Show DEX Holds L Leadership a d ers he t z f. f 1 a- a Conference In 1 r I I 5 i t S Salt lt Snowbird Lake i f fX X t r Some 2000 college and nd high gh school vs i 1 stu students converged on Sa Salt t Lake City rJ i t- t t November 22 20 for intensive marketing market- market 4 ing g leaders leadership p sessions 1 I The western Region DEX DECA 1 Leadership Conference started with a aJ ar J r conjoint evel evening ng meeting eting at t J Street at which Utahn Dan Clark addressed the group A high energy professional public speaker graduate of the University of Utah Clark is much in demand across the nation as a motivational speaker Conference chairman Curtis a professor of marketing at Utah Technical College at Salt lake said 1600 high school students of the Distributive Education Clubs of America stayed and attended workshops and meetings at the Marriott and Sheraton Triad hotels The or so college students members of Delta Epsilon Chi had their meetings at Snowbird While both conference groups were around leadership DEX conference coordinator Dr Kathy Walton of Utah Tech said the college group was divided into groups of 10 or 1 12 each with a couple of facilitators who were involved in practical team building activities Among the facilitators was a fa team of flown In in from Kenney Shoes corporation headquarters including Bill Crisp national sales manager for the firm Speakers at the conference included Dr Marcella McComas University of Houston who talked on international marketing and Daniel Litchford professor of marketing at Weber State College Closing session of the DEX group was conducted by Jackie Butler a alt Salt lt Lake City woman now attending the fhe University of Utah and formerly at Dixie College She western region Vice President of DEX Some 19 d different ferent sessions were available to DECA participants participants' each ch hour of the conference day on F Friday iday Th The evenings evening's activities concluded with a dance at the Sheraton T Triad Western Region DECA vice pr president ident Billy Olson from Cal California ornia addressed the students at t Symphony Hall |