CNLC
Competitive Event Offerings
About Our Competitive Event Offerings
Objective Test Events
Complete a 100-question multiple-choice exam within 60 minutes
Accounting I
Accounting involves the process of processing, managing, and analyzing financial records to ensure the profitable and efficient use of capital and available resources. Participants will learn about various financial statements, basic accounting terminology, and types of ownership.
Healthcare Administration
Healthcare Administration in the business world involves being able to manage and handle resources effectively to ensure the best possible usage, quality, and condition of the medicine that is being provided to communities. Competitors will gain these skills by learning about medical terminology, health insurance, legal & ethical issues, and more.
Personal Finance
Financial management is an important skill set in today’s society. This event will help competitors learn about real life skills related to managing personal finances, including credit and debit, saving and investing, and other financial principles necessary for decision making.
International Business
Living in a highly globalized society today, trading of goods, services, and knowledge are a crucial part of business and everyday life. In this event, competitors will be given a problem encountered in the global arena, and they will need to apply their business knowledge into a macro level to provide solutions to the case.
Business Plan
Competitors compete in teams of one, two, or three and prepare a report to be judged before CNLC. At CNLC, competitors are given 7 minutes to present and 3 minutes for Q&A.
Competitors must prepare a business plan report regarding the development and implementation of a NEW business venture. A business plan is a document created by a company that describes the company’s goals, operations, industry standing, marketing objectives, and financial situation.
Business Law
Business Law provides members with the opportunity to gain knowledge about legal systems and implications in the business world. This event will assess the competitor’s knowledge of legal systems, contracts, property laws, employment laws and more.
Introduction to Business Concepts
*Grade 9-10 ONLY
This event focuses on learning about the basic concepts and principles of the American business environment. Participants will be able to gain knowledge about consumerism, money management, banking, economic systems, and more.
Securities & Investment
Competitors will gain knowledge in personal finance, investing fundamentals, financial regulations, financial assets, and the stock market. Investments and Securities go in-depth in many topics in finance such as the terminology, taxation, investment funds, and derivatives. Participants will be expected to be able to define financial terminology and be able to assess the pros and cons of financial instruments.
Economics
This event will assess the competitor’s knowledge and proficiency on topics such as macroeconomics, market structures, basic economic principles, and more. From this event, competitors will be able to identify, understand, and apply economic principles to topics ranging from politics to the environment.
Organizational Leadership
Organizational Leadership provides members with the opportunity to demonstrate knowledge around competencies in the leadership of an organization. This event tests the competitor’s knowledge on leadership managerial roles, strategic leadership for managing cirses and change, traits of effective leaders, ethical leadership, and more.
Case Study Events
Competitors compete in teams of one, two, or three
Competitors take a 60-minute test with 100 multiple-choice questions
Competitors are given 20 minutes to prepare a case and 7 minutes to present the case
Business Management
Competitors will learn about problem encountered by managers in the following areas: human resource management, financial management, marketing management or information systems management. This event allows competitors to assume and understand the role of management.
Entrepreneurship
As owning and operating a business is a vital and difficult task, this event will help competitors gain real life knowledge about how to tackle problems that current entrepreneurs face on a daily basis. Additionally, this event will develop skills from different sectors of business, such as finance, and help the competitor apply it to establishing a business.
Marketing
In this event, competitors will learn about key skills in marketing such as selling and merchandising, promotion and advertising, and the legal, social, and ethical aspects in marketing. Equipped with these knowledge, competitors will be given a marketing problem, and they are expected to come up with a proper solution.
Hospitality & Event Management
This event helps competitors gain valuable skills pertaining to Human Resources Management, Customer Service, and Communication skills among many others. Additionally, competitors will have the opportunity to learn about many different types of hospitality markets and management functions.
Presentation Events
Coding & Programming
Competitors compete in teams of one, two, or three and code a program for the prompt below. At CNLC, competitors are given 7 minutes to present and 3 minutes for Q&A.
Create a program that allows your school’s Career and Technical Education Department to collect and store information about local business and community partners. This program should include information on at least 25 different partners, with details such as, but not limited to, type of organization, resources available, and direct contact information for an individual. The program should enable users to search and filter the information as needed.
Public Speaking
Competitors compete individually and prepare a speech answering the prompt below. At CNLC, competitors are given 5 minutes to present.
Develop and deliver a speech based on the following topic: What are the legal and ethical implications of cybercrime? What can be done to help combat cybercrime?