About this event
Graphic Design has you create original visual content for the brief FBLA releases each year and present your designs and design process to judges, showing design principles, software skills, and visual communication. Team event (1 to 3 members). How it runs: there is no test. You present to judges: 3 minutes to set up, a 7-minute presentation, and 3 minutes of questions. Internet access is not provided. At the National Leadership Conference there is a preliminary round, and the top scorers from each section advance to a final round, where the final presentation score decides the winners.
FormatPresentation
Duration3 minutes setup, 7-minute presentation, 3 minutes Q&A
Solo or teamTeam event
CategoryMarketing & Sales
Your plan
How to study
Built from the official rating sheet and the event's own clock.
Read the guidelines and the sheet
Everything is scored on the rating sheet below. The official guidelines give the rules, the deadlines and what to submit.
Official guidelines (opens in a new tab)Outline it against the sheet
Give each part of your entry the room its points earn, starting from the biggest rows, so nothing on the sheet is left out.
See the sheetMake it yourself
Your entry should be your own work. ChapterPrep's judge scores it and asks questions; it never writes it for you.
Rehearse the presentation
Type or say your presentation. The judge scores it on the official rating sheet and times you against the 7-minute limit.
Get judged on your presentationRehearse to the clock
You have 7 minutes, then 3 minutes of questions. Time every run, out loud, start to finish.
Judging
What judges score
- Description of the event topic and materials10
- Explains the design and development process20
- Creates interest and desire for the design20
- Programs and tools used to design the graphics20
- Consistency of the graphic design with the theme10
Presentation Delivery
- Statements are well organized and clearly stated10
- Displays confidence, poised body language, engaging eye contact and effective voice projection10
- Demonstrates the ability to effectively answer questions10
Presentation Protocols
- Adherence to Competitive Events Guidelines10
Total 120 points
Guidelines and resources
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Free guides for this kind of event
- Book · LibreTextsGraphic Design and Print Production Fundamentals, Sec. 2.2: Design Research and Concept Generation (opens in a new tab)
- Book · LibreTextsGraphic Design and Print Production Fundamentals, Sec. 3.2: Visual Elements: Basic Things That Can Be Seen (opens in a new tab)
- Book · LibreTextsGraphic Design and Print Production Fundamentals, Sec. 3.3: Compositional Principles: Strategies for Arranging Things Better (opens in a new tab)
- Book · LibreTextsGraphic Design and Print Production Fundamentals, Sec. 3.4: Organizational Principles (opens in a new tab)