Four to six students will be allowed on each team.
Throughout the competition, teams are expected to maintain an exemplary level of conduct.
Each team will have 3 weeks to develop their case study and solutions and prepare their presentations. Participants are allowed and encouraged to use outside sources.
The identification of the problems and the respective personal finance solutions devised by your team must be original work. (i.e. not copied, transcribed or adapted from any pre-existing materials or sources)
Each case problem and solution must be supported with relevant data derived from reliable sources online, from the community, the library, or that you may have brought with you (i.e. textbooks or CD’s). In your presentation, teams must cite or reference all the sources of information that has been used in preparing, solving, and
presenting the family’s financial plan.
Each presentation will be judged on its creativity, innovativeness, thoroughness and depth of thought, and on the professionalism of the presentation style.
Each presentation must include some type of oral communication. A PowerPoint presentation is suggested, but not required. Each presentation will last 26 minutes (5 minutes for set-up, a maximum 15 minutes for presentation, 5 minutes for Q&A, and 1 minute for break-down) You will need to provide a computer for the day of
your presentation. Projectors will be provided. Note that any time left over from the 15-minute presentation will be added to the question and answer portion. If a team’s presentation equipment ceases to operate because of a power failure at the presentation site, the competition will be halted until the problem is corrected. If the electronic equipment the team brings into the competition fails, the time will continue to count down from the presentation time block.
Each team is required to present to the judges a written executive summary of their solution. These reports are limited to three possible configurations:
1. Four single sheets of 8 ½” X 11” paper only on one side of each sheet
2. Two single sheets of 8 ½” X 11 paper with print on both sides of each sheet
3. One sheet of 11” X 17” paper with print on both sides and folded in half
This executive summary will be handed out to the judges as the team enters the room. The summary must also be submitted the Monday prior to the event by 5:00 PM. The judges will review the executive summary prior to the event.
Competition rooms are not open to the public during opening rounds. Because the same case study will be presented by all teams, only judges, presenting team members, advisors, and the Culver-Stockton PBL and SIFE chapters will be permitted in the room. Non-presenting teams may not observe other competitors until the Final Three. Final Three Competitors may not observe until they have presented.
The Culver-Stockton PBL and SIFE chapters expect that all participants will treat one another with dignity and constant respect. All participants shall demonstrate honesty and integrity in their statements and actions. All Duel on the Hill participants are expected to adhere to honesty, fairness, and “doing the right thing” without compromise, even when circumstances make it difficult. It is the personal responsibility of each individual working within and throughout the competition to observe high standards of business and personal ethics.
Alleged violations of any of the case competition rules will be reviewed and investigated by the head judges and they will determine the consequences for any team found to be in violation of the rules. The head judges’ decision is final in all such matters.
Any high school student is eligible to participate in the Duel. By competing in the Duel on the Hill each team grants the Culver-Stockton PBL and SIFE chapters the right and permission to publish, publicize, or otherwise utilize its oral presentation for illustration, advertising, training, or any other lawful purpose.
