2024 STATE TECHNICAL STANDARDS • PAGE 193 SERIES: OCCUPATIONALLY RELATED EVENTS CONTEST: ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONTEST: ENTREPRENEURSHIP Series Director: KATHY CONOLE • 978-846-2775 • [email protected] Competition: Marriott Courtyard - Boston 2 Room with Event Manager: Rebecca McInnis REQUIREMENTS AND SCOPE OF CONTEST Advisors will be sent log-on information for the Learning Management System Learning Management System, which will be open on April 10. Contestants must submit an electronic copy of their resumé to the LMS LMS by April 22, by 5:00pm. Employability tests will be in the LMS LMS and the deadline for completion is April 22, by 5:00pm. A PDF file of the Business Plan must be emailed to [email protected][email protected] on or before April 1. Clothing Requirements: avoid a clothing penalty SkillsUSA attire: - Red SkillsUSA blazer, windbreaker or sweater, or black or red SkillsUSA jacket. - Button-up, collared, white dress shirt (accompanied by a plain, solid black tie), white blouse (collarless or small collard) or white turtleneck, with any collar to not extend to the lapel area of the blazer, sweater, windbreaker or jacket. - Black dress slacks or black dress skirt (knee-length) Wearing socks or hose is no longer required. If worn, socks must be black dress socks and hose must be either black or skin-tone and seamless/non pattern. - Black dress shoes NO cell phones or SmartWatches allowed Tool Requirements: Contestants must submit online a one-page type-written resume, failure to do so will result in a 50-point penalty 1. Supplied by the technical committee: a. Copy of SkillsUSA Massachusetts Technical Standards and all necessary information for judges and technical committee b. The committee will identify a holding area and presentation room c. Stopwatch/Timer 2. Supplied by the Contestant: a. Business Plan, a digital version submitted ahead of competition and the original brought to competition Purpose: To evaluate the team’s success to formulate a business plan, present business presentations and respond to changes that may occur during operation. First, download and review the General Regulations at: http://updates.skillsusa.org. State Skills: The Entrepreneurship contest area consists of two separate competitions, one for high school students and another for college/post- secondary students. Skill Performance: The contest includes a business plan presentation and a challenge presentation to demonstrate performance skills. Contes- tants will gather in the holding area 15 minutes prior to their scheduled presentation time. Observer Rule: There will be no observers allowed to watch contestants compete. Eligibility (Team of 4): Open to a team of four active SkillsUSA members. A state may enter one high school team and one college/post- secondary team of four registered members each. The team may perform with three members without penalty in the event that a member fails to show up or is forced to withdraw within five days of the competition, as long as four members were originally registered and verified in the national headquarters. Contest Guidelines: 1. Teams must submit an electronic copy of their business plan in PDF format by April 1. They are to be emailed to [email protected][email protected]. 2. All materials and supplies needed for their presentations, including all presentation equipment such as visual aids, a computer, projector, extension cords, etc. An electronic copy of the team’s business case must be submitted. The electronic PDF copy of the business plan must be submitted by April 1, plans that are submitted after the due date will be subject to a 100 point penalty plans that are submitted after the due date will be subject to a 100 point penalty. They are to be emailed to [email protected][email protected] listing Entrepreneurship as the Subject of the email. Online Online Resumé Resumé Submission Submission Business Plan Business Plan Submission Submission by April 1 by April 1 Online Test Online Test Completed Completed by April 22 by April 22
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