FBLA Fall Leadership Conference

     Chadron High FBLA students and sponsors attended the Fall Leadership Conference on September 24 in Hastings, NE. This annual event is comprised of FBLA officers from across the state and is a day for students to build leaderships skills.
     Mrs. Renae Noble, Chadron FBLA sponsor, took three students to Hastings with her. They were Jameson Margetts, Alex Elliott, and Kelton Burbach. This was the boys' first Fall Leadership Conference, but Mrs. Noble has been attending the annual conference for roughly 20 years.
     This year's conference was unique because of its location. According to Mrs. Noble, the Fall Leadership Conference is typically held in Kearney, but due to flooding, it had to be relocated to Hastings. "This year's convention didn't run as smoothly as it did in past years," Mrs. Noble said. "But that was no fault of FBLA."
     Both students and advisers attended sessions throughout the day. At the adviser session, Mrs. Noble learned about upcoming changes for Nebraska FBLA. The State Leadership Conference in the spring will be held in Kearney, not Omaha like it used to be. With the knowledge she gained from Fall Leadership Conference, Mrs. Noble plans to use Monday night work nights to prepare students for state.
     Jameson Margetts described two of the sessions he attended. The first was a reporter workshop which helped him "strengthen his role as a local chapter officer." He also attended an executive committees workshop that taught him how to get involved with FBLA on a state level.
     The most valuable thing Jameson learned was fun, inventive ways to recruit new members to FBLA. He hopes to bring back what he learned at Fall Leadership Conference to improve Chadron's chapter.
     Jameson said he chose to attend Fall Leadership Conference because he "wanted to learn more about this great organization [FBLA] and discover new ways to help our chapter improve."
     He recommends future FBLA officers attend Fall Leadership Conference because it introduces officers to the state level of FBLA and gives them new ideas to involve their chapter and themselves in FBLA.