
Conferences are now available to you
Competition is now available
Gaining all the benefits is made possible through buying a membership