NAMA’s opening general session speaker today was James Canton, Institute For Global Futures. He spoke on the “extreme future.”
George Thornton, Agribusiness Leader of the Year
NAMA’s Agribusiness Leader of the Year is George Thornton, Agriliance.
Hear People Jazzed About NAMA
Speaking of Diane Johnson, Details By Design. She’s very involved here at the NAMA Conference. She’s doing the legwork on NAMA Connections Point (the trade show).
ZimmCast Gets You Jazzed About NAMA
It’s NAMA Convention week on AgWired and this week’s ZimmCast will help get you jazzed about it. Before getting into that though I review my BIO 2006 convention coverage and talk about the current state of the blogosphere.
Farm Leader Now Farm Podcaster
When your farmer board members tell you to podcast, you podcast. That’s what Dean Kleckner, Truth About Trade & Technology is doing. We brought his podcast to your attention recently and at the BIO 2006 Convention I got to ask him about it. You can hear his answer here: 
Kleckner Soundbite (30 sec MP3)
Puerto Rico Governor Wins BIO Award
During BIO 2006, Puerto Rico Gov. Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá was named BIO Governor of the Year. I missed him and the reception to honor him but caught up with his Secretary of Economic Development, Jorge P. Silva-Puras.
Blog, Podcast and RSS Advertising Outlook
There’s some interesting new research out about how advertising on new media outlets is growing. This one comes from PQ Media. You can see an executive summary of the report and even listen (MP3) to it. Some of the report highlights are:
NAMA Blog is Jazzed
I’ve got lots more content to bring you from the BIO 2006 Convention but I thought I’d take a time out to get you “Jazzed” up about next week’s 2006 Agri-Marketing Conference & Trade Show.
F150 Lease Winner
One of the many contests at the BIO 2006 trade show was a 2 year lease on a Ford F150 that’s E85 capable.
BIO 2006 is Concluding
The BIO 2006 convention concludes this evening with a final reception. It’s time to shut down for now. I’ll be travelling most of tomorrow so keep an eye out for some more BIO coverage. I’ve got more interviews and pictures to share.