{"id":560,"date":"2007-08-30T12:55:54","date_gmt":"2007-08-30T19:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=560"},"modified":"2007-08-30T12:55:54","modified_gmt":"2007-08-30T19:55:54","slug":"networking-and-education-abound-at-2007-nama-boot-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=560","title":{"rendered":"Networking and Education Abound at 2007 NAMA Boot Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" title=\"Boot Camp Attendees\" alt=\"Boot Camp Attendees\" src=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/bootcamp1.jpg\" \/>Agri-marketing professionals ranging from account executives, creatives, media professionals, sales staff and more convened in Kansas City, MO. on August 21-23 for the 2007 NAMA Boot Camp.<\/p>\n<p>The conference provided an invaluable opportunity for attendees to learn more about the agri-marketing industry from veteran marketing professionals and, in some cases, directly from producers and growers themselves. The chance to develop valuable contacts in the industry was also hailed as a top reason for attending NAMA Boot Camp.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" title=\"Attendees Network at The Cashew\" alt=\"Attendees Network at The Cashew\" src=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/bootcamp2.jpg\" \/>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Attending NAMA Boot Camp was certainly a leap forward in my networking efforts \u00e2\u20ac\u201c especially as a new employee with few contacts in the agricultural communications field,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d shared Kimberly Wallis of AdFarm in Kansas City, Mo. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Boot Camp gave me a chance to plant future relationships that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll need throughout my career. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m certain where I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to be in the next 3-5 years because of what I saw those three days!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>NAMA Boot Camp offers an impressive range of targeted breakout sessions and keynote speakers that allow attendees to customize their Boot Camp experience.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about other educational and networking opportunities available through NAMA contact Jenny Pickett at <a href=\"mailto:jennyp@nama.org\">jennyp@nama.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special thanks to the 2007 Boot Camp sponsors!<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Associations Inc.<br \/>\nBayer CropScience<br \/>\nBroadhead + Company<br \/>\nCovansys<br \/>\nFarm Credit<br \/>\nFarm Industry News<br \/>\nFastline Publications<br \/>\nHigh Plains\/Midwest Ag Journal<br \/>\nHoard&#8217;s Dairyman<br \/>\nJohn Deere<br \/>\nMartin Williams<br \/>\nMosaic Company<br \/>\nOsborn &#038; Barr Communications<br \/>\nPioneer Hi-Bred Intl., Inc.<br \/>\nRhea &#038; Kaiser Marketing Communications<br \/>\nSuccessful Farming &#038; Agriculture Online<br \/>\nThe Western Producer\/Acreage Life<br \/>\nTruffle Media Networks<br \/>\nZimmComm New Media<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agri-marketing professionals ranging from account executives, creatives, media professionals, sales staff and more convened in Kansas City, MO. on August 21-23 for the 2007 NAMA Boot Camp. The conference provided an invaluable opportunity for attendees to learn more about the agri-marketing industry from veteran marketing professionals and, in some cases, directly from producers and growers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,276],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-nama-boot-camp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560","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=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}