Here’s one way to get your employees excited about an upcoming promotion. Create your own holiday. It’s official. Alltech has named July 9th “Alltech Games Day.” In anticipation of the largest sporting event to come to the United States since the 2002 Winter Olympics, Dr. Pearse Lyons, president and founder of Alltech, has announced that all 120 Alltech offices located …
NAFB Foundation Scholarship Recipients
The National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) Foundation just announced their 2010 scholarship recipients. The Foundation is pleased to announce the 2010 selections: Taylor James, Kansas State University, Glenn Kummerow Scholarship, $5,000 Denise Donley, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, $4,000 Julie Martin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, $4,000 The NAFB Foundation Board of Directors would like to congratulate these students. In addition to their …
2010 NAMA Boot Camp Registration
Registration is now open for this year’s NAMA Boot Camp. Join us for the 7th annual NAMA Boot Camp, August 17-19, 2010 in Kansas City. Sign up for this program today to learn more about the agri-marketing industry. This year the Boot Camp will take it to a new level expanding on marketing and agriculture basics. Sessions at this year’s …
ZimmComm Client Site On Forbes Top 100
Congratulations to Cali Yost. Her website/blog Work+Life Fit made the Forbes Top 100 Websites For Women. Cali has been a ZimmComm client for years and had this to say when she let us know about the distinction: I thought I would share this with you because my blog was just named one of the Top 100 Websites for Women by …
Missourians For Animal Care Continues HSUS Battle
Missourians For Animal Care continue to fight the HSUS battle by releasing another video to help create public awareness. Our mission is to promote and protect Missouri’s vibrant and diverse agriculture, which includes livestock and domesticated animals. Like ’em on Facebook. A ballot initiative is currently underway in the state of Missouri. This ballot initiative is called “The Puppy Mill …
Cow Appreciation Day At Chick-fil-A
Feel like cow dressing this Friday? You can get some free food at Chick-fil-A. Chick-fil-A is issuing a cattle call! On Friday, July 9, Chick-fil-A® restaurants nationwide will celebrate the company’s annual Cow Appreciation Day event by offering a FREE meal to any customer who visits one of the chain’s mall or stand-alone restaurants fully dressed as a cow. Customers …
NAMA Professional Development Awards Nomination Deadline
For those of you just waiting for a chance to nominate me for a NAMA Professional Development Award of Excellence, now is you time. LOL. Seriously though, the deadline for nominations is approaching – July 20. I’m sure you can think of a client, customer or a co-worker who deserves the recognition of his or her peers for their outstanding …
Wisconsin Cheese Cupid
Do you love cheese? Love wine? Want to know which ones go with which? There’s an app for that and it’s called Wisconsin Cheese Cupid. Get the app here. What cheese goes with your wine? What beer goes with your cheese? These questions can finally be answered with Wisconsin Cheese Cupid. With this handy dandy iPhone and iPod Touch application, …
Indy Racing Photo Pro
Happy holiday from ZimmComm. I hope everyone is enjoying a little time off before getting back to work. In this week’s program I’d like to introduce you to the man who is Indy photography. He’s Ron McQueeny, Indy Racing League, Director of Photography. That’s Ron in the picture providing pre-race direction to all of us photographers who were shooting the …
Alltech Pleased With Dairy Symposium Success
The Dairy Solutions Symposium, sponsored by Alltech has come to an end. The theme of the conference was Rumen Health: A 360 Degree Analysis. I think we did look at the subject from just about every angle possible. I started my coverage of the conference with a preview interview with Sylvie Andrieu, European Ruminant Technical Manager, Alltech. So what better …