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 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 50-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

  • Competitors compete in teams of one, two, or three

  • Competitors prepare a report to be judged before CNLC

  • Competitors are given 7 minutes to present and 3 minutes for Q&A at CNLC

Coding & Programming

Competitors will develop a program that provides a solution to an issue.

Public Speaking

*Competitors will have a 5-minute presentation time.

Public Speaking provides members with the opportunity to develop and present a speech on a topic.