January 22, 2015
Harley-Davidson Museum
6:00 p.m.
Milwaukee, WI

Click here to view the invitation and to register!

Mark your calendars for these important dates to upcoming NAMA Partnership Events.  Watch the NAMA calendars for more events to come. National Events or Chapter/Regional Events. 

February 4
NAMA Reception at NCBA
Sponsored by Great Plains and Rocky Mountain NAMA Chapters
Grand Hyatt San Antonio
Meeting Room: Bowie B
8:00 – 9:30 p.m.
Click for more info on the NCBA Trade Show

February 27
NAMA/AAEA Reception at Commodity Classic
Phoenix Convention Center
4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Click for more info on Commodity Classic

Crises happen. We can wish that they won’t, but they do. Please join the Iowa NAMA Chapter on Friday, January 9, where Dr. Kris Boone-Payne will talk about how people respond in a crisis, how we can prepare, how we behave as the crisis unfolds, and how to clean up afterward.  Communication is a key and can have a crucial role in reducing severity.

Dr. Boone is Department Head and Professor at Kansas State University. She supervises all functions in the department and represents it to other campus communications and IT groups and within K-State Research and Extension. She was previously departmental academic coordinator for agricultural communications and journalism and has been department head since 2003. Boone is a former extension agent and has experience in newspapers and public relations. She has served on numerous campus committees and in national capacities with NCERA 224 and the Association for Communication Excellence.

WHEN: January 9, 2015
WHERE: FFA Enrichment Center
TIME: 11:30 a.m.

Networking begins at 11:30 a.m. and the discussion will start at noon.

Click here for more information and to register for this event!

The MoKan Chapter held its first annual charity drive supporting Harvesters, Kansas City’s regional food bank that serves a 26-county area of northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas.

Chapter officers dropped off giving boxes at participating member offices with a competition of which office could give the most. Participating businesses included: AdFarm, Emfluence, Grey Healthcare Group, McCormick Company, Osborn Barr, SFP, and Woodruff Sweitzer… with AdFarm taking home the charity drive trophy (and bragging rights)!

To add a little extra fun to the giving, a Holiday Happy Hour was hosted at BCS Communications on December 18^th.

New Member List:
Welcome our new members for December 2014:

CAROLINAS/VIRGINIA
Morgan Obery

CHESAPEAKE
Darrell Engle

CORNHUSKER
Tom Palmertree

EASTERN
Amanda Satterwhite

FLORIDA
Lauren Graham

HEARTLAND
Stacey Smith

IOWA
Laura Bunda
Katalea Petersen

MIDSOUTH
Terry Simmons
Adam Verner

NORTH CENTRAL
John Pocock

SOUTHEASTERN
Doug Mills

SOUTHWEST
Kelli Porter

WESTERN PACIFIC
Fred Rogers