Looking for opportunities to place your company’s products and services before decision-makers in the ag marketplace? There is still booth space available in NAMA’s Connection Point! Put your company front and center. With nearly 1,200 professionals in attendance, there’s no better way to get noticed. Influencers will take note when you purchase booth space on this trade show floor. Lunch and refreshment breaks are scheduled to maximize traffic and draw the clients and customers you want to meet!

Contact Lauren Chaney to book your booth or reserve your space online today!

Register for Conference!

Register now for the 2016 Agri-Marketing Conference, April 13-15, in Kansas City, MO. Visit the AMC homepage for conference, hotel and registration details.

Use #NAMA16 for all your tweets about this year’s conference!

Joseph Grenny
Marketing is Influence
Opening General Session
Thursday, April 14 • 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.

Joseph Grenny is coauthor of four immediate New York Times bestsellers and creator of four award winning training programs of the same titles—Crucial Conversations, Crucial Confrontations, Influencer and Change Anything. He cofounded VitalSmarts, an innovator in corporate training and organizational performance, for which he was awarded the 2007 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. VitalSmarts has helped more than 300 of the Fortune 500 realize significant results using a proven method for driving rapid, sustainable and measurable change in behaviors.

Andrew Davis
INSPIRED! How Brilliant Brands Create a Sudden Urge to Act!
Second General Session
Thursday, April 14 • 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Author and former television producer, Andrew Davis will teach you the five secrets to creating content that inspires demand. Andrew Davis’ 20-year career has taken him from local television to The Today Show. He’s worked for The Muppets in New York. He’s marketed for tiny start-ups and Fortune 500 brands. His latest book, Brandscaping: Unleashing the Power of Partnerships, is one of Amazon’s Top 100 Marketing Books. For more than a decade, Drew has changed the way publishers think and how brands market their products in a digital world.

Jim Morris
Dream Makers and Dream Killers
Closing General Session
Friday, April 15 • 10:30 a.m. to Noon

The 2016 Closing Keynote Speaker is living proof that you can totally transform your life and your business if you put others first and find a mentor. Speaking about second chances and overcoming incredible strife, Jim Morris’ story is a testimony that goals can be achieved, even if the odds aren’t in your favor. In fact, Jim’s meteoric rise from 35-year-old high school teacher with Parkinson’s to flame-throwing major league pitcher in three months made cinematic history with the release of “The Rookie” starring Dennis Quaid.

Greg Guthrie
Time and Task Management for Busy People
Pre-Conference Workshop
Wednesday, April 13 • 12:30 to 3:00 p.m.

Effective time and task management isn’t about controlling time. It’s about managing how you invest your time. Managing multiple priorities and tasks that compete for your time. And finally, it’s about managing yourself out of unproductive habits that rob you of valuable time. Greg’s hands-on, professional experience spans senior management positions in global Fortune 500 companies to managing large financial projects for local enterprises. As a speaker and trainer, he’s well known for his ability to motivate others and his creative approach to leadership.

Register now for the 2016 Agri-Marketing Conference, April 13-15, in Kansas City, MO. Visit the AMC homepage for conference, hotel and registration details. #NAMA16

The 2016 Agri-Marketing Conference Brochure is coming soon to a mailbox near you! Keep an eye out for your copy. Can’t wait? Download the digital version now.

Register now  for the 2016 Agri-Marketing Conference, April 13-15, in Kansas City, MO. Visit the AMC homepage for conference, hotel and registration details.

Check out our lineup for the 2016 Breakout Sessions:

—The Six-Source Method Behind Influential Marketing

—The Story of Innovation: Why Ideas Defy Logic

—Producer Panel: Speaking to Different Generations of Decision-Makers

—Marketing, Growing and Delivering Specialty Crops

—Bigger Success. Less Content. Outsized Results.

—Digital Sociology

—Overcoming Obstacles

—Advertising and Editorial: Are We Speaking the Same Language?

