25th of the Month Report
February, 2010

Report submitted by: Emily Leonhard
President & Western Region Vice President
Wisconsin Marketing and Management Association
Delta Epsilon Chi

Hello Chapters and Advisors!
Thank you for submitting your 15th of the Month Report. There is a wealth of great ideas and useful information in these reports—it would greatly benefit your chapter to read through this report. The 15th of the Month Reports are a method to communicate at the state level about what you have been doing at the chapter level. Please take advantage of the information and share ideas with one another. It is a great opportunity to break the boundaries of individual chapters and share success stories throughout the year. You should all be very proud of the information that you submit—it sounds like great things are happening and excitement for WMMA is spreading across the state.

On February 13th, the Western Region Career Development Conference was held at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire campus. Along with the great competition that took place throughout the day, there was a great judge debriefing session, passport workshop, “The Apprentice” Leadership Workshop, and giveaways from sponsors. I would like to thank all members, advisors, judges, alumni, Michael Siakpere, Gerald Allison, Kevin Ramsell, and Mae Laatsch for attending the conference—we hope you had a great experience!

I’m hoping to see many of you at the State Conference next week. It’s going to be a very beneficial experience for EVERYONE who attends, and will definitely prepare you for the International Career Development Conference in Louisville, KY this year! Visit http://www.concoursehotel.com/ for more information about the hotel and surrounding area.
Last minute State Officer Candidate questions?
If there are any State Officer candidates who have any last minute questions about the events that will occur at State, questions on the State Officer Test, or anything else—please send me an e-mail (leonhaea@uwec.edu) and I would be happy to answer any questions, or direct you to the right person!

After the state conference, make sure to check the WMMA website (Wideltaepsilonchi.org.) new updates and highlights about the conference, as well as the International Career Development Conference!

Here is the list of chapters that submitted the February 15th of the Month Report. If you submitted a report, and it is not listed below, please contact me.

Chapter Name Date Submitted
Chippewa Valley Technical College February 15th
Fox Valley Technical College—Oshkosh February 2nd
Gateway Technical College—Kenosha February 12th
Moraine Park Technical College- Fond du Lac February 4th
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College February 15th
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire February 15th
Western Technical College-LaCrosse February 14th

If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail/call me at any time. I wish you all the best in all of your endeavors this spring. Please take the time to read through all of the 15th of the Month reports—it will greatly benefit you and your chapter. Feel free to forward this e-mail on to Chapter Officers, Members, or anyone else who may benefit from it. See you at the State Conference next week!

Sincerely,


Emily Leonhard
WMMA President &
Western Region VP




Our organization follows a set of principles in which we abide by, and stride to accomplish at the local, state, and national levels. WMMA/Delta Epsilon Chi abides by the DECA diamond and its four points: Leadership Development, Civic Consciousness, Social Intelligence, and Vocational Understanding. These are the DECA Diamond Highlights from WMMA Chapters for the month of February:


Leadership Development

This month WMMA Chapters worked hard to recruit new members for the Regional Conferences, as well as for the upcoming State Conference!

•Western Technical College-Lacrosse is preparing to hand out personal invitations to students during second semester, and had a recruitment blitz to recruit new members for upcoming conferences.
•Gateway Technical College-Kenosha has had several meetings this semester to inform the students of our organization. A past chapter president came back to speak at one of their meetings as well.

•University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire set up a booth at the Blugold Organization Bash to talk about our organization, and hand out free t-shirts. They also held an open house to talk about upcoming events for the semester.
•Fox Valley Technical College-Oshkosh recruited new members by using bulletin boards, screen savers on computers, and word of mouth.
•Moraine Park Technical College held their first meeting of the semester, and had pizza for everyone who attended.








Civic Consciousness
Here are some updates on Civic Consciousness activities this year:

•Western Technical College-Lacrosse raised money for a student who had a fire in her home.
•Chippewa Valley Technical College set up a fundraiser “Hot Chocolate for Haiti” to raise money for the relief efforts.
•Gateway Technical College-Kenosha is still working to send 5 disabled children to summer camp. They recently held a benefit concert to raise money for this cause.
•University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is planning civic consciousness activities for the upcoming semester
•Fox Valley Technical College-Oshkosh has been raising money for Haiti relief, and volunteering at the Humane Society.
•Northeast Wisconsin Technical College has been working on the Bid for the Cure cancer event which raises money for the Bellin Cancer Center.
•Moraine Park Technical College has also been working with another campus to help raise money for disaster relief in Haiti.



Social Intelligence

These are a couple events that chapters participated in throughout the state:

•Gateway Technical College-Kenosha went bowling with members who participated in the Regional Conference.
•University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire went to Coldstone with members after a chapter meeting.






Vocational Understanding
With the Regional Conferences in the months of January and February—chapters have been busy preparing their members for the upcoming conferences.

•University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire held the Western Region Career Development Conference in early February. They also held a “Competition Workshop” for their members the week before so they could practice their skills.
•Western Technical College-LaCrosse has agreed to help with a Business Showcase they will be having on campus. They also scheduled a prep night where Alumni help students study for the upcoming conferences. Finally, 14 of their members attended the Western Region Career Development Conference!
•Northeast Wisconsin Technical College held the Northeast Region Conference this year, and had Alumni and CTSO Leadership Specialist Nick Bretl speak at one of their meetings.