When your farmer board members tell you to podcast, you podcast. That’s what Dean Kleckner, Truth About Trade & Technology is doing. We brought his podcast to your attention recently and at the BIO 2006 Convention I got to ask him about it. You can hear his answer here: 
Kleckner Soundbite (30 sec MP3)
Standard Convention Communications
Here’s some business communicators who are using the new media tools. They’re the International Association of Business Communicators. They’re annual convention is coming up in Vancouver, British Columbia. Can’t make it? Me either. But you can keep up on it with:
Blog, Podcast and RSS Advertising Outlook
There’s some interesting new research out about how advertising on new media outlets is growing. This one comes from PQ Media. You can see an executive summary of the report and even listen (MP3) to it. Some of the report highlights are:
ZimmCast With BIO Sponsor R&K
This week on the ZimmCast I interviewed our BIO 2006 coverage sponsor, Deron Johnson, Rhea & Kaiser Marketing and Communications.
iPod Giveaways Everywhere
There’s no way a podcaster can ignore how many booths are giving away iPods here at BIO 2006. This is just one example (U. S. Pharmacopeia Booth). I think there’s about 1600 companies/organizations exhibiting here. Lots of them are offering this incentive.
Ag Media Summit Seminar
It’s not too early to think about the Agricultural Media Summit in Portland, OR, July 23 – 26. Not much on the website yet but it’ll be there soon.
Brain Salad Surgery
Actually I had a very good western shrimp salad at Longhorn’s today. It was time to say thanks and present a token of appreciation to a peer buddy who’s been an inspiration to a budding blogger and podcaster and always has great ideas.
ZimmCast Interview With Monsanto
This week I’ve got an interview with Monsanto Public Affairs Manager, Mica DeLong. Mica and I talked about their Future Ag Journalist Fellowship and what they thought of having students blog the Commodity Classic on AgWired.
Ag Podcast Two-fer
First, Truth About Trade has a podcast series going. I guess we didn’t get the release but they’ve got about 13 episodes done it looks like. I just subscribed and will listen while I’m on the road tomorrow.
ZimmComm Blog Network Review
You can get a ZimmComm blog network update on this week’s ZimmCast. I review some of the highlights of the past week on AgWired, Domestic Fuel and World Dairy Diary.