2024-25 Competitive Events Guidelines

Website Design
Website Design provides members with the opportunity to design a website based on a
specific topic. This competitive event consists of a presentation component where the
website is shown to the judges. The focus of this event is the forward-facing website design.

Event Overview
Division: High School
Event Type: Team of 1, 2 or 3 members
Event Category: Presentation
Event Elements: Presentation with a Topic
Presentation Time: 3-minute set-up, 7-minute presentation time, 3-minute question & answer
time
NACE Connections: Career & Self-Development, Communication, Critical Thinking,
Leadership, Professionalism, Teamwork, Technology

2024-25 Topic
Your school has opened a large gymnasium that can also be used as a 3,500-seat arena for
events in the community. The community could rent the gymnasium for local sporting events,
live concerts, trade shows, and other community events. You must create a website to
promote this arena.
The website should include the following elements:

• A calendar of events
• A box office area to purchase tickets
• An information area that includes directions, seating charts, policies, and amenities
• A planner page that includes information on arena rental, contacts, etc.

Note: Website does not have to be live. If partnering with your school, permission must be
received from the school to make the website public.

District/Region/Section
Check with your District/Region/Section leadership for District/Region/Section-specific
competition information.

State
Check with your State Leader for state-specific competition information.

National
Required Competition Items
Items Competitor Must Provide Items FBLA Provides
Preliminary • Technology and presentation • Table
Presentation items • Internet access
• Conference-provided nametag
• Photo identification
• Attire that meets the FBLA Dress
Code

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Items Competitor Must Provide Items FBLA Provides
Final • Technology and presentation • Table
Presentation items • Internet access
• Conference-provided nametag • Power
• Photo identification • Projector with HDMI
• Attire that meets the FBLA Dress cord
Code • Projector screen

Important FBLA Documents

• Competitors should be familiar with the Competitive Events Policy & Procedures
Manual, Honor Code, Code of Conduct, and Dress Code.

Eligibility
• FBLA membership dues are paid by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on March 1 of the current
school year.
• Members may compete in an event at NLC more than once if they have not previously
placed in the top ten of that event at NLC. If a member places in the top ten of an
event at NLC, they are no longer eligible to compete in that event.
• Members must be registered for the NLC and pay the national conference registration
fee to participate in competitive events.
• Members must stay in an official FBLA hotel block to compete.
• Each state may submit four entries.
• Each competitor can only compete in one individual/team event and one chapter
event (American Enterprise Project, Community Service Project, Local Chapter Annual
Business Report, Partnership with Business Project).
• Only competitors are allowed to plan, research, prepare, and set up their
presentations.
• Each competitor must compete in all parts of an event for award eligibility.
• All members of a team must consist of individuals from the same chapter.
• Picture identification (physical or digital: driver’s license, passport, state-issued
identification, or school-issued identification) matching the conference nametag is
required when checking in for competitive events.
• If competitors are late for their assigned presentation time, they will be allowed to
compete with a five-point penalty until such time that results are finalized, or the
accommodation would impact the fairness and integrity of the event.
• Some competitive events start in the morning before the Opening Session of NLC. The
schedules for competitive events are displayed in the local time of the NLC location.
Competitive event schedules cannot be changed.

Recognition
• The number of competitors will determine the number of winners. The maximum
number of winners for each competitive event is 10.

