The NAFB president’s banquet Friday night honored Tom Steever of Brownfield Ag News who received toasts and more than a few little roasts for his distinguished career as a farm broadcaster and officer for the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. A hoarse Orion Samuelson emceed the dinner, which provided lots of laughs in itself, such as a quip that he …
NAFB Makes an Egg Souffle
It’s not all business and hard work at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting convention. It can also be a hilarious educational opportunity. The Egg Lady, Jo Manhart, orchestrated an egg souffle making demonstration just prior to today’s luncheon. Four NAFB members were given separate jobs to get an egg souffle in the oven before the end of the William …
Getting Ready For Food Dialogues
Put November 15, 2012 on your calendar to tune it to the USFRA Food Dialogues which will be streaming live from New York City. Yours truly will be there covering the event. During the 2012 National Association of Farm Broadcasting convention I got an update on the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance from board chairman Bob Stallman, President, AFBF. Here’s …
ZimmComm Team at NAFB
Here’s the ZimmComm team (Jamie, Cindy and me) collecting all our photos and interviews from Trade Talk today at the NAFB Convention. We’ve got lots. Photos are being updated in the photo album right now. Interviews will be showing up for days and days! We’ve moving on to NAFB business meetings this afternoon with a reception and dinner tonight. Right …
2012 NAFB Convention Underway
The 2012 National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention is underway. Farm broadcasters are broadcasting and meetings are taking place. The ZimmComm team is on the scene and we’ve already started a convention photo album for your viewing and sharing pleasure. You can find it here: 2012 NAFB Convention Photo Album. And remember that you can get the free AgWired App …
2012 NAFB Convention Preview
This year the theme of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting convention is “Our Rich Heritage, A Bridge to the Future.” Cindy, Jamie and I will be there and you can bet you’ll find photos and interviews right here. So, let’s get started. Mark Oppold, RFD-TV, is the NAFB President-Elect and has worked hard putting this year’s convention together, along …
Social Media Use in Czech Republic
I thought this information from ACDC (Agricultural Communications Documentation Center) was interesting and wanted to share. Social media usage in the Czech Republic (pdf). Would you have thought this to be the case? Looks like companies are slow to adopt but their customers are not. This is from two years ago so I would assume there has been more of …
50 Year Anniversary Issue of Agri Marketing Magazine
Agri Marketing magazine is celebrating 50 years. Here’s where you can get your copy of the 50th anniversary commemorative issue. Now for a message from Publisher Lynn Henderson. Hearty thanks to the magazine’s subscribers, advertisers, authors and all of the people who have worked for or been affiliated with the magazine since its inception in 1962. You can read the …
9th Annual LPC Royal Gala
It’s time once again for a Royal Gala. A Livestock Publications Council kind of Royal Gala. The funds raised during the annual LPC Royal Gala are used for the ongoing activities for LPC with the focus on the LPC Heritage Center at the American Royal in Kansas City, MO. This will be the 9th year for the Gala. Here are …
Paulsen Updates Digital Media Thought Paper
Paulsen Marketing has updated their thought paper, “Digital Media’s Evolution and Impact on Telling Agriculture’s Story.” You’ll now find some new insights into how the digital communications age is affecting the agribusiness world. Digital media has been a game-changer for ag communicators to deliver content to audiences. Paulsen public relations spoke with prominent ag communicators who shared insight about how …