Competitions
Conference Competitions
Showcase and enhance your skills through a variety of competitive opportunities at the Regional Conference. If you're skilled at building a strong case for why a firm should hire you, the Perfect Pitch Competition is for you. If Social Media Marketing is your strength, there's a competition for that too! Excel under pressure? The Crisis Management Competition awaits. Explore the schedule below and choose the competitions that best align with your strengths and interests.
Competitions Schedule
Marketing Strategy
1pm - 2pm
Jabs 102, 104, & 106
Students, working in teams of two, get a one-page product description and have 20 minutes to develop a marketing strategy, then seven minutes to present their strategy to the judges, who then ask two questions which the students have three minutes to answer. Three teams advance to the finals on Friday, with prizes for the winners.
Perfect Pitch
3pm - 4pm
Jabs 102, 104, & 106
In this event, students get a write-up for a potential job and have 90 seconds to pitch themselves for the position. Nine students make the finals that take place on Friday, with the top three finishers earning prizes.
Crisis Management
10:15am - 12pm
Jabs 207
Terry Balluck, Director of Global Communications and ESG for Texas Instruments, returns for a fifth consecutive year to lead this popular event where students, after learning from Balluck the tips for managing your brand during a crisis situation, for a team to deal with a company crisis. Students then deliver a mock press conference where they are asked questions by the audience. Judges evaluate each team and award prizes to the winners.
Social Media Marketing
1pm - 2:30pm
Jabs 207
Larissa Gaul, Social Media Marketing Manager at digital marketing agency Prime Incorporated, will give a presentation on best practices in social media marketing strategy. Following the presentation, students will form teams and develop, then pitch, their ideas for a social media marketing strategy in response to a prompt for a brand needing such services. Judges will pick the top three teams, which will win prizes.