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.

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.

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.

Public Speaking

Deliver a speech that explores the power of resilience: How to stay strong during tough times and keep moving forward. Share strategies for overcoming obstacles, staying motivated, and turning setbacks into opportunities for growth and success. What does it take to rise above adversity and reach your goals?

Sports & Entertainment Management

Sports & Entertainment Management is a journey through the business processes behind professional sports and event management! It challenges students on their knowledge of business principles, management strategies, and marketing techniques specific to the sports and entertainment industries.

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

Complete in groups of 1, 2, or 3 in an event comprised of a 100 multiple-choice questions, and a 7 minute case presentation.

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.

Roleplay’s not your thing? Check out these presentation events hosted at CNLC, where you prepare and present a solution for your given situation.

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

Financial Statement Analysis

You’ve just been hired as a financial consultant for Chipotle Mexican Grill, a leading player in the fast-casual dining world. Your job? Dive deep into Chipotle’s financial statements (ending December 31, 2024) and deliver a boardroom-ready presentation that answers three key questions:

What changed? Highlight key differences between this year’s financial statements and prior periods: revenues, costs, margins, assets, liabilities, etc.
What does it mean? Analyze what those changes reveal about Chipotle’s current financial health (profitability, liquidity, efficiency, and solvency). Use ratios, trends, and relevant benchmarks.
What’s next? Recommend 2–3 strategic business decisions backed by your analysis. These could focus on:
- Growth opportunities (e.g., new markets, menu expansion)
- Cost controls or efficiency improvements
- Financial Risk Management

Coding & Programming

Use your programming skills to build a tool that helps users discover and support small, local businesses in their community. Your program can be a command-line tool, desktop application, or interactive interface. You choose what best fits your coding approach.

Your program should include features such as:

Sorting businesses by category (e.g., food, retail, services)
Allowing users to leave reviews or ratings
Sorting businesses by reviews or ratings
Saving or bookmarking favorite businesses
Including a way to display special deals or coupons
Implementing a verification step to prevent bot activity

Business Plan

Prepare a pre-judged, formal business plan report and presentation for a new business venture that has not been in operation more than 12 months. The report will be no more than 17 pages. The first page (front cover) should include the name of the school, competitor names, country, name of the event, and school year (2025–26) on the cover. The second page must include a table of contents and each page must be numbered. Divider pages and appendices are optional and must be included in the page count. The report sequence must mirror the rating sheet.