Chapter leaders attending the NAMA convention get some special motivation and training. This year one of people doing the training was Luann Pisarik, J. L. Farmakis (left). I’m just guessing by all the road signs in the room that they were navigating road blocks to get to their destination. Luann says they had a varied group and their goal was …
ZimmComm Booth Drawing Winners
At this year’s NAMA Connection Point we gave away a Barnes & Noble Nook eReader and a Zoom H2 digital audio recorder. Here’s Cindy with Sara Sims, Valmont Irrigation, who won the Nook. She said it’s another gadget her daughter can teach her how to use. We also drew Kathryn Tokarz, Penn State University, for the digital audio recorder and …
Cindy Gives John The Bird
We all know that John Walter is a social media superstar. Now he has his very own Twitter Bird. Cindy presented John with Ollie the Twitterbird at the end of the NAMA Connection Point trade show. Cindy found the birds online several weeks ago and we brought some along to decorate our booth. After drawing for our main prizes we …
NAMA Agribusiness Leader of the Year
Now that the NAMA Connection Point is over maybe I can find some time to get caught up on my posts. The attendance here is tremendous and the activity level has been at an all time high. We honored an outstanding leader in agribusiness, David Seehusen, Land ‘O Lakes, with NAMA’s highest honor, the Agribusiness Leader of the Year Award. …
Best of NAMA Awards
NAMA toasted the Best of the Best last night at the annual Best of NAMA Awards Ceremony. You can find a complete list of all the winners in AgriMarketing Magazine. The Best of Show – Advertising went to: Client: Midwest Dairy Association, St. Paul, MN – Gregg Fogleman Agency: Sullivan Higdon & Sink, Kansas City, MO – Parc Masterson accepting …
Get Over Your Fear of Social Media
Are you afraid of social media? Is the leadership in your company afraid of it? Then you need to visit with David Meerman Scott. He’s a recovering VP of Marketing and author of the book World Wide Rave. He is conducting the NAMA Pre-Conference Workshop, “Conquering the Fear of Social Media.” David will also be the keynote speaker at tomorrow’s …
From America’s Heartland
The NAMA convention is all about networking, as in meeting with friends. Oh, and there are some awards, workshops and a trade show. Gotta have all that too. But seeing friends is definitely a big part of this annual gathering. Today the students are all sweating out preliminaries and semi finals in their marketing competition. They look good in their …
Farewell To 2010 IFAJ Congress
I hope all our IFAJ friends, American and others, have a safe trip home. The 2010 Congress concluded last night and I’m sure there will be some more updates on the Congress Blog. It has been great getting to follow along with photos and video clips. I’ve been seeing a lot of good friends and do miss them. Like other …
ZimmComm Tweets You Right
Can you believe that it was six years ago that the agricultural communications world changed forever when a little new media company was formed by Chuck and Cindy Zimmerman? Things have never been the same since. Even we didn’t know that today you’d be following news and information produced by the company via Twitter on your mobile smart phones. Well, …
National Agri-Marketing Conference Underway
The volcano didn’t keep me away from Kansas City, MO and the 2010 National Agri-Marketing Conference. ZimmComm is on the scene and ready for a relaxing start to all the fun and games of the annual NAMA convention. Student marketing competition groups can be seen around the hotel in their college shirts. Professionals that aren’t out golfing are getting registered, …