Hello Georgia FBLA! I cannot believe that Fall Motivational Rally just happened a few days ago. I cannot wait to celebrate the kickoff for this amazing year with you. As summer is coming to a close and the leaves are starting to fall, hopefully your local chapter is starting to get serious for conferences and competitive events. There is one more thing that your local chapter should start to get serious with: Chapter of the Year! Last time, I showed you ways to earn points by showing you how to have the best chapter, members, and advisers in the state. This month I am going to show you how to earn points by telling/showing Georgia FBLA in your community and the activities you could do in your local chapter.
Lets’ go back to the chapter planning guide and look at the Chapter of the Year entry form and go to the Public Relations Activities section. The subsections that I am going to be focusing on this month is Publicity, FBLA Publication Submission, and Submission of FBLA Chapter Pictures. First, let’s dive into the Publicity subsection. Your chapter can receive points for appearing in school and local community articles. You can also for receive points for television/radio appearance; and additional, you can receive points for developing a chapter website and a developing social media page. Then, for FBLA Publication Submission, you can receive points for each article you write in Tomorrow’s Business Leader and the Georgia FBLA website. You also receive points for completing a page for the Georgia FBLA scrapbook. Lastly, you can receive points for liking the Georgia FBLA page on Facebook. The final subsection I am going to be talking about is Submission of FBLA Chapter Pictures (my personal favorite). You can receive 2 points per picture when you send it to Georgia FBLA. For sending pictures of your local chapter you can receive Chapter of the Year points!
I hope my tips will help you get the ball rolling for Chapter of the Year. With Chapter of the Year, starting early is the best policy so you can receive bonus chapter of the year points. Next month I will be exploring the other subsections of Public Relations Activities. If you have any questions about Chapter of the Year, you can email the state adviser Monty Rhodes at monty@georgiafbla.org.
