Phi Beta Lambda

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Scott Takacs 

Phi Beta Lambda is a national organization for college students who have an interest in business. Phi Beta Lambda is the college division of Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, a nonprofit education organization with over 300,000 members worldwide, from grade school through professional lives.  The main goal of the organization is to produce successful business leaders, and this goal is being met with many successful members and alumni. Opportunities for leadership development include planning, implementing, and evaluating activities such as a seminar for graduating seniors to prepare them for entry into the business world, a professional advisory board to help chapter members through mentoring and career advice, competitions for members at the state and national levels, and community service projects benefitting the March of Dimes and the local community through more effective business education.

The Georgetown College chapter has been active since it was chartered in 1972.  Each year, members have competed at the State and National Leadership Conferences.  Projects and individuals have placed First in state competitions and in the top 10 in National Competitions every year for decades.  For the past seven years, Georgetown College has won the Gold Seal Chapter of Merit award.

This year, at the National Leadership Conference in San Antonio, despite very difficult competiton, Alice McClard took Eighth Place in Management Analysis and Decision Making.  In 2011, Georgetown College PBL hosted the State Fall Leadership Conference; this was a first for Georgetown College, but was a showcase opportunity for our students and alumni.  

At the 2012 State Leadership Conference, Phi Beta Lambda members competed in various events, and were honored as follows:

First Place:

Gold Seal Chapter (continuing a long-running streak.)

Local Chapter Annual Business Report

Parliamentary Procedure Team:  Sayde Daniels, Cassady Green, Daniel Harmon, Whitley Martin, and Cody Parker

Business Decision-Making:  Daniel Harmon, Molly Hunter, and Jordan Patrick

Small Business Plan:  Molly Hunter and Jordan Patrick

Management Analysis and Decision Making:  Alice McClard

Parliamentary Procedure:  Individual:  Cassady Green

Local chapter Advisor of the Year:  Scott Takacs (although he notes that it was with a lot of help from Debbie Madden and the whole chapter.)

Second Place:

Parliamentary Procedure (Individual):  Sayde Daniels

Chapter of the Year

State Parliamentarian:  Sayde Daniels

Third Place:

Retail Management:  Alice McClard

Parliamentary Procedure individual:  Whitley Martin