The pre-conference workshop for NAMA 2009 on Wednesday was tailor-made for today’s challenging economic climate. Kevin Ochsner of Adayana Agri Business Group was captain of the ship for “Charting Your Course in Uncharted Waters – Strategic Decision Making in Uncertain Times,” which focused on gaining insight into the key principals of scenario-planning. “Now, more than ever, we have to both …
NAMA Chapter Leaders Workshop
NAMA Chapter Leaders had a workshop then a lunch this morning. I didn’t make it to the workshop but I did make it to the lunch. I have my priorities you know. The workshop presenters were Paige Gilligan, Agrestic Solutions, and Diana Monsen, CAPC. You can see them in the photo bottom left. I interviewed them after lunch to find …
NAMA Student Marketing Semi-Finalists
Our NAMA President-Elect, Susie Decker, Farm Progress Companies, spoke to students at their lunch today. She made a very nice gesture and gave out her “tractor numbers” to the group and told them that whoever found them should bring them to her and she would give them her tractor. In case you don’t know what that means, AgriMarketing Magazine provides …
NAMA Registration Activity
The NAMA registration desk has been very busy this morning and the staff is hard at work as you’ll see in this video clip. We’re having a great time blogging and tweeting here in the Marquis Level at the Marriott. NAMA Photo Album AgWired coverage of the Agri-Marketing Conference is sponsored by: and .
Mike Turley CEO of Osborn & Barr
Sitting out here in the very open ZimmComm/AgWired tweet station I just noticed that Osborn & Barr has: . . . announced the promotion of Michael Turley to Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The announcement represents the agency’s continued commitment to delivering forward-thinking solutions to the agricultural and rural-lifestyle markets by utilizing the knowledge and expertise of its high-caliber employees to …
NAMA Student Marketing Competition Underway
Gator NAMA is just one of the student NAMA chapters I ran into this afternoon. They were all busy but I did get my alma mater chapter to pose for a quick pick. After all they are the reining champions from 2008! Advancing Your Career PossibilitiesThe National Agri- Marketing Association is a great way for college students to begin their …
Setting Up In NAMA Connection Point
ZimmComm is on location at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Cindy and I are just finishing up a little pre-show booth setup. This is where you go to register for an HP Mini Netbook or desktop cube iPod speaker. The NAMA Connection Point will open up tomorrow evening after awards. When you come in the entrance just look straight ahead to …
Gateway NAMA Hosts Mizzou John Brown Scholars
Thanks to Brian Reuwee’s phone I got a photo from the Gateway NAMA chapter meeting I missed last week. The chapter hosted the John Brown Scholars of the University of Missouri for a crash course in public relations before heading out to a St. Louis Cardinals game. Almost 60 people attended which would make this meeting one of our largest …
Social Media – Beyond The Decision
In this week’s program I interview the panel members of the NAMA breakout session I’m moderating at the end of the week – “Social Media DOES Fit in Your Marketing Decision – Moving Beyond This Decision.” The panel members include David Coustan, Vice President, Digital, Edelman Digital, Kyle Flaherty, Director of Marketing and Social Media, BreakingPoint Systems, David Brazeal, General …
NAMA Blog
Speaking of NAMA. I’ll be the NAMA blogger once again this year and you can find posts on the NAMA blog. As you can see it’s being sponsored by Successful Farming, just like AgWired! Thank you Agriculture.com. Cindy will be with me and we’ve got help from Michelle Kautz, who is doing free lance writing for us on our Domestic …