After dinner tonight with the Ag Media Summit group Ned, Aaron (Truffle Media Networks) and I stopped by the trade show area to check things out. This is the lower level area in front of the trade show room which you can reach by going down stairs 1 level from the lobby level. Today the down escalator has been out …
NAFB Foundation Meeting
One of the meetings taking place here at the NAMA convention is the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation. This afternoon they met for a business meeting and it’s my understanding that they’ll do some strategic planning tomorrow for part of the day. The National Association of Farm Broadcasters Foundation is a non-profit Illinois corporation that operates as a 501 …
Heading Out to Golf
Here’s the golf gang heading out to their tee-off earlier today. This is the great thing about YouTube. Take a short video clip, upload it and within a short period of time you’re available to be seen by the world wide web.
The Meetup at Monduel’s
It’s a little dark in Monduel’s for the iSight camera on the Mac but it’ll work. We’re just hanging out here and chatting with our friends in agrimarketing. If you think this is a good idea let me know and maybe we can set up an AgWired meetup at a location near you. I think this might be my last …
AgWired Meetup Happening
The AgWired Meetup is in progress and we’re seeing some good early activity. Here’s Ned Arthur (left) and Aaron Gilbertie hanging out before we got started. I’ve got my Mac with me here in Monduel’s and will post as often as I get a chance to.
ABEF Golf Tournament Underway
The golfers for the ABEF tournament got off to a good start this afternoon. Even with the clouds and chilly breeze I’m sure they’d all say they prefer to be out on the course. In fact, the sun did finally come out. I won’t be at the tournament dinner/awards tonight but will try to get some photos from it. I’m …
Student Chapter Marketing Presentation Practice
The student marketing competition process has started with the various chapters doing practice sessions. Here’s the University of Guelph group in their room right when they were getting started. They’re actually part of CAMA, the Canadian Agri-Marketing Association and we welcome them to the U. S.
Registration Bags
When you get registered at the NAMA convention you get a big black bag of goodies. The bags are courtesy of The Western Producer. One of those things is a registration card for the ZimmComm/Truffle iPhone drawing. I’ve been running into quite a few people who say they’ll be stopping by our AgWired Meetup in Monduel’s. I know we’re going …
Texas Ag Welcomes NAMA
As the banner says, we’re welcome in Texas. Thank you Texas agriculture. Things are mostly set up here in the hotel and the trade show area is coming together nicely too. I’m currently in an AMS/IFAJ 2009 Congress meeting, which is one of many that take place since so many of us are in town at the same time.
NAMA Executive Committee Mtg.
Here’s NAMA President, Stephanie Gable, running the NAMA Executive Committee meeting that’s taking place this morning here at the convention. The NAMA leaders take care of business early starting with this morning’s meeting. Besides the NAMA Executive Committee meeting, other organizations hold their meetings here too like AAEA and NAMA. I’ll have some pictures from them for you too. This …