As a FBLA Collegiate member you can:
Gain Leadership Skills
Whether on the regional, state, or national level, the purpose of any leadership conference is to provide worthwhile activities to assist students in leadership development as they prepare to be tomorrow's business leaders. These conferences consist of general sessions, leadership workshops, business meetings, competitive events, officer elections, special-interest sessions, awards banquet, and social activities.
Acquire Teamwork Skills
Chapter service projects provide an opportunity within the community for student to work as a team. Involvement in such projects represents a planned gift of time and/or money made with your chapter to benefit the community. Service projects can strengthen your organization and planning skills. As members work together, they become aware of themselves, their responsibilities as citizens, and their roles as future business leaders. Students will recognize that business plays an important role in meeting the service needs of the community.
Learn Networking Skills
Working closely with a business is one of the best ways to prepare FBLA Collegiate members for meaningful jobs after graduation. The experience gained in dealing with business people to complete civic projects, make presentations before civic and business associations, and hearing professional speakers can be invaluable. Business people quickly become aware of students' potential as future employees, not to mention the networking opportunities you gain by working with businesses in your local area.
Earn Membership Awards
Once you have become a member of FBLA Collegiate you have the opportunity to earn many individual local, state, and national membership awards. These awards are earned by completing the requirements. While striving to achieve these awards you will learn leadership skills as well as networking skills which prepares you for the "working-world." Let FBLA help you to set yourself apart from other graduates in today's competitive job market.
Earn the Excellence Award
The FBLA Collegiate Excellence Award run by national FBLA is a platform for active paid collegiate members to earn recognition while completing activities to further their skills in a variety of areas. This credit-based program bridges participation in programs such as Financial Fitness by Intuit, Facebook Marketing’s Train the Trainer, and attending the FBLA Collegiate Career Connections Conference with a building a portfolio for future career readiness.
The FBLA Collegiate Excellence Award replaces the now-retired Career and Membership Achievement Program (CMAP).
Get Membership Discounts
FBLA has partnered with companies to provide hotel discounts, car rental discounts, shopping discounts, and other benefits. See the full listing of Member Discounts on the National FBLA Web site.
Travel
National FBLA Collegiate Career Connections Conferences are held throughout the country during November. These conferences consist of general sessions, workshops, and networking opportunities. The emphasis is on leadership training and exposure to national FBLA Collegiate programs. The National Leadership Conference is normally held in late June or early July each year in a selected city in the United States. All advisers, members, Professional Division members, and guests are eligible to attend. Student workshops held at these conferences center around career, professional, and motivational sessions with outstanding activities on each agenda. In recent years, conferences have been held in Baltimore, MD, Atlanta, GA, San Antonio, TX, Chicago, IL and Orlando, FL.