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 …
NAMA Best of Show Winners
I want to thank Denny Eilers for helping me out with Best of NAMA photos. To start with we have the Best of Show for the Advertising category. The winner is: Client: New Holland North America, Agency: Colle+McVoy The message: New Holland is the innovative brand of the future. Next is Best of Show – Public Relations. The winner is: …
Student Mentor Lunch
Hello AgWired fans. It’s Day 3 of the NAMA Convention and I know I’m a little behind on posting but we’ll get caught up. Let’s just say things have been busy. Right now the Thursday lunch is just getting started. Our booth is next to the Student Mentor Lunch area so we’ve got a mix going through line here. Can …
ZimmComm iPod Touch Contest is a Hit
ZimmComm’s contest to win an iPod Touch seems to be attracting a steady crowd of contest winner hopefuls. But, that’s just ONE of the perks of stopping by the ZimmComm New Media display here at the 2008 NAMA “Leading the Charge” Agri-marketing conference. Visitors can also get online and search AgWired.com to see if they have been blogged by the …
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 …
ZimmComm Booth Rocks
Well the ZimmComm Booth is ready for action here at the NAMA Connection Point. Laura took a picture of Cindy and me. You need to come on by to get your “I’ve Been Blogged” t-shirt and enter our iPod touch contest. While there we can answer all your new media questions. Right now the Best of NAMA Awards ceremony is …
NAMA Students Market Blue Ridge Apple Chips
A big part of the NAMA Agrimarketing Conference is the student chapter marketing competitions. For this year’s “Leading the Charge” event, students from Virginia Tech have chosen to promote Blue Ridge Apple Chips for a company based out of Western Virginia. Team member Josh Stephens (pictured shaking hands far right) touts the apple chips as a healthy, on-the-go snack for …
Breakout!
The first breakout session at the 2008 NAMA “Leading the Charge” Agrimarketing Conference focused on advertising. A group of panelists opened discussion on “Ag Advertising: How the Best was Won.” Tim Naylor, the chief creative officer for Yamamoto Moss Mackenzie, moderated the panel discussion. Other panel members included representatives from Colle + McVoy, Rhea & Kaiser, Bader Rutter and Martin …
Getting Down to Business
The NAMA Board of Directors’ Meeting is underway and members are tackling the important issues and topics on today’s agenda. I stuck my head into the Chicago meeting room at the Hyatt Regency at Crown Center in Kansas City to pop a few photos of NAMA Chapter Leaders getting down to business. NAMA’s Leading the Charge Agrimarketing Conference will be …
NAMA Chapter Leaders Learn and Lunch
This morning NAMA Chapter Leaders like these got together to talk about the challenges they face today in running a local chapter. One of the presenters was Greg Ehm, Two Rivers Marketing, pictured in the blue shirt. I spoke to him at the lunch that followed their workshop. Greg says that one of the biggest issues that came up was …