What is FBLA?

 

Future Business Leaders of America is a nonprofit education association of students preparing for careers in business and business-related fields.

 

The FBLA-PBL Mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs.

 

FBLA-PBL is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and organized on local, state and national levels. Business teachers/advisors and advisory councils (including school officials, business people and community representatives) guide local chapters. State advisors and committee members coordinate chapter activities for the national organization.

 

History

The FBLA concept was developed in 1937 by Dr. Hamden L. Forkner of Columbia University. In the fall of 1940, official sponsorship of FBLA was accepted by the National Council for Business Education; on February 3, 1942, the first high school chapter was chartered in Johnson City, Tennessee.

 

The Goals of FBLA

• Promote competent, aggressive business leadership.
• Understand American business enterprise.
• Establish career goals.
• Encourage scholarship.
• Promote sound financial management.
• Develop character and self-confidence.
• Facilitate transition from school to work.

 

Conferences and Seminars

National Leadership Conference - Each year, the best and brightest of FBLA and PBL convene to compete in leadership events, share their successes and learn new ideas about shaping their career future. These four-day sessions are considered the pinnacle of the FBLA-PBL experience, especially for those running for national office. FBLA-PBL sponsors conferences and seminars for members and advisers, which are designed to enhance experience initially developed on the local and state level. Among them are:

• Institute for Leaders - This four-day seminar is a focused leadership experience for state and local chapter officers as well as members and advisers. It offers a unique chance to build leadership and career skills that last a lifetime in tracks focusing on entrepreneurship, communication and FBLA-PBL leadership. It is held in conjunction with the National Leadership Conference each year.
• National Fall Leadership Conference - Each fall, new leaders and advisers from chapters across the nation gather for regional conferences designed to guide and motivate their success for the year. This includes workshops, seminars, and a plenary session, as well as the benefit of networking among their peers from other cities.

 

FBLA Emblem

• The EAGLE denotes our belief in democracy, liberty and the American way of life.
• The word SERVICE denotes the idea that every individual should be interested in and take responsibility for promoting better social, political, community, and family life.
• the word EDUCATION is symbolic of the idea that free education is the right of every individual in America.
• The word PROGRESS represents the challenge of tomorrow which depends upon mutual understanding and cooperation of business, industry, labor, religious, family and educational institutions, and by the peoples of our own and other lands.
• The word FUTURE reminds us that the future of the world depends upon the quality of leadership we are able to produce, and we in FBLA will be the business leaders of the future. We must learn to recognize the situations in which our individual talents will become useful.
• The word of BUSINESS is our world. To be successful in business, a person must be educated both formally and informally in business methods and procedures and in the basic principles of our economic system and government.
• The word LEADERS represents the search for knowledge in order for us to become better citizens. This knowledge will prepare us for the great task of leadership in years ahead.
• Finally, we think about America. The future of AMERICA depends upon our generation. We should pledge ourselves to use any abilities endowed to us to make America a better place for everyone.

 

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