In the words of NAMA Executive Director Jenny Pickett (pictured right), organizers of this year’s “Leading the Charge” Agri-marketing Conference “knocked it out of the park.” This was Jenny’s first conference as the Executive Director, though she has been a part of NAMA for a long time. Jenny stepped up as executive director last year when the previous director, Eldon White, left.
Chuck interviewed Jenny just as the event was winding down. You can listen to Chuck’s interview with Jenny here:
nama-08-jenny.mp3NAMA President Patty Travis (pictured left) says this year’s attendance was the highest attendance the NAMA Agri-marketing Conference has had in almost a decade. She says this year’s conference also picked up 80 first-timers. Patty, with 5MetaCom, says the ag business is strong right now and there is probably no better time than now to be in the industry. She says NAMA is planning to throw new things into the mix for the spring conference and the fall agri-business forum.
Chuck also interviewed Patty just before the close of the event. You can listen to Chuck’s interview with Patty here:
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The first general session at the National Agri-Marketing Association conference featured Dan Heath, the co-author of “Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die.”
Yes, things were getting a little out of hand at the Best of NAMA Awards this week. This is one of my favorite pictures from the Conference.
While you’re looking through AgWired coverage of the NAMA Convention try to guess whose boots these are.
The happy faces of Brownfield greeted NAMA members last night at 
I’m a graduate of the University of Florida and “How ’bout them Gators?”