Future Business Leaders of America, (FBLA) Prepares Students Towards a Career Path in AI
What is Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)?
Future Business Leaders of America, Inc. (FBLA) is a student organization focused on preparing members for future careers in business. With over 230,000 members, it is one of the largest student-run organizations in the country. FBLA inspires and instills relevant career preparation and leadership experiences to asssist members to find their place in a global society.
How has Artificial Intelligence (AI) Impacted the Business World?
The expansion of Artificial Intelligence has affected many career fields, including business. From marketing to human resources, AI is changing the game for businesses, offering valuable insights and informed decision making. Businesses can be more successful by harnessing AI’s powers, through data collection, trend identification, and smarter decision making. The most popular trends in AI include generative AI or natural language processing (NLP).
AI Knowledge Quized in FBLA Competitive Events
One of the most popular aspects of FBLA are its competitive events. Whether it’s the objective tests (multiple choice written tests), or role-play events, understanding and staying updated with news related trends involving AI will help towards success in those competitive events. For example, in role-play events, teams are given a case and must formulate logical solutions on spot. With knowledge of the newest trends in technology and AI, teams could better create solutions that are relevant to the modern time.
In the 2023 FBLA National Conference, the open events topics, which any attending member could join, included Behavioral Economics, Financial Services & Fintech, Retail & Wholesale Management, Computer Science & Technology, etc. Through research on how AI influences these sectors could be useful to study. The topics listed are all prevalent topics in modern society, and AI is heavily tied in by all of them. For example, in the real world, AI can deliver tailored recommendations which helps in the Behavioral Economics Sector because it focuses on human behavior and decision making.Fintech uses AI to bring cutting-edge innovation, ultimately increasing the services of the business. By obtaining a better sense of how AI affects many business topics, FBLA members could be better equipped for their success in competitive events. Overall, research in AI can give members a competitive advantage.
Chapter Events are Influenced by AI
FBLA offers 3 different Chapters Projects that are presented by each chapter at a state and national level: American Enterprise, Community Service, and Partnership with Business.
Inspirit AI is an organization that teaches AI fundamentals concepts and programming skills to high schoolers.Through various programs, students are able to create impactful projects in a mentor-led project for a domain of interest known as ‘‘Social Good Projects’.
This year, Homestead High School, a school in a local region to Inspirit AI, has its Homestead High School’s FBLA Partnership with Business chapter partners with Inspirit AI. Throughout the course of the year, both sides of the organization will benefit from each other by being able to gain new perspectives and knowledge from the other.
Inspirit AI and FBLA’s Partnership with Business Chapter
Project members and Committee members of PwB use their high school student perspectives to enhance Inspirit AI by suggesting improvements in its Web design, SEO strategies, competitor differentiation, etc. Inspirit AI liaisons also equip the students with AI concepts and prepare them better for futures related to AI.
Conclusion
In this era, understanding the potential and importance of AI at a young age is crucial. Because AI is more present in the business world, business organizations, such as FBLA, are featuring more AI related topics.
About Inspirit AI
AI Scholars Live Online is a 10 session (25-hour) program that exposes high school students to fundamental AI concepts and guides them to build a socially impactful project. Taught by our team of graduate students from Stanford, MIT, and more, students receive a personalized learning experience in small groups with a student-teacher ratio of 5:1.
