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The Fourth Annual Middle School County Marketing Contest 

Middle School students are encouraged to participate in the County Marketing Contest sponsored by the North Carolina Council on Economic Education.  To enter the contest, students must complete the entry form and adhere the following list of rules.  Good luck to all! 

The Fourth Annual Middle School County Marketing Contest

Deadline for entries:  March 30th, 20111

Rules:

• Students must choose a North Carolina county.  The county may be their home county, but is not required to be.

• The students must create a PowerPoint presentation that persuades companies to relocate or expand to the named county.

• The Contest is open to any middle school student in North Carolina.

• Students must include the following information:

1. County Name

2. County Seat

3. County Population

4. Major industries

5. Major Employers

6. Median Income

7. Students should also mention education, healthcare, religion and housing

• Information must not be cut and pasted from web sites.

• PowerPoint presentations must be no less than 5 and no more than 10 slides.

• Presentations containing misspelled words will be disqualified.

• PowerPoint presentations should be mailed on a CD-Rom accompanied by the teacher entry form.  Please include the student’s name and school directly on the CD-Rom.

• Teachers will act as preliminary judge.  As such, we ask that teachers submit no more than 5 entries per class.  We encourage a competition at the school level where local winners will receive recognition for their efforts.

• This should be a persuasive presentation and not just a report about a given county.

• All Presentations must include a bibliography.

• Mail CD-Rom and entry forms to:

NCCEE

County Marketing Contest

3825 Barrett Drive

Suite 103

Raleigh, NC 27609

Awards and Recognition: 

1^st place:  $250

2^nd place: $125

3^rd place:  $75 

Winners, their teachers, and parents will be invited to the NCCEE awards banquets which will be held in May 2011.

Additionally, the top three presentations will be presented to the county commissioner’s office of the county featured by the student presentations and will be posted to the NCCEE website.

To download forms click here

For more information, please contact the NCCEE directly at 866.606.2233 or by email to Sandy Wheat