The NAMA Agribusiness Forum is underway here in Kansas City and Paulsen AgriBranding is on the scene. They’re providing some content for AgWired which I’m posting for them. Here’s the first installment: Written by Paulsen AgriBranding on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 “Who’s Pulling Our Chain?” Don Reynolds, Kick-Off Session The 2007 Agribusiness Forum kicked off with Don Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds …
Deadline Approaching for Agribusiness Forum Early Bird Rate
Just a reminder about the upcoming 2007 NAMA Agribusiness Forum: early registration deadlines and the hotel cut-off date is just days away. Early birds have until October 29th to get a discounted registration rate. The early registration deadline and hotel cut-off date for the 2007 Agribusiness Forum is one week away on Monday, October 29. After October 29, registration rates …
NAMA Announces 2007 Agribusiness Forum Lineup
NAMA has an impressive lineup for this year’s Agribusiness Forum: International economist Don Reynolds will deliver a fast paced overview of major trends in the global economy and how they will impact agriculture. From new economic developments to currencies, energy, interest rates and more, Reynolds will address recent market volatility in the financial markets and how you can prepare for …
Badger NAMA Chapter Meeting
The Badger chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association held a meeting here at Expo and members from other chapters around the country were invited to attend. It provided a great opportunity for networking and we had a program too. On hand was Leigh Rubin, syndicated comic artist. We were welcomed by chapter President, Betsy Francoeur, Bader Rutter. Afterward some of …
John Deere Scholarship Rewards NAMA Student Leadership
NAMA student chapters that excel at offering students the tools they need to develop their leadership and academic skills have a chance to get some fiscal help from John Deere. Outstanding chapters that apply for The John Deere Signature Award could win up to $3,000. The John Deere Signature Award is designed to create a new level of recognition within …
NAMA’s New CEO
I talked the new CEO of the National AgriMarketing Association, Jenny Pickett, into taking a few minutes out of her busy schedule to talk to me for this week’s program. If you don’t know Jenny then listen in and hear about her plans for NAMA. For one thing Jenny says that NAMA is going to focus on more chapter leader …
Jenny Pickett New NAMA EVP/CEO
NAMA has a new Executive Vice President/CEO and we want to congratulate her. NAMA president Stephanie Gable says it best in her announcement. Way to go Jenny! Dear NAMA Member: I am pleased to announce effective September 15, 2007, Jennifer Pickett will assume responsibilities of Executive Vice President/CEO of the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA). Jenny is an accomplished not-for-profit professional …
How The Best Was Won
I’m guessing most of you are not online reading AgWired this weekend and I’m not doing a lot of posting either. It is “Labor Day” weekend after all. However, just in case you’re taking a peek now (or later this week). . . It’s time for you to start thinking about your Best of NAMA entries. This year’s theme is …
EPIC at NAMA Boot Camp
“Marketing at Top Speed” was the lesson presented to agrimarketers at the NAMA Boot Camp Thursday in Kansas City by Ethanol Promotion and Information Council Executive Director Tom Slunecka. He educated the participants to become “ethanol evangelists” because of the important role ethanol is playing today in the entire agricultural industry. EPIC is one of ZimmComm’s dearest clients (we love …
Looking Forward To The NAMA Agribusiness Forum
It’s not too early to start looking forward to the NAMA Agribusiness Forum. This year the them is “Who’s Pulling Our Chain?” “The 2007 Agribusiness Forum will seek to demonstrate some of the elements that affect the way we do business. For example, things that happen on the other side of the world impact how we do business every day, …