Connection Point:

Looking for opportunities to place your company’s products and services before decision-makers in the ag marketplace? NAMA’s Connection Point is for you. Contact Lauren Chaney to book your booth today.

Sponsorship:

Looking for other ways to get noticed? Get in touch with Jenny Pickett for sponsorship opportunities.

Register today to save money and get a jump on your 2016 calendar! #NAMA16

Don’t forget to nominate the cream of the crop – Agribusiness Leader of the Year and NAMA Marketer of the Year.  The nomination deadline is just a few short weeks away!

Winners of these prestigious awards will be honored at the 2016 Agri-Marketing Conference, April 13 – 15, in Kansas City, MO.  Celebrate the achievements and impressive careers of the very best in agriculture with NAMA.

NAMA’s highest honor, the Agribusiness Leader of the Year award recognizes leadership achievement in agriculture and the food and fiber industry. Solicited from senior level position holders in private, public or academic service, nominees should exemplify excellence in agribusiness by their significant contributions to the industry.

Application

Please download the application in Adobe PDF format or fill out the online nomination form.

Submission deadline is January 22, 2016.

NAMA Marketer of the Year:

NAMA recognizes an active member with senior management of marketing and/or sales responsibilities with the NAMA Marketer of the Year award. This award is the most prestigious honor awarded to an active member of the association and honors outstanding accomplishments in the field of agri-marketing directly to ag producers. Nominees are solicited from agribusiness and related companies with overall marketing and/or sales responsibilities.

Application:

Please download the application in Adobe PDF format or fill out the online nomination form.

Submission deadline is January 22, 2016.

Check out a list of current and past winners for Agribusiness Leader of the Year and NAMA Marketer of the Year.

If you have any questions about these awards, please contact Jenny Pickett at (913) 491-6500 or [email protected].

NAMA is invested in the future of ag and agri-marketing professionals, so we’re making sure we have all the bases covered … from education and networking opportunities, to exploring trends and examining current issues.

From the 2016 Keynoters, you’ll learn how to use proven behavior change techniques in your marketing projects … get the five proven secrets for creating content that incites demand among customers … and how the right attitude can help you overcome the obstacles you’ll inevitably face in life.

We’re giving you even more fantastic opportunities to bolster your agri-marketing career “From the Ground Up.” And that’s just the beginning.

Register now for the 2016 Agri-Marketing Conference, April 13-15, in Kansas City, MO. Visit the AMC Website for conference, hotel and registration details.

Be on the lookout for the 2016 Agri-Marketing Conference Keynote Brochure! It is coming soon to a mailbox near you. Can’t wait? Click here to download the digital version now.

Connection Point:

Looking for opportunities to place your company’s products and services before decision-makers in the ag marketplace? NAMA’s Connection Point is for you. Contact Lauren Chaney to book your booth today.

Sponsorship:

Looking for other ways to get noticed? Get in touch with Jenny Pickett for sponsorship opportunities.

Register today to save money and get a jump on your 2016 calendar! #NAMA16

Forget what you thought you knew about golf. ABEF is scrapping the traditional golf outing for something a little different this year. Join your peers at Topgolf for a competitive and fun time everyone can enjoy—no golf experience required. Take a swing at microchipped golf balls, aiming them at targets to rack up the points. Think darts with golf balls and you’ve got it! Plus great drinks and food in an upscale club atmosphere. Fore!

Take a look! — Topgolf Overland Park

When: Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Where: Topgolf Overland Park

Time: 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Cost: $100/person

For more information, visit the ABEF Topgolf page on the AMC Website.

Congratulations to Caitlin Beedle, Helena Chemical Company, who was the winner of the iPad Mini drawing for early Agri-Marketing Conference registration. All individuals who registered for the 2016 Conference by December 31, 2015 were entered to win an iPad Mini from NAMA.

For more information on the conference, visit the AMC Website.