NAMA Day Underway

Chuck Zimmerman

It’s time to head off to the general sessions here at NAMA. I don’t have a list of all the student chapters who are in the finals but I know that my alma mater team is in. That would be The Florida Gators. I’ll try to find out more.

The Best of NAMA reception last night was a good party and so was room 4014 (Colle+McVoy). After a good breakfast we’re ready for a full day at NAMA.

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Best of Show Winners

Chuck Zimmerman

Best of NAMAThe awards show was a good one last night. Now I’ve got the results and can at least bring you the winners of the Best of NAMA, Best of Show awards:

Advertising

Client: New Holland NA, Dawn Fox
Agency: Colle+McVoy, Jamie Moran
Message: New Holland is the machine for the future
Audience: Entrepreneurial livestock producers, row crop producers and rural lifestylers

Public Relations

Client: Syngenta Crop Protection, Kim Dawson
Agency: Gibbs & Soell, Inc., Caryn Caratelli
Message: To educate the media and consumers on Syngenta as leader in technology and soybean rust resources
Audience: Soybean growers and retailers

Specialty

Client: Pfizer, Inc., Dan Kramer
Agency: Brown+Associates, Sue Brown
Message: Solitude IGR is new, scientifically-advanced technology for dealing with the age-old problem of flies in horse operations
Audience: Horse owners, trainers, breeders and equine veterinarians

Look to the latest issue of AgriMarketing Magazine for a listing of all the winners.

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Our First Toy Tractor Winner

Chuck Zimmerman

Tractor WinnerOne of the highlights of the annual NAMA convention trade show is the Agri Marketing Magazine toy tractors you have a chance to win.

Each booth gets one with a number on it and each registrant gets a number. We had a winner today. He’s Robert Bulman, BCG Communications, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Congrats Robert. Now if I could just find #304 . . .

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Cindy Time At NAMA

Chuck Zimmerman

Cindy, Cindy and CyndiNot to confuse you or anything but it was a Cindy afternoon.

This is Cyndi, Cindy and Cindy. You guess their last names.

You know it’s going to be a good party when the Cindys are here.

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Best of NAMA Awards Ceremony

Chuck Zimmerman

Best of NAMA AwardsThe Best of NAMA Awards is over. It was a very well done event with a great reception afterwards.

There’s way too many awards to try to list here. A list will be published by Agri Marketing Magazine.

However, to give you a little taste of what the ceremony is like I shot a short video clip.

Watch WMV File Best of NAMA (1 min wmv)

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Hear People Jazzed About NAMA

Chuck Zimmerman

Diane JohnsonSpeaking of Diane Johnson, Details By Design. She’s very involved here at the NAMA Conference. She’s doing the legwork on NAMA Connections Point (the trade show).

She’s was also very involved with the Chapter Leaders Workshop, where she’s seen pictured prior to the start this morning.

Before the workshop kicked off I asked her why she’s jazzed about NAMA.

Listen To MP3 Diane Johnson is Jazzed (1 min MP3)

Check out the NAMA Blog for more pics and audio from the NAMA Conference.

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IFAJ Planning Committee Meeting

Chuck Zimmerman

IFAJ Planning CommitteeHere at the NAMA Conference the planning committee for the IFAJ 2009 Congress got together. That’s the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists.

Pictured are Mike Wilson, Diane Johnson and Greg Lamp who are leading the U. S. Congress committee. We will be holding the meeting in Ft. Worth, TX in conjunction with the Ag Media Summit in late July 2009. Lots more information will be coming out as we work toward an awesome international event.

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Checking In To NAMA

Chuck Zimmerman

Kansas City SkylineIt is a beautiful day here in KC, MO. This is the view from the 31st floor.

When you check in for the NAMA convention you get a registration bag. This is something you have to go through before you do anything else. The bags are very nice ones supplied by Western Producer, Canada’s largest weekly farm newspaper. So I’m looking through the bag to see what there is. Here’s some items of note:

1. Long Lasting Rubber Latex Band supplied by K-Mag. Before you think anything wrong. It’s used to solve the problem of “whose drink is whose.” It’s a bottle bracelet with an ID tag you can write your name on. Pretty cool if you ask me. Don’t you hate it when you lose your drink at a party?

2. The DTN Best of NAMA Celebration Reception Invite. This one has a blinking lights saxophone you wear to the reception and then you get to “receive complimentary beverages.” Can you say drink free?

3. The Colle+McVoy lanyards. These nice orange plastic lanyards with the Colle+McVoy logo hold your name tag in comfort and style.

There’s lots more but I just wanted to highlight a few for you.

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NAMA Registration Is Open

Chuck Zimmerman

NAMA RegistrationI’m here. Let the games begin. It’s NAMA Conference 2006.

There’s a golf tournament going on this afternoon then a reception. I can’t make it but someone’s taking pictures for me.

I’m going to wander around and see what kind of trouble I can get into.

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