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Event Administration
• This event has two parts: preliminary presentation and final presentation
• Preliminary Presentation Information
o Equipment Set-up Time: 3 minutes
o Presentation Time: 7 minutes (one-minute warning)
o Question & Answer Time: 3 minutes
o Internet Access: Provided (Please note that internet reliability at any
conference venue cannot be guaranteed. Always have a backup plan in case
internet connections are lost or are unable to connect to your device.)
o Presentation should cover the following aspects of the website:
 The development, usability and functionality of the website must be
demonstrated and explained to the judges.
 The design process and design principles used.
 Websites should be designed to allow for viewing on as many different
platforms as possible.
 Competitors must show the judges any of the following that are
applicable: source code or documentation of templates/libraries used,
documentation of copyrighted material and sources used.
o The presentation is judged at the NLC. Preliminary presentations are not open
to conference attendees. The presentation will take place in a large, open area,
with a booth size of approximately 12’ x 12’.
o Competitors/teams are randomly assigned to sections.
o Timing: The presentation time is exclusive to the allotted times. Once the set-
up time has been reached, the presentation time automatically begins. The
presentation time shall not exceed the stated time, meaning that the set-up
and Q&A time cannot be used as presentation time.
o Technology
 Competitors present directly from a device which includes a laptop,
tablet, mobile phone, or external monitor (approximately the size of a
laptop screen). Competitors can present with one or two devices. If
presenting with two devices, one device must face the judges and one
device must face the competitors.
 Projectors and projector screens are not allowed for use, and
competitors are not allowed to bring their own.
 Wireless slide advancers (such as a presentation clicker or mouse) are
allowed.
 External speakers are not allowed. Only device audio can be used.
 Power is not available.
o Non-technology Items: Materials, notecards, visual aids, and samples related to
the project may be used during the presentation; however, no items may be
left with the judges or audience.
o Restricted Items: Animals (except authorized service animals), Food (for display
only; may not be consumed by judges during the presentation), Links and QR
codes (for display only; cannot be clicked or scanned by judges before, during,
or after the presentation)

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o Teamwork: If performing as a team, all team members are expected to actively
participate in the presentation.

• Final Presentation Information

o Equipment Set-up Time: 3 minutes
o Presentation Time: 7 minutes (one-minute warning)
o Question & Answer Time: 3 minutes
o Internet Access: Provided (Please note that internet reliability at any
conference venue cannot be guaranteed. Always have a backup plan in case
internet connections are lost or are unable to connect to your device.)
o Presentation should cover the following aspects of the website:
 The development, usability and functionality of the website must be
demonstrated and explained to the judges.
 The design process and design principles used.
 Websites should be designed to allow for viewing on as many different
platforms as possible.
 Competitors must show the judges any of the following that are
applicable: documentation of templates/libraries used, documentation
of copyrighted material and sources used.
o An equal number of top scoring competitors/teams from each section in the
preliminary round will advance to the final round. When there are more than
five sections of preliminary presentations for an event, two competitors/teams
from each section will advance to the final round.
o Final presentations may be open to conference attendees, space permitting.
Finalists may not view other competitors’ presentation in their event.
o Timing: The presentation time is exclusive to the allotted times. Once the set-
up time has been reached, the presentation time automatically begins. The
presentation time shall not exceed the stated time, meaning that the set-up
and Q&A time cannot be used as presentation time.
o Technology
 Competitors can present with one or two devices which includes a
laptop, tablet, mobile phone, or external monitor (approximately the
size of a laptop screen). If presenting with two devices, one device must
be connected to the projector or facing the judges and one device must
face the competitors.
 The following will be provided for the final round if it occurs in a
conference room: Projector, projector screen, power, and table.
 Competitors using laptops or other devices that do not have an HDMI
port will need to provide their own adapters.
 It is up to final-round competitors to determine if they wish to use the
technology provided.
 Wireless slide advancers (such as a presentation clicker or mouse) are
allowed.
o Non-technology Items: Materials, notecards, visual aids, and samples related to
the project may be used during the presentation; however, no items may be
left with the judges or audience.

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o Restricted Items: Animals (except authorized service animals), Food (for display
only; may not be consumed by judges during the presentation), Links and QR
codes (for display only; cannot be clicked or scanned by judges before, during,
or after the presentation)
o Teamwork: If performing as a team, all team members are expected to actively
participate in the presentation.

Scoring
• The preliminary presentation score will determine the finalists.
• The final presentation score will determine the winners.
• Judges must break ties.
• The decision of the judges is considered final. All announced results are final upon the
conclusion of the National Leadership Conference.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

• FBLA meets the criteria specified in the Americans with Disabilities Act for all
competitors with accommodations submitted through the conference registration
system by the registration deadline.

Recording of Presentations
• No unauthorized audio or video recording devices will be allowed in any competitive
event.
• Competitors in the events should be aware FBLA reserves the right to record any
presentation for use in study or training materials.

Penalty Points
• Competitors may be disqualified if they violate the Code of Conduct or the Honor
Code.
• Five points are deducted if competitors do not follow the Dress Code or are late to
their assigned presentation time.

