Find out how to create a thorough content calendar for your DECA chapter and/or association that will prepare you with all the skills and information you need to publish DECA Direct Online articles and keep your social media channels stocked with fresh content for the next 365 days.
8. Create Content
• Your chapter/association should have at
least 1 designated Social Media
Correspondent who shares your
successful events, programs, activities,
and chapter/association resources each
month.
12. Content Calendar
• An editorial calendar is used by bloggers,
publishers, businesses, and groups to
control publication of content across
different media, for example, newspaper,
magazine, blog, email newsletters, and
social media outlets.
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17. Back to school from winter break
District Competition
Winter School Festival
Advocacy Month – Feb
Valentine’s Day Roses Fundraiser
Competition Prep for State CDC
Advocacy Campaign Due
Find out who qualified for ICDC
Competition prep for ICDC
Go on Spring Break
Trash Collection Community Service
Go to ICDC!
Start new officer applications
Exams in May
18.
19. JUL
• DECA ELS
NOV
• DECA Month
• Global Entrepreneurship Week
• DECA Idea Challenge
• DECA Idea Challenge
• CRLC 2015 (MO)
• Ultimate DECA Power Trip (TX)
• DECA Innovations &
Entrepreneurship Conference (TX)
DEC
• Chapter Campaigns Due (4)
• DECA New York Experience
Conference (NYC)
JAN
• SBE Certification documentation
due
• DECA scholarships due
FEB
• DECA Sports & Entertainment
Marketing Conference
• Career & Technical Education
Month (Advocacy Month)
MAR
• Advocacy Campaign Due
• Executive Officer Candidate
Applications Due
APR
• ICDC (TN)
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21. Back to school from winter break
District Competition
Winter School Festival
Advocacy Month – Feb
Valentine’s Day Roses Fundraiser
Competition Prep for State CDC
Advocacy Campaign Due
Find out who qualified for ICDC
Competition prep for ICDC
Go on Spring Break
Trash Collection Community Service
Go to ICDC!
Start new officer applications
Exams in May
“Setting Goals for 2016” – Erika
“Gearing Up for #DECAGlass” – Jacob
“How to Make Advocacy Month EPIC” –
Lauren
“Roses are Red, Violets are Blue” – Rob
“5 Ways to Prepare for CDC” – Jake
“10 Tips for Advocacy Month Success” – Kim
“Don’t Stop Now! Keeping the Competitive
Edge Until ICDC” – Lauren
“Keeping It Clean” – Rob
“Stay Focused on Spring Break” - Erika
“#DECAICDC 101” – Jacob
“What to Pack for Nashville” – Jake
“Exam Study Tips for Seniors” - Kim
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25. Correspondent Activities
• Submit at least 1 article each month
• Share DECA on your own social media
pages
• Promote DECA’s posts to your own
followers
30. Share Content
• Your chapter should be posting and
tweeting every DECA Direct article from
your designated social media
correspondent(s).
31. Share Content
• Your association should be posting and
tweeting articles from correspondents in
your association officer team and from
chapters in your association.
32. What kind of system or schedule
could you create to make sure
new content is being shared
regularly?
46. Drive Engagement
• You should be posting something for every
Twitter Day on all your social media
channels.
• Encourage your members to share your
post/post their own
• Encourage your chapters to share your
post/post their own
50. Drive Engagement
• Participate in all of DECA’s hashtag
campaigns
• Create your own hashtag campaign
• Participate in other chapter’s/association’s
hashtag campaigns
• Encourage your chapter/association
members to participate in all the
campaigns mentioned above