Best of Green County Ag Tour

Join your Badger NAMA peers on this bus tour as they explore the rich and diverse agriculture and food production of Green County, Wisconsin with plenty of networking and discussion along the way! Click here for more information.

Cost:
Badger NAMA members: $50
Non-members: $85
Students: $25

Click here to register. The registration deadline is tomorrow, July 23.

Questions? Contact Andrea Bloom.

Join the Iowa NAMA Chapter for an Iowa Cubs Baseball Game! Game starts at 7:08 p.m. Two free picnic tickets per Iowa NAMA member. Picnic starts 90 minutes before the game and includes all-you-can-eat hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, potato salad and soft drinks. Plus, you’ll get an Iowa Cubs baseball cap or t-shirt!

When:
Friday August 7, 2015

Time:
5:30 to 10:00 p.m.

Where:
Principal Park
One Line Drive
Des Moines, IA 50309

Questions?
Contact Kylee Deniz and click here to register.

Mark your calendar and get ready to join other local agri-marketing professionals at Busch Stadium to see the Cardinals take on the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday, August 12, at 7:15 PM.  The cost will be just $10 and covers your field box ticket to the game and pre-game beverages and appetizers at a location TBD.  More details will be made available via email in early July.  In the meantime, don’t forget to “Like” Gateway NAMA on Facebook to stay informed about this and other upcoming events.

If you have questions contact:

Colin Pennington or Heather Gieseke

NAMA members are eligible for a discount for Purdue’s Executive Agri-Marketing program.

Purdue’s Center for Food and Agricultural Business Executive Agri-Marketing program will be held August 31 to September 2, 2015 on the Purdue University campus.  During this three-day program, participants will learn from world-renowned agri-marketing experts how to position and influence their organization and lead across various segments in the firm. To aid marketers in implementing powerful marketing strategies, participants will also receive one-on-one coaching from faculty experts on their company’s marketing challenges. Participants will also leave the program with an understanding of the marketing decision-making tools to use to make the next big marketing decision.

When registering, enter discount code: NAMA

Learn more and register for the seminar here.

The Strategic Importance of PR

The National Agri-Marketing Association and the Agricultural Relations Council invite you to participate in their next webinar.

Public Relations is much more than writing and distributing news releases or pitching the media. PR professionals today are strategists, event planners, social media experts, and at times, media buyers. In this webinar, learn about the evolving role of PR beyond “earned” media and understand how PR strategy can help your organization meet its business goals. We’ll even cover how you can spur media coverage without a press release or a new product, and wrap up by talking about how to measure and evaluate the success of your next PR program.

Melissa Dohmen is a Senior Public Relations Counsel at Swanson Russell, Nebraska’s largest advertising agency. She currently handles consumer and B2B PR for clients in the turf, agriculture and outdoor recreation industries and is a member of TOCA, NAMA and ARC.

Date: Thursday, July 9

Times:

2:00 p.m. Eastern

1:00 p.m. Central

12:00 p.m. Mountain

11:00 a.m. Pacific

Cost: $50.00

To attend this webinar, please click here to register.

The 2015 NAMA Boot Camp is NEXT MONTH! Join the National Agri-Marketing Association on August 18-20 in Kansas City. Whether you’ve just entered the rough working world or one who’s been through the NAMA Boot Camp drill before, sign up for this program today to learn more about the agri-marketing industry. This year’s Boot Camp will take it to a new level expanding on marketing and agriculture basics.

Who should attend?

• Agency Account Executives
• Media Professionals
• Art Directors
• Copywriters
• Marketing Professionals
• Sales Professionals
• Previous Boot Camp Attendees

***All attendees will receive a notebook packed with agricultural terminology, facts, case studies and speaker presentations. This notebook has become one of the most popular aspects of the boot camp experience.

Did you attend last year?

If so, we want you back. This year’s program is a perfect continuation of the previous programs. Plan to come early for the Ag Tour. This tour will be sponsored by the MoKan Chapter of NAMA. Whether you’re new to the industry or a seasoned veteran, the Agri-Marketing Boot Camp will give you the tools you need to more professionally market to the ag industry.

Check out the 2015 Boot Camp Brochure! 

Find a complete schedule of this year’s activities on the Boot Camp website.

Register online today and book your room at the Sheraton.

Use this year’s hashtag to connect with all your ag friends: #namabootcamp2015

One of NAMA’s newest educational extravaganzas, the NAMA Fall Conference is rapidly becoming a “can’t miss” event for agri-marketers across the country. We’re in Colorado this year to help you reach new peaks! Push toward new career goals and challenge yourself to go all the way to the top. NAMA can help you get there.

This year we’re taking a 30,000-foot view of leadership. Come discover how to weave emotional intelligence and intuition into your technical know-how for the best results. You can’t escape pressure, but you can develop techniques to use it to your advantage—you’ll find them here. Catch our keynote speakers to take part in these next level management prep conversations.

The breakouts will be refreshing as well. Hear the very latest on social media. Rural millennials and their pivotal role in the future of agriculture. Effective storytelling. Value innovation for customers and what your body language is really saying to your audience while you speak.

You can make some new friends on the Ag Tour and unwind with them during the many networking opportunities planned throughout the conference. And don’t forget to congratulate the winners of NAMA’s Professional Development Awards of Excellence who’ll be recognized in Colorado this fall.

This year’s lineup is so diverse, there’s something for everyone. Make plans now to reach the summit—Reach New Peaks—with NAMA in Denver.

Check out the 2015 Fall Conference Brochure! 

Click here to view the full 2015 Program.

Find out all the info you need about registration and the hotel here.

Use this year’s hashtag to connect with all your ag friends: #namafall15