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Website Design Presentation Rating Sheet
Below Exceeds Points
Expectation Item Not Demonstrated Meets Expectations
Expectations Expectations Earned
Unclearly explains
Planning, Development, Clearly explains the Clearly explains the
No planning, or is missing either
and Implementation planning, planning, development,
development, and the planning,
development, and and implementation
implementation development, or
Describe planning, implementation process including
process described implementation
development, and process rationale with evidence
process
implementation of project
0 points 1-8 points 9-12 points 13-15 points
Website Features Website is not on
Website is on topic, Website presented is Website presented is on
topic or does not
includes some the on topic, includes all topic, includes required
Demonstrate the required include required
required elements the required elements elements and more
elements of the project as elements
stated in guidelines 0 points 1-6 points 7-8 points 9-10 points
Website UX Design
Does not include Website includes Includes advanced use
Includes appropriate
appropriate some appropriate color/contrast,
Includes appropriate color/contrast,
color/contrast, color/contrast, backgrounds, fonts, and
color/contrast, backgrounds, fonts,
backgrounds, fonts, backgrounds, fonts, graphics that enhance
backgrounds, fonts, and and graphics
and graphics and graphics the UX design
graphics that enhance the
UX design
0 points 1-8 points 9-12 points 13-15 points

Website contains Website contains 3 Website contains one Website is free of

Website Content:
grammar or spelling or less spelling or grammar and no grammar and spelling
Grammar, spelling, and
errors grammar errors spelling errors errors
punctuation
0 points 1-2 points 3-4 points 5 points

Professionally Compelling evidence

Website Content: Sources/References legitimate sources & from professionally
Substantiates and cites Sources are not cited are seldom cited to resources that support legitimate sources &
sources used while support statements statements are resources is given to
conducting research generally present support statements

0 points 1-2 points 3-4 points 5 points

Website is not Website is only Website opens Website opens

Website Evaluation:
compatible with any compatible with one appropriately on at appropriately on more
Website is compatible with
platforms platform least 2 platforms than 2 platforms
multiple platforms
0 points 1-2 points 3-4 points 5 points

Website interactivity Website interactivity is

Website interactivity
Website Evaluation: contains errors that Website interactivity is error free and enhances
contains errors that
Website interactivity did not prevent error free the experience for the
prevent the execution
functions and is error free execution user

0 points 1-2 points 3-4 points 5 points

Pages are consistent

Website Evaluation: Only one page is Pages are not and elements enhance
Pages are consistent
Website elements are presented consistent the experience for the
consistent across all pages user
0 points 1-2 points 3-4 points 5 points

Planned measure of
Website Evaluation: Planned measure of Planned measure of website advanced
Planned measure of
Description of metrics metrics unclearly website metrics clearly metrics addressed and
metrics not described
planned to use to measure addressed addressed enhanced by use of
the success of the website industry terminology

0 points 1-2 points 3-4 points 5 points

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Below Exceeds Points
Expectation Item Not Demonstrated Meets Expectations
Expectations Expectations Earned
Presentation Delivery
Presentation flowed in a
Competitor(s) were
Statements are well- Competitor(s) did not Presentation flowed in logical sequence;
prepared, but flow
organized and clearly appear prepared logical sequence statements were well
was not logical
stated organized
0 points 1-6 points 7-8 points 9-10 points
Competitor(s)
Competitor(s) Competitor(s)
Demonstrates self- Competitor(s) did not demonstrated self-
demonstrated self- demonstrated self-
confidence, poise, demonstrate self- confidence, poise, good
confidence and confidence, poise, and
assertiveness, and good confidence voice projection, and
poise good voice projection
voice projection assertiveness
0 points 1-6 points 7-8 points 9-10 points
Interacted with the
Demonstrates the ability Unable to answer Does not completely Completely answers judges in the process of
to effectively answer questions answer questions questions completely answering
questions questions
0 points 1-6 points 7-8 points 9-10 points
Staff Only: Penalty Points (5 points for dress code penalty and/or 5 points for late arrival penalty)
Presentation Total (100 points)
Name(s):
School:
Judge Signature: Date:
Comments:

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