The American Farm Bureau Federation is having its annual Council of Presidents meeting in Boston, MA and I’m on location to do a presentation about social media this afternoon. During the lunch break I spoke with AFBF President, Bob Stallman, to get his perspective on the use of social media for an organization like his. Bob says, “We’ve always been …
AgWired RSS Trick
Although we have many people subscribing to the AgWired rss feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/Agwired) what happens if you don’t want all our news? Wouldn’t it be cool if you could just subscribe to the content you’re most interested in? Well you can. Here’s how: Let’s say you work for an advertising agency and would just like to subscribe to news we give …
You’ll Flip For a Mino HD
Now that we have daughter Carly working for us I gifted my Flip Ultra to her which of course allowed me an opportunity to try out the new Flip Mino HD. This little gadget is smaller and records in an HD format. I got mine on Amazon. To try it out I visited the Coffee Zone so you could meet …
Blogs and Podcasts are Relevant
Most of you probably don’t remember when radio got started or probably even when we moved from black and white to color tv. But if you were around then, it was a big deal. It was “all the buzz.” Technological advances in entertainment and communications are always interesting and can have profound impacts on how we receive information. Can you …
PowerIron
Iron is powerful and now Farm Progress Companies have PowerIron. Farm Progress Companies announces its latest content-driven response to reader information priorities: PowerIron. PowerIron is a well-designed, twice-monthly e-newsletter that covers news and products from the ag equipment and related industries. “As longtime publishers and industry observers, our aim is to provide our readers with a well-crafted, easy-to-read report on …
Novus Goes Platinum
Hundreds of people showed up today to tour the new Novus International headquarters in St. Charles, MO. It’s a beautiful facility and I especially liked the “Wellness Center” in which it looked like you could get a massage! That’s taking care of your employees. It is kind of like Novus day here on AgWired since Cindy and Carly are in …
Novus Congratulated By Missouri Governor
If you’ve got one of the only Platinum LEED certified (by the U.S. Green Building Council) buildings in the state of Missouri and even in the nation then you should be congratulated for the accomplishment. That happened today at the official ribbon “release” for the new Novus International global headquarters in St. Charles, MO when Missouri’s Governor Jay Nixon took …
AgChat Summary
After missing it the last couple weeks I got to participate in tonight’s AgChat session on animal ag via Twitter. Here’s the questions posed. Q1: Should we have a #farmfact and/or #foodfact day each week? Which day & which tag best for educating non-ag? Q2: Should NAIS be voluntary or mandatory? Why? Q3: Is it possible to be for MCOOL …
Reminder About 2009 CCA Institute
Here’s a reminder about the 2009 CCA Institute. It’s not too late to register according to Terri Breon. Tickets are still available to attend the Friday night “Fun Night” at the ball park. Join fellow CCA’ers as the Kansas City Royals take on the Cincinnati Reds at the newly renovated Kauffman Stadium! As a bonus, the night ends with fireworks …
Quarry Partnering With Eloqua
The latest news from Quarry Integrated Communications is about their joining “a select group of communications agencies worldwide in being recognized as a Certified Agency Partner by Eloqua, the category-defining marketing automation leader. Quarry is the first communications agency serving agrimarketers in North America to achieve this distinction.” “Eloqua’s award-winning marketing automation platform, in concert with our own trademarked Relationship …