I have to take time to add my voice to all the folks who are talking about the passing of Steve Jobs. This is not an attempt to chronicle his life or achievements. It’s more to say how much I appreciate them. The iPod, followed by podcasting was a huge driver for our business. We affectionately call it farm podcasting. …
Tweeting Up At World Dairy Expo
Here’s a definition of a Tweet Up: “A real world meeting between two or more people who know each other through the online Twitter service.” Pretty simple. The official World Dairy Expo Tweet Up took place yesterday afternoon. Here are some of our participants. We actually had more show up. So why a tweet up? Because it’s a good opportunity …
Advertising Messages Everywhere at Dairy Expo
This is one of my favorite photos from yesterday at the 2011 World Dairy Expo. Yes, it’s the men’s bathroom. I had to wait until it was empty to snap a shot. World Dairy Expo and the sponsors and exhibitors waste no space to get a message out there. In the bathroom we had advertising across the top of the …
Agribusiness Soldiers in Afghanistan
The U.S. Army pointed me to this great story about our soldiers in Afghanistan doing agribusiness duty. The photo comes from Staff Sgt. James McDonnough. In it Sgt. 1st Class Randy Wright, a pest management specialist with the Illinois Army National Guard’s 1-14th Agribusiness Development Team, takes the reigns on a team of draft horses during a visit to an …
Who Knows What World Population Will Be In 2050
The green movement rhetoric seems to have ramped up lately. I guess a lot of people are watching too many end of the world movies? Whatever the reason is, it prompted our latest ZimmPoll question, “Do you think the world population will be 10 billion by 2050?” This prediction is being used by all kinds of organizations for all kinds …
National Beef Ambassadors Ready To Travel
ZimmComm loves beef. That’s why we are a sponsor of the National Beef Ambassador program. This past weekend I was a judge for the competition although I had to do it from ZimmComm World Headquarters and not in Wooster, OH. It was very interesting seeing how the contestants responded to an anti-beef blog post. That was one of the things …
Becki Rhoades Joins NAFB As Marketing/Communications Director
The National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) has a new Director of Marketing and Communications who is no stranger to agriculture. She’s Becki Rhoades. Welcome Becki. NAFB Executive Director Tom Brand says Rhoades’ extensive experience in marketing, working with clients across the nation, wealth of experience in communications, background in agriculture and working knowledge of farm broadcasting will be beneficial …
LPC Royal Gala Fundraiser
Plan to attend the Livestock Publications Council Royal Gala Fundraiser on October 28. The event will be held from 7-11pm at the American Royal Headquarters in Kansas City, MO. On the menu are cocktails and hors d’oeuvres food stations featuring Certified Hereford Beef® and Smoked Currie Ham. The program includes the unveiling of the 2011 Hall of Honor inductees: Dr. …
It’s World Dairy Expo Time
This week the ZimmComm team goes dairy as in World Dairy Expo. Most of our coverage will be found on World Dairy Diary starting on Tuesday. You can find the daily schedule here. You can also follow what’s going on at Expo with the official Twitter hashtag, #WDE11. Use that in your tweets so we can see what you’ve got …
National Beef Ambassador Program Competition
The National Beef Ambassador Program (NBAP) competition is taking place this weekend. Sure wish I was in Wooster, OH! But I’m judging remotely and really enjoying the tweets and pics I’ve seen. Here’s one courtesy of Sarah Bohnenkamp, Program Manager. NCBA President, Bill Donald, is interacting with a NBAP contestant during the consumer portion of the event. You can find …