Strengths Found at 2011 Utah Collegiate DECA FLC!!

The 2011 fall leadership conference has been a phenomenal  event for all who attended. The main part of FLC was the StrengthsQuest program which helped students identify what their strengths were and how to be the most effective leaders we can be with that information(For more information check the Utah Collegiate DECA Facebook page) Other highlights included presentations from the Utah DECA Ledership, Jeff Collins, and Emily (Em) Dziatlik for the COLA portion. The case studies for this conference were given by actual companies seeking help with issues they have. The first was Cellercise, a company that makes the "Cellerciser" a small trampoline type exercise tool. The second company was the Utah Jazz. With the case studies all of the attendees were put into groups to help solve the problems in the cases.

The second day introduced attendees to their mentors, who helped them hone their presentations and ideas for the case study presentations. All of the teams worked incredibly hard and would eventually deliver top notch presentations to actual business professionals who would grade the presentations. Following the case study presentations attendees were treated to presentations from companies about possible internship and job opportunities they could apply for including; Wal Mart, Marriott, Buckle, and Disney. During the closing ceremony  there would be awards given for each teams VIP, and the winners of each case study group. SLCC students were featured in almost every winning group; Tony Archuleta, Nicolle Wiardeny, Diana Ballesteros, Henry Dankwa, Michael Pham, Claudio Henrique Jr. and Krystle Moss. We had three members named as their group VIP; Rebecca Larsen, Diana Ballesteros, and Seth Wright.