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NLC Results

Posted on July 14, 2010 in Awards, Conferences, General, National PBL, State Chapter

PBL Members, Advisers, and Friends:

The 2010 PBL National Leadership Conference (NLC) was held July 9 – 12 in Nashville, Tennessee. Over 1,500 members and advisers from throughout the nation were in attendance. Conference activities included general sessions with guest speakers, business related workshops, competitive events, and the election of the new National Officer team.

Arizona was represented at the NLC by members and advisers from 4 chapters. We are very proud to announce that we took home the following national awards:

Individual Written Objective Tests
Accounting Principles – 4th Place Kevin Elhers, Arizona State University
Economic Analysis and Decision Making – 10th Place Nicholas Banes, Paradise Valley Community College
Macroeconomics – 1st Place Austin Lincoln, Arizona State University
Statistical Analysis – 8th Place Brian Ackerman, Arizona State University

Individual Performance Events
Future Business Executive – 4th Place Shawn Christian, Arizona State University

Individual Skills Events
Word Processing – 7th Place Julia Newlin, Eastern Arizona College

Team Events
Business Decision Making – 1st Place Arizona State University (Brian Ackerman, Shawn Christian, & David Mendivil), 3rd Place Arizona State University (Kevin Elhers and Michael Meintel)
Digital Video Production – 4th Place Arizona State University (Jeremy Spann)
Emerging Business Issues – 6th Place Paradise Valley Community College (Neenort Khibeir & Matthey Teefey)
Financial Services – 2nd Place Paradise Valley Community College (Matthew Teefey)

Special Recognition Awards
Gold Seal Chapter Awards of Merit (Arizona) – Arizona State University and Eastern Arizona College
Outstanding Local Chapter Adviser (Arizona) – Bahman Maneshni, Paradise Valley Community College
Who’s Who in PBL (Arizona) – Joshua Belhumeur, University of Arizona

To watch a video of the entire NLC Awards Ceremony, click on this link: http://pdcproductions.com/PBL/

Congratulations to all of our NLC competitors!

We are looking forward to another great year in Arizona PBL and continued success at next year’s NLC in Orlando, Florida on June 23 – 26, 2011.

Mike Manion
AZ PBL State Adviser
mikeazpbl@cox.net

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State Officer Report – Chris Pings

Posted on July 12, 2010 in General, State Chapter

Hello PBL members,
My name is Chris Pings and I’m going to be your state executive vice president for the 2010-2011 membership year. I am a senior in Accounting at the University of Arizona. I’m looking forward to another year on the state officer team with a new set of minds and new plan of action. As your executive vice president I will be helping the president as well as my fellow VP’s to accomplish their agendas, programs, and goals for the coming year. As well, I will be maintaining record of state meetings. Along with assisting the other state officers in their goals, I hope to focus on increasing involvement in the southern region of the state, build stronger ties state wide with FBLA, and continue to build on the positive public image of the program not only at the local level but also the state level. We have a whole heck of a lot of FBLA interest in the state and these goals, as well as those of the other state officers, will begin pulling more effectively from this pool. I am also looking forward to another March of Dimes Week during the coming year which will not only be a great opportunity for them, but also a chance for all of the chapters to pull together as a state for a good cause. As I wrap up, I would like to say congrats to those who went to Nashville. I hope you showed them how we do it in AZ!! At anytime if you have comments or questions regarding state chapter issues or local chapter issues feel free to email me at cpings@gmail.com. Also, make sure that if you aren’t already a fan of Arizona PBL Facebook page that you join! We will be posting various articles, professional tips, state updates, and other things along the way. I recently posted one on salary negotiation. Enjoy your summer and I will see you in the Fall!

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