The NAMA Bombers made it to the convention and posed with the autographed movie poster they donated to the ABEF Silent Auction. I know there was good bidding activity on the poster. From what I understand they drove through some nasty weather and got in a few hours late but safe and sound. I hope they left early today since …
Surprise Eldon Reception
We had a surprise reception for Eldon White last night. Kyle Bauer, KFRM, was outside the door for some reason and supposed to let Eldon in when he stopped by the president’s suite. The problem was the key he had didn’t work. So all of the sudden there was violent pounding on the door which we definitely weren’t expecting. Then …
The Armadillo Whisperer
I’m really not sure if Bob Brunker, J. L. Farmakis, is praying or just what but you’re welcome to speculate in the comments. He couldn’t afford to pay me enough not to post this. We had armadillo races in the NAMA Connection Point and Bob was a racer. He lost by the way if I remember right. The think I …
Farm Podcaster Interviews Farm Broadcaster
I don’t know. It just struck me as ironic when I saw this going on in our booth at the NAMA convention. Here’s Ned Arthur, Truffle Media Networks, on the left interviewing Kurt Lancaster, Texas Farm Bureau Network. I have no idea what they were talking about but if I had the audio I’d link to it. Visit the 2007 …
Barry Nelson Talks about NAMA Conference
The NAMA convention chairman is Barry Nelson, John Deere. I got to interview him during a break in the action while we were both in the Connection Point. Here you can see him announcing drawing winners at one point last night. Barry says that about 1,100 were here and that’s better than last year in Kansas City I think. I …
Kathi Showed us the Money
Seriously, you’ve got to like an organization that gives you cash. That’s what Kathi Conrad, NAMA staff, was doing before the first general session yesterday. It all made sense when conference chairperson, Barry Nelson, talked about positive thoughts and getting a dollar for each one and how many we’d have in our pocket at the end of the event. Actually, …
Guess Who’s Ring This Is
I learned that someone at the NAMA Convention is engaged to be married. So to add some fun to your Friday afternoon I’m going to let you guess who. The first person to post the correct name of who’s hand this is will get a pair of ZimmComm retractable ear buds. Just use the comment feature at the bottom of …
Paige Gilligan Wins iPhone
Here’s the winner of the ZimmComm New Media/Truffle Media Networks iPhone drawing. She’s Paige Gilligan, Agrestic Solutions & Innovations. Pictured with her are me to the left and Aaron Gilbertie, Truffle on the right. The latest buzz is that the iPhones will become available starting in June so we’ll ship Paige her iPhone just as soon as they’re available. Thanks …
The Golden ZimmComm Microphone
What a day it has been here at the NAMA convention. I’ll have lots of posts over the next couple days so don’t go away. One of the things I’ve been able to do some more of today is interviews like this one here with Tom Slunecka, Executive Director of EPIC. My interview with Tom will actually be used for …
A Golden Toga for the Marketer of the Year
The NAMA Marketer of the Year is Phil Johnson, Colle+McVoy, who was golden toga man last night at the Togafication Party held in his honor. He’s seen being toasted here sometime last in the evening. Besides the toast we also got to see a very cool video about Phil which I am hoping to get a copy to or encourage …