State Leadership Workshop Registration Opens: Thursday, August 15, 12:00 noon
Students must be in the FBLA Connect membership system before they can be registered/lodged in Blue Panda.
Students will only be imported into Blue Panda after the adviser has placed the students on an invoice AND a payment method chosen (credit card/check).
To access Blue Panda, go to: https://app.gobluepanda.com/
Sunday/Monday, November 02-03, 2025 — Kalahari Poconos Resort
early arrival Saturday, November 01, 2025
All FBLA-HS (grades 09-12) and all FBLA-MS (grades 05-08) are eligible to attend. There are no attendance restrictions/limits.
Registration closes Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 11:59 pm
Payment “received by” deadline: Saturday, October 18, 2025***
***payments not received by this date will incur a $75 administrative/late fee
State Leadership Workshop Promotional Video
Registration Fee: $50 per person (advisers and students)
Lodging Cost: $270 per room (with 1-4 individuals per room), including tax and hotel fees
SLW Details (Save the Date) Document (including deadline dates, pricing, FAQs) — originally published May 18, 2025
SLW Promotional “Leadership Wins Championships” Flyer
SLW Schedule of Events Grid (including leadership tracks, time schedules)
SLW Attendee Guide (highly recommend that it be made available and shared with all attendees)
The base lodging is Sunday night, November 02; additional lodging may be scheduled for Saturday, November 01. All registration and lodging must be done through Blue Panda. All student attendees must be in the National FBLA membership system in order to be registered and lodged, and data will be imported into Blue Panda after an adviser entering members into the membership system.
To access Blue Panda, go to: https://app.gobluepanda.com/. Returning advisers have maintained the same login and password that they used to register for their RLCs, SLW, SLC, and NLC. If you are uncertain of your password (your school email address is your username), please contact Bruce Boncal, bboncal@pafbla.us, 570.279.6998 cell/texts.
IMPORTANT ADVISER INFORMATION REGARDING SLW REGISTRATION:
You must place your FBLA members in the National FBLA membership system before you can register anyone in Blue Panda.
- With the roll out of FBLA Connect, only PAID or PENDING members will display in Blue Panda to be registered. Unpaid members will not display in FBLA Connect.
Blue Panda imports members from National FBLA. Remember, you must have created/“transitioned” students for members to be considered active and imported; to do that, the students must be immediately paid with a credit card or a purchase order uploaded OR marked “payment by mail” if a check is being sent. Simply choosing students or entering a name does not make them importable unless they have been transitioned from unpaid to paid/pending status.
Once the students are imported into Blue Panda and marked paid/pending, you can register them for the SLW (and not before). You can register advisers/guests/chaperones at any time as they are not imported.
Step 1: register all your attendees before attempting any lodging
Step 2: place your attendees in housing
Step 3: click “submit” to generate an invoice.
- You can go in and edit/change your SLW registration/housing as many times as you wish until the September 27, 11:59 pm deadline. It is not a once and done deal.
Adviser Family Members
Step 4: If an adviser is bringing his/her family members to the SLW and are not FBLA members, the family members are to be registered as “guests/family.” The adviser should then be able to place the family in the same room, but there is a maximum of four individuals per room. If there are issues with the adviser placing family in the same room, please contact Bruce Boncal, PA FBLA Executive Director, bboncal@pafbla.us.
Gender Critical Error
Step 5: Advisers may lodge students of the same gender in the same room without encountering any critical errors. If there is a gender error, the adviser needs to go to FBLA Connect and add/correct the gender listed for the student. If the “no gender” option is chosen for a student in FBLA Connect, then the adviser needs to contact Bruce Boncal, PA FBLA Executive Director, for instructions to resolve the “critical” gender issue.
Adviser/Students Sharing from Different Schools
Step 6: If an adviser and/or student from another school is to share a room, the adviser must contact Bruce Boncal, PA FBLA Executive Director, to join the rooms “on the back end.” Provide the following information: (1) school name, (2) adviser/student name to be shared, (3) other school name, (4) other school’s adviser/student to be shared and the room configuration.
| FBLA Advisers — High School and Middle School |
SLW Forms (due October 20, 2025)
Forms 1-5 are to be uploaded as assets via Blue Panda
- SLW Combined Delegate Code of Conduct with “business casual” dress code illustrations (distribution & return: one per student/signature page only)
- SLW Student Emergency/Permission Form (distribution & return: one per student)
- SLW Adviser/Guest/Chaperone Emergency Form (distribution & return: one per adviser/guest/chaperone)
- SLW Adviser Emergency and School Administrator Contact Form (distribution & return: one per chapter)
- SLW Adviser/Guest/Chaperone Hotel/Workshop Safety Guidelines (distribution & return: one per adviser/guest/chaperone)
- SLW Delegate Code of Conduct (not including “business casual” illustrations)
- SLW Business Casual Dress Code Flyer
- SLW Battle of the Chapters Guidelines
SLW Special Events Information
- SLW Basket Auction Details
- SLW State Project Shirt Sale
a. SLW T-Shirt Graphic (black/long sleeve) - SLW Rubber Ducky Derby Flyer
- SLW Optional Sunday and/or Monday Full Buffet Breakfasts — order as part of SLW Blue Panda registration
a. $24 per person for each full buffet breakfast ticket pre-ordered/includes tax and gratuity (Sunday and/or Monday)
b. Regular price at the door (without pre-ordering): $34.95 - Selden Scholarship Fund Pin Pre-Order Sales: $5 per pin (all proceeds benefit the Selden Scholarship Fund) / pre-order through the Blue Panda SLW store / pins also available onsite for purchase with cash, check, credit card, Venmo)
a. Design #1: Pennsylvania Gold Outline Pin
b. Design #2: Pennsylvania Seal Pin
c. Design #3: Pennsylvania State Flower Pin
d. Design #4: Pennsylvania Landmarks Pin
| EXHIBITORS / WORKSHOP PRESENTERS / ADVERTISERS |
- Invitation to Attend the State Leadership Workshops — Exhibitors, Workshop Presenters, Advertisers
- Exhibitor Fees Registration
- Section B: Exhibitor Registration Form — Instruction and Details
- Link to Section B Online Form
- Workshop Presentation Registration Form
- Section C: Workshop Presentation Registration — Instruction and Details
- Link to Section C Online Form
- Promotional Advertising & Sponsorship Opportunities Registration Form
- Section D: Promotional Advertising & Sponsorship — Instruction and Details
- Link to Section D Online Form
- Guest Lodging Reservation Form
- Section E: Guest Lodging Reservation Form — Instruction and Details
- Link to Section E Online Form
For additional questions regarding the SLC program, please contact:
Janet Skiles
PA FBLA Conference Coordinator
jskiles@pafbla.us | 412.576.2826 voice/texts
For FBLA Connect, Blue Panda support (such as room sharing), or items posted in this area and on the website, please contact:
Bruce Boncal
PA FBLA Executive Director
bboncal@pafbla.us | 570.279.6998 voice/texts