{"id":11375,"date":"2016-07-05T14:32:40","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T19:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=11375"},"modified":"2016-07-05T14:50:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T19:50:13","slug":"namas-fall-conference-is-steep-in-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=11375","title":{"rendered":"NAMA’s Fall Conference is Steep in Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2016-Logo\"<\/a>Take time out of your year-end schedule to step away from the desk and refresh your professional skill set. The NAMA Fall Conference is in North Carolina for 2016 and you won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to miss a drop of what we have in store! Take a sneak peek at the schedule below. Full session descriptions will be available soon.<\/p>\n

Go online and register<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>for this can’t miss event today!<\/p>\n

Tuesday, September 20<\/span>
\n<\/strong>7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
\nNorth Carolina Ag Tour
\n<\/strong>Sweet Potatoes, Farmers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Markets, Cotton and Tech in the Land of Sweet Tea<\/p>\n

5:00\u00e2\u20ac\u201c6:30 p.m.
\nKick Off Reception<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, September 21<\/span>
\n8:00\u00e2\u20ac\u201c9:00 a.m.
\nABEF Board Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:00\u00e2\u20ac\u201c11:00 a.m.
\nNAMA Board Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:00\u00e2\u20ac\u201c11:00 a.m.
\n<\/strong>Pre-Conference Workshop
\n<\/strong>Ignite Your Goals<\/em>
\n<\/strong>Gerry O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Brion<\/p>\n

11:00 a.m.\u00e2\u20ac\u201c12:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nWelcome Luncheon
\n<\/strong>The 2016 Election and the Unknown Outcomes<\/em>
\n<\/strong>Jay H. Truitt, Policy Solutions, Washington D.C.
\n<\/strong>Sponsored by NAFB<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1:00\u00e2\u20ac\u201c2:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nKeynote Session
\n<\/strong>What Big Brands Know: Navigating Change<\/em>
\n<\/strong>Gerry O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Brion<\/p>\n

2:30\u00e2\u20ac\u201c2:45 p.m.<\/strong>
\nBreak<\/strong><\/p>\n

2:45\u00e2\u20ac\u201c3:45 p.m.<\/strong>
\nBreakout Sessions
\n<\/strong>Choose one of three sessions: <\/em><\/p>\n

Social Media: Understanding Audience Habits
\n<\/strong>Justin Allen<\/p>\n

Working Together to Help Growers: What agriculture can learn from consumer marketing
\n<\/strong>Stacie Marshall, Bayer CropScience<\/p>\n

Females Advancing Agriculture
\n<\/strong>Moderator:\u00c2\u00a0Dori Mold, <\/strong>President, American Agri-Women<\/p>\n

3:45\u00e2\u20ac\u201c4:00 p.m.<\/strong>
\nBreak<\/strong><\/p>\n

4:00\u00e2\u20ac\u201c5:00 p.m.<\/strong>
\nBreakout Sessions
\n<\/strong>Choose one of three sessions: <\/em><\/p>\n

Social Media: Understanding Audience Habits
\n<\/strong>Justin Allen<\/p>\n

Connecting Consumers with Their Food
\n<\/strong>Katie Pinke,\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>Common Ground North Dakota<\/p>\n

The Future of Agriculture Technology
\n<\/strong>Moderator: Max Armstrong, Penton Agriculture<\/p>\n

5:00\u00e2\u20ac\u201c7:00 p.m.<\/strong>
\nNetworking Reception at Jimmy V\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s
\n<\/strong>Sponsored by Brighton<\/em><\/p>\n

Thursday, September 22<\/span>
\n8:00\u00e2\u20ac\u201c8:30 a.m.<\/strong>
\nBreakfast
\n<\/strong>Sponsored by Rhea + Kaiser<\/em><\/p>\n

8:30\u00e2\u20ac\u201c10:00 a.m.<\/strong>
\nGeneral Session
\n<\/strong>Leadership Lessons from McDonald’s and Starbucks<\/em>
\n<\/strong>Conor Cunneen
\n<\/strong>Professional Development Awards of Excellence Presentation
\n<\/strong>PDA Awards sponsored by Penton Agriculture<\/em><\/p>\n

10:00\u00e2\u20ac\u201c10:15 a.m.<\/strong>
\nBreak<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:15\u00e2\u20ac\u201c11:15 a.m.<\/strong>
\nBreakout Sessions
\n<\/strong>Choose one of three sessions: <\/em><\/p>\n

Ditching the Script: Connecting to Your Authentic Message
\n<\/strong>Jolean Olson, Scenic Road<\/p>\n

Connecting Consumers with Their Food
\n<\/strong>Katie Pinke,\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>Common Ground North Dakota<\/p>\n

Reaching Niche Audiences: A Yeti Digital Case Study
\n<\/strong>Kelly Chiricotti, Associate Media Director, Mediavest\/Spark<\/p>\n

11:30 a.m.\u00e2\u20ac\u201c1:00 p.m.<\/strong>
\nClosing Session Luncheon<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Through the Lens of a Leader<\/em>
\n<\/strong>Speaker to be announced<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Take time out of your year-end schedule to step away from the desk and refresh your professional skill set. The NAMA Fall Conference is in North Carolina for 2016 and you won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to miss a drop of what we have in store! Take a sneak peek at the schedule below. Full session descriptions will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[289],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11375"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11380,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11375\/revisions\/11380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}