Gibbs & Soell Has I Power

Chuck Zimmerman

ZimmCast97 - I Power at Gibbs & SoellLast week Gibbs & Soell announced a branded service they now offer not only to clients but to anyone who’d like to take advantage of it. It’s called I Power.

To learn just exactly what I Power is I interviewed agency vice president, Steve Halsey. I was particularly intrigued by his statement, “It is amazing what can be accomplished when you bring the right people to the table, turn off the computers and wireless phones and have a thorough, well-structured and strategic discussion.” A meeting without computers or wireless phones? Sounds like it would be way too productive to me. But that’s the point he says.

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Farm Futures Management Summit

Chuck Zimmerman

Farm FuturesThis week I’ll be attending the first Farm Futures Management Summit in St. Louis. The conference is full so I guess they’re on to something. I’m going to help create a significant amount of multi-media content for them which they’ll be using in follow up to the conference. However, don’t be surprised to see some posts from this event.

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Meeting Season Cranking Up

Chuck Zimmerman

AFBF LogoAlthough the next two weeks seem very busy, they’re nothing like what the schedule will be like after the holidays. It’s winter meeting time and I’m sure a lot of state organizations are actively meeting. Our annual Missouri Governor’s Conference on Agriculture is kicking off today at Lake of the Ozarks.

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Morgan & Myers Cooking Up Iowa Corn

Chuck Zimmerman

Morgan & MyersIowa Corn just picked Morgan & Myers to handle their account from their Waterloo office. They’ll be taking care of membership retention; government, research and business development; and market development, which includes ethanol. Iowa Corn is the Iowa Corn Promotion Board and Iowa Corn Growers Association.

Ag Groups, Agencies, Corn

Website Attack Update

Chuck Zimmerman

As I posted previously, it looks like the spammers were out in force big time yesterday. We have ways to deal with this but unfortunately my hosting company support staff freaked out and disabled a vital part of the website. That’s why you’re seeing my old theme as of this posting. You can trust the fact that I’m not happy …

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We’ve Been Attacked

Chuck Zimmerman

In case you may have been wondering where AgWired disappeared to, it was an attack. Someone spammed our comments and our hosting company had to shut us down temporarily because it was overloading the server. I’m not sure what kind of person gets their kicks doing this kind of thing but I’d love to have a few minutes alone with …

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