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		<title>Professional Development Awards of Excellence Winners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join us for lunch on Wednesday, October 6, at The Marquette Hotel in Minneapolis for the 2010 Trends In Agriculture conference as we honor the 2010 Professional Development Awards of Excellence Recipients. NAMA honors its members with hands-on responsibility in each of the Professional Development Areas (PDA). This year, awards will be given in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Time to Submit Your Entries!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The deadline for submitting your entries into the Best of NAMA competition is Friday, October 8 by 5:00 p.m. central time. The Best of NAMA awards program honors the best work in agricultural communications. Actually, the best of the best, since companies/agencies must first qualify through regional competition in order to advance to the national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Will Global Trends Affect You?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Innovations in communication, production and packaging are revolutionizing the agriculture industry. Combined with the dramatic increase in need for safe, plentiful food, today’s agriculture professionals must navigate the challenges of a “Globally Local” World. NAMA’s 2010 Trends in Agriculture Conference, October 5-6, in Minneapolis will help you stay ahead of the curve and gain an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.namablog.org/?p=2733</link>
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		<title>Facebook, Twitter and YouTube… Oh My!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our next webinar will be Thursday, September 30, at 3:00 central time.  Meredith Stevens, Digital Marketing Manager at National Cattlemen’s Beef Association will be presenting this webinar on social media. The online environment is constantly evolving – from its origins as simple and relatively static websites to the current interactive forums and dynamic sites that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MoKan Ag Tour A Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 MoKan Chapter Ag Tour on August 17 was a resounding success.  Not only did the attendees experience a lot of variety, but it also fell during a one-day upper 70s cool down from the two weeks of +100˚ heat that the Kansas City area had been experiencing. The first stop was at a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.namablog.org/?p=2725</link>
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		<title>2010 NAMA Boot Camp Covers all the Bases</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ag industry is constantly changing. New channels. New strategies. New information. After hearing from seasoned agri-marketers and candid producers, attendees at the 2010 NAMA Boot Camp (August 17-19) are now at the top of the agri-marketing learning curve. Boot Camp kicked off with the traditional Ag Tour where some of the attendees actually got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Careers Committee Meets at Rhea + Kaiser</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The NAMA Careers Committee met in Chicago, Illinois on August 27 to plan the upcoming year.  Participating in the meeting were:  Wes Meador, Chair, Rhea + Kaiser; Amy Barron, Novus International; Matt Bornhorst, Agriculture Future of America; Janelle Buxton, Successful Farming &#38; Agriculture.com; Jennifer Christie, Student Advisor, John Deere Ltd.; Deron Johnson, Rhea + Kaiser; [...]]]></description>
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