Local students place at FBLA national competition

Nevada Daily Mail

Taylor Ast, left, Spencer Hoagland and Toni Hallam, competed in the Future Business Leaders of American-Phi Beta Lambda national awards program in Nashville, Tenn., July 14-17.

Five students, Spencer Hoagland and Taylor Ast, from Northeast Vernon County schools; and Tiffani Hallam, Bailee Bybee, and Toni Hallam, from El Dorado Springs Christian School attended the Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tenn., July 14-17.

Three of them, Spencer, Taylor and Toni, competed in FBLA-PBL's national awards program, representing the state of Missouri. Taylor competed in Word Processing II, Spencer competed in Intro to Parliamentary Procedures and Toni competed in Word Processing I against state representatives from across the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Guam, the Cayman Islands, and the Department of Defense schools worldwide.

At the Awards of Excellence program, it was announced that Taylor earned sixth place in Word Processing II and Toni earned ninth place in Word Processing I in the nation in these events.

The competition is part of a competitive events program sponsored annually by FBLA-PBL, a professional association for students pursuing business careers. Individuals, local chapters, and state teams compete in more than 50 events representing a range of business, career, and leadership development activities. The winners of these challenging and prestigious awards are selected from FBLA-PBL's over 210,000 members, and have won regional and state competitions to qualify for the national awards program.

The 7700 delegates to the 58th annual conference elected national student officers and attended business and leadership workshops in addition to competing in business and career skill events.

From left: Tiffani Hallam, Spencer Hoagland, Bailee Bybee, Toni Hallam and Taylor Ast, at the Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda conference in Nashville, Tenn., held in July.

This year's national theme, "FBLA-PBL: Simply the Best!" reflects the goals of FBLA-PBL members, some of the best and the brightest of today's young people.

Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, Inc., (FBLA-PBL) is a nonprofit organization that prepares students for careers in business and business education. Its mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs.

To learn more, visit FBLA-PBL's Web site at www.fbla-pbl.org or call (800) FBLA-WIN.