Overview
Participants will apply problem-solving skills and critical thinking to analyze business management information. The event format includes a written examination with three parts: true/false questions,
multiple-choice questions, and problem-solving questions. These questions are related to principles of management, record keeping, credit, budgets, costs, and break-even problems.
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Important Dates
Important Dates to remember:
- Informational Meeting - February 26, 2025
- Marketing Plan Intent Due March 19, 2025
- Written Plan Due to State Office by April 9, 2025
- Live Presentation via Zoom - April 23, 2025
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Rule Changes
The Official National FFA Marketing Plan Handbook is attached below. Important rule changes for the Invitational CDE are listed below:
- Updates to the Written Plan emailed to State Office by 4/21 (see page 5 under presentation)- 1 pager
- No easels, tripods, etc.
- Virtual Event Rules- must be able to support Zoom or other virtual conference platform
- Visual Aides are only to be a slide deck (i.e. PowerPoint, Google Slides, Canva, etc)
Teams should select an actual local agribusiness, either an existing or start-up enterprise,
that serves the community and decide on the product or service for the marketing plan.
Teams should work with an off-campus organization. They can not use their chapter as a client
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Contacts
Sean Welch (swelch@illinoisffa.org)
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