I suppose I could be more of an evangelist for the National Agri-Marketing Association but I’m not sure how. If you’re involved in agribusiness marketing and communications then this is the one group you really have to belong to. I love all of them but NAMA is the one that has truly meant the most to my career over the …
Zimfo Bytes
The AgGateway Board of Directors is pleased to announce Wendy Ann Smith, Ph.D. will join the organization in the role of executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective immediately. The National Agri-Marketing Association announced that its 2010 annual conference has achieved the highest attendance in more than a decade – 1,150. To evaluate current trends, summarize key vulnerabilities, and …
Novus Employees Stress Importance of Experience, Flexibility
One of the first people the students touring the Novus International facilities in suburban St. Louis is someone who was in their exact same position not very long ago. Research engineer Sarah Perdue started with Novus just last summer. Like the students she met, Perdue was looking to build on her experience she had gained through the years. “I would …
Novus Provides Insight, Network for Science Students
About a dozen students along with some of their advisors have toured the Novus International headquarters in the St. Louis suburb of St. Charles and the company’s research farm. The tour is part of Novus’ 2nd annual “Science: A Foundation for Dynamic Careers” days, where students who have received Missouri Colleges Fund scholarships (funded, in part, by Novus) get to …
Getting Face To Face
I wish I could have attended all the breakout sessions at NAMA but it’s really difficult to get away when the Connection Point is in full swing and you’re an exhibitor. However, I did make it to some of them. One of our presenters was Paul Adams, President, Paul Adams & Associates. His session was titled, “Put the “High Touch” …
Blogging From iPad
I’m just playing with my iPad. Got my camera connection kit which includes a USB dock connector as well as an SD memory card dock connector. So I experimented with connecting my compact flash card reader and it works! Since my Nikon uses compact flash I can now download pics from it to my iPad and edit them with Photogene, …
New Mexico Wins Student NAMA Competition
The Aggies of New Mexico State University were the winners of the student NAMA competition this year. This is the second time the Aggies have won the top honors, but it has been awhile – so they were celebrating big time! Other top winners in the student NAMA awards included Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, which took first place for Outstanding …
Successful Farming Has Customer Insight
Agricultural media and marketing is a team sport. Here is the Successful Farming team in the Agri-Marketing Conference Connection Point. Believe me when I say it’s not easy getting them all together and I know we were still missing a few. I’ll let you guess who. These folks are constantly on the go. One of the team members I spoke …
AGCO Blog
You learn things at a NAMA convention. I ran into Sue Otten, AGCO, and learned that they now have a blog. Could Sue (right) and Jamy Johnson look happier over the fact that they’re now blogging for AGCO? I’m Sue and we’re thrilled to launch AGCO’s blog. Agriculture is a strong community-oriented industry and a perfect fit for social media. …
NAMA Recovery
Like a lot of people, we’re in NAMA recovery mode. Catching up on email, unpacking. You know what its like. I’m still learning how to use my iPad. Using it for this post btw. I think I’ve got all my photos and interviews archived now. Time to work on some new posts! I just got the adapter that allows me …