I’ve been asked by so many ag journalists which digital audio recorder to buy that I thought I’d do a post on it so I can just send the link the next time I get the request. I have multiple recorders and usually travel with 2 of them. I’ll list them in the order of my favorites here with a …
Postcards From Kansas City
Once again this year, Carol Anderson is helping keep NAMA members who cant attend the conference up to date on whats happening with a daily email called, Postcards from Kansas City. Here’s the copy from yesterday’s: Greetings from Kansas City! Thursday, April 17, 2008 The 2008 Agri-Marketing Conference in underway at Kansas Citys Hyatt Regency Hotel. Nearly 1,100 agrimarketers are …
Guess Whose Boots
While you’re looking through AgWired coverage of the NAMA Convention try to guess whose boots these are. They were seen at Howl at the Moon last night. I know it was kind of dark inside but you should be able to figure this one out pretty quickly. The first person to correctly guess by posting a comment here gets an …
Brownfield Howls
The happy faces of Brownfield greeted NAMA members last night at Howl at the Moon. I’ve been to more than a few Brownfield NAMA parties and this one ranks up near the top of my list. I think the piano players made out very well. If you had been there you would understand that. We heard about the Illinois earthquake …
Gator NAMA Wins Student NAMA Competition
I’m a graduate of the University of Florida and “How ’bout them Gators?” The Gator NAMA chapter is the winner of the National Student Marketing Competition. Cindy’s with them now to take more pictures and get an interview. They will all receive “I’ve Been Blogged by AgWired” t-shirts. 2008 Agri-Marketing Conference Photo Album
NAMA Best of Show Winners
I want to thank Denny Eilers for helping me out with Best of NAMA photos. To start with we have the Best of Show for the Advertising category. The winner is: Client: New Holland North America, Agency: Colle+McVoy The message: New Holland is the innovative brand of the future. Next is Best of Show – Public Relations. The winner is: …
Student Mentor Lunch
Hello AgWired fans. It’s Day 3 of the NAMA Convention and I know I’m a little behind on posting but we’ll get caught up. Let’s just say things have been busy. Right now the Thursday lunch is just getting started. Our booth is next to the Student Mentor Lunch area so we’ve got a mix going through line here. Can …
Colle + McVoy Agri-Rock Fest
Speaking of rock. We were speaking of rock weren’t we? Colle + McVoy held the 6th Annual Agri-Rock Fest this evening. Here’s some of the band. There were a lot of body piercings and tattoos and specialty rock legend beverages. It’s now getting too late even for an agriblogger so you’ll have to check the photo album for some new …
ZimmComm Booth Rocks
Well the ZimmComm Booth is ready for action here at the NAMA Connection Point. Laura took a picture of Cindy and me. You need to come on by to get your “I’ve Been Blogged” t-shirt and enter our iPod touch contest. While there we can answer all your new media questions. Right now the Best of NAMA Awards ceremony is …
NAMA Chapter Leaders Learn and Lunch
This morning NAMA Chapter Leaders like these got together to talk about the challenges they face today in running a local chapter. One of the presenters was Greg Ehm, Two Rivers Marketing, pictured in the blue shirt. I spoke to him at the lunch that followed their workshop. Greg says that one of the biggest issues that came up was …