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District Leadership Conferences

December 2025

The Iowa FBLA District Leadership Conference (DLC) is a one-day conference held each winter. The conference consists of general sessions, competitive events, workshops, awards, and other planned leadership and educational activities.

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Wild Card Announcement

Iowa FBLA extends Wild Card entries to student entries that may have not qualified through the standard State Leadership Conference qualification process. 

Dates & Locations

To find what district your chapter is in, please visit the Chapter and District list. 

Hudson High School
Hudson, Iowa
December 6, 2025
Snow Date: Jan 17, 2026 (virtual)

Northwestern College
Orange City, Iowa
December 17, 2025
Snow Date: Jan 17, 2026 (virtual)

DMACC Ankeny - Building 5
Ankeny, Iowa
December 16, 2025
Snow Date: Jan 17, 2026 (virtual)

Linn-Mar High School
Marion, IA
January 10, 2026
Snow Date: Jan 17, 2026 (virtual)

Fairfield Middle School
Fairfield, IA
December 6, 2025
Snow Date: Jan 17, 2026 (virtual)

Creston High School
Creston, Iowa
December 14, 2025
Snow Date: Jan 17, 2026 (virtual)

Important Dates

Conference Registration Fees

November 1 - Registration Opens

November 20 - Registration deadline

TBD - Objective testing window

TBD- Prejudged materials due

TBD - Payment due

Member Fee: $25

Adviser Fee: $25

Important Conference Information

Qualifying Presentations Events

The top two (2) entries in each qualifying event from each District will advance to the State Leadership Conference. Any unfilled spots and at minimum three spots will be ‘wild card’ spots for students to advance to the state conference. For more information on the wild card process, please review the wild card section in the DLC guide. Members will follow the National FBLA Guidelines and Preliminary Rating Sheets. The member’s prejudged materials will be reviewed prior to and/or during their performance event. Events that start with ‘Introduction to...’ are open only to 9th and 10th grade student members.

The District Leadership Conference qualifying presentation events:

  • Broadcast Journalism

  • Business Ethics

  • Coding & Programming

  • Computer Game & Simulation Programming

  • Customer Service

  • Data Analysis

  • Digital Animation

  • Digital Video Production

  • Financial Planning

  • Graphic Design

  • Introduction to Business Presentation

  • Introduction to Public Speaking

  • Introduction to Social Media Strategy

  • Job Interview

  • Mobile Application Development

  • Public Service Announcement

  • Public Speaking

  • Sales Presentation

  • Social Media Strategies

  • Technology Support & Services

  • Visual Design

  • Website Design

Prejudged Materials

Prejudged materials are submitted through the Asset Collection process in Blue Panda. To see what files are required to be uploaded, please log into Blue Panda and click on the ‘Action Items’ box.

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Prejudged Materials Deadline: TBD

  • Business Ethics - Report (PDF)

  • Digital Animation - Video (URL)

  • Digital Video Production - Project (URL)

  • Job Interview - Cover Letter, Resume (PDF)

Online Objective Tests

Online objective tests will be taken prior to the District Leadership Conference at each local high school. This allows student members who are interested in competing at the district level to enter into a competitive event but not be required to attend the actual event on the day-of if their schedule does not allow. Students competing in only objective tests are still able to attend the conference (though not required) and take advantage of the networking opportunities, educational content, and participate in workshops during the in-person conference.

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Online Testing Window & Time

  • TBD

  • 7:00AM - 7:00PM CST during testing window

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All objective tests are non-qualifying events or ‘straight-to-state’ events. Any member competing in a non-qualifying objective test event, will be eligible to advance to the State Leadership Conference, if desired. Members in the top four (4) will be recognized during the District Leadership Conference’s Awards of Excellence Ceremony.

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Online objective tests include:

  • Accounting 

  • Advanced Accounting

  • Advertising

  • Agribusiness

  • Banking and Financial Systems

  • Business Communication

  • Business Law

  • Business Management

  • Computer Applications

  • Computer Problem Solving

  • Cybersecurity

  • Data Science & AI

  • Economics

  • Entrepreneurship

  • Future Business Leader

  • Healthcare Administration

  • Hospitality & Event Management

  • Human Resource Management

  • Insurance and Risk Management

  • International Business

  • Introduction to Business Communication

  • Introduction to Business Concepts

  • Introduction to Business Procedures

  • Introduction to FBLA

  • Introduction to Financial Math

  • Introduction to Information Technology

  • Introduction to Marketing Concepts

  • Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure

  • Introduction to Retail & Merchandising

  • Introduction to Supply Chain Management

  • Journalism

  • Management Information Systems

  • Marketing

  • Network Design

  • Networking Infrastructures

  • Organizational Leadership

  • Parliamentary Procedure

  • Personal Finance

  • Project Management

  • Public Administration & Management

  • Securities and Investments

  • Sports & Entertainment Management

  • Supply Chain Management 

  • Technology Support & Services

Prepare for Competitive Events

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