Many of you AgWired readers probably congratulated Ken Anderson last week at the NAMA Convention for his new position with Ayres Kahler as VP/Director of Public Relations. I saw him the first night I was in KC and learned the news. Feel free to send him your congrats when you get a chance. In his new position, Anderson is responsible …
NAMA Honors NCGA CEO
Congratulations from AgWired to the CEO of the National Corn Growers Association, who received the Agribusiness Leader of the Year award at the National Agri-Marketing Association conference in Kansas City on Thursday. Rick Tolman has been in charge of NCGA for almost eight years, during a time of dramatic changes, new challenges and the highest prices in history for corn …
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 …
Deron Johnson Promoted at Rhea + Kaiser
I don’t know about you but Deron is one of those people that just always makes me smile when I talk to him. If you see him this week at the NAMA Convention then you need to congratulate him. Rhea + Kaiser Marketing Communications announces the promotion of Deron Johnson to Vice President, Public Relations Director. Johnson, who joined Rhea …
The Colle+McVoy PheNAMAnon
NAMA invites are coming in. This one’s from Colle+McVoy promoting their 6th Annual Agri-Rock Fest called Phenamanon. There’s a game involved along with some animal sounds and some rock and roll of course. I’ve got the t-shirt, tats and ear ring and have put it on the calendar. Want your NAMA event promoted here on AgWired? You know who to …
More Digital Solutions at Bader Rutter
In today’s digital online world everyone’s got to have someone to help them out with digital solutions. Bader Rutter, a Brookfield, Wis.-based integrated marketing services agency, has added two associates to its Digital Solutions Group. Damon Sanchez joins the agency as senior interactive media specialist. He comes from Charleston|Orwig where he was senior interactive director. A native of McFarland, Wis., …
Geileon.com/PowerHour
Everyone’s bragging about their “greenness” today it seems like. “We’re now carbon neutral,” “We’ve gone green,” etc. Here at ZimmComm I think we’re making a very tiny carbon dent in the universe. We don’t print anything on a regular basis. We’re mainly sending out bytes of data in various ways. We are breathing however and I don’t intend to quit …
Hondo Group WI Grand Opening Scheduled
The Hondo Group is getting ready to have a grand opening for their Darlington, WI office. The grand opening is on May 1 and sounds like a fun party. . . . we are a group of imaginative experts who provide innovative advertising, marketing and public relations services. So just imagine what type of party we can host!
Ag Day Field Assignment
I know I just did a post about Charleston Orwig but since they’ve already updated their blog, Field Assignment, with an Ag Day message then I’ve got to bring it to your attention. C’mon. More of you have recognized today haven’t you? I had a very hearty breakfast and lunch so far today. Thank you to our farmers.
Creative Cow Judging
Advertising agency blogs are a fantastic opportunity to showcase your talent. I mean, if you’re going to say you’re creative then show it. Here’s one way Charleston Orwig has done so on Field Assignment. Every year we give our creative team entry forms for the Hoard’s Dairyman Cow Judging Contest and very limited advice on making picks.