{"id":5786,"date":"2012-10-01T13:33:56","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T20:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=5786"},"modified":"2012-10-02T08:59:59","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T15:59:59","slug":"fall-conference-huge-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=5786","title":{"rendered":"Fall Conference Huge Success!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The NAMA 2012 Fall Conference was a big success with nearly 200\u00c2\u00a0 in attendance.\u00c2\u00a0 The new NAMA Fall Conference focused on celebrating leadership and recognizing those who are the leaders in the agri-marketing industry.<\/p>\n

Attendees who made it to Minneapolis\u00c2\u00a0 early for the North Central Ag Tour had the chance to visit CHS Savage Terminal, Peavey Grain Elevator and Flat Earth Brewing.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The founder of the Rainforest Cafe, Steven Schussler, Schussler Creative<\/a>, opened the\u00c2\u00a0 Fall Conference as keynote speaker.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a Jungle in There: Inspiring Lessons, Hard-Won Insights and Other Acts of Entrepreneurial Daring,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was the topic of his presentation. Steven is also the author of the bestselling book, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a Jungle in There.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Afternoon breakout sessions on the first day of Fall Conference targeted agri-marketers ready to move up the career ladder\u00c2\u00a0 and acquire game-changing professional development skills.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The day ended with a networking reception at SEVEN.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Attendees enjoyed complimentary appetizers and cocktails courtesy of\u00c2\u00a0 Broadhead.<\/p>\n

Day two began with a session on “How to Make Things Happen When You’re Not in Charge” with Sheila Campbell, President, Wild Blue Yonder, Inc. Campbell urged the audience to foster relationships that make people want to help us.<\/p>\n

Morning breakout sessions on day two included a discussion on crisis management, communicating with impact and moving up the ladder.\u00c2\u00a0 The \"\"<\/a>audience gained insightful tips on how to fine-tune their leadership skills.<\/p>\n

NAMA honored the\u00c2\u00a0 2012 Professional Development Awards of Excellence sponsored by Farm Progress Companies. These awards honor NAMA members with hands-on responsibility in marketing and communications, public relations, product\/species management and sales.\u00c2\u00a0 Congratulations to Troy Schroeder – Broadhead, Justin Funk – Agri Studies Inc., Kevin Bien – AGCO and John Rozum – World Dairy Expo.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Wrapping up the conference was Aidan Connolly, Vice President Corporate Accounts, Alltech Inc.\u00c2\u00a0 Breakfast in China, afternoon presentation in Minneapolis at the NAMA Fall Conference. That was on Connolly’s schedule for the day.\u00c2\u00a0 Agribusiness is a worldwide business now and that means dealing with different languages and cultures. Aidan says \u00e2\u20ac\u0153agriculture has never been so key to the world\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153food is a conversation that everyone wants to have.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d He says that future leaders in agriculture need to be ready to travel, understand what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going on in China, Brazil and India, have a sense of curiosity and a willingness to use new technology.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This meeting also marked the passing of the gavel from 2012 NAMA President Beth Burgy, Broadhead, to incoming president Paul Redhage, FMC Agricultural Products.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to our incoming and existing officers!<\/p>\n

President Elect<\/strong> – Kenna Rathai,\u00c2\u00a0 Kenna B. Rathai Communications
\nSecretary\/Treasurer<\/strong> – Marvin Kokes, National Cattlemen’s Beef Assn.
\nVice Presidents<\/strong> – Sally Behringer, MustangRED Communications
\n\"\"<\/a>Matt Coniglio, Farm Progress Companies
\nAmy Bradford, GROWMARK, Inc.
\nChuck Zimmerman, ZimmComm New Media
\nAmy Bugg, AdFarm
\nSheri Seger, DTN\/The Progressive Farmer<\/p>\n

See additional\u00c2\u00a0 coverage and photos from the Fall Conference in Minneapolis on AgWired http:\/\/agwired.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The NAMA 2012 Fall Conference was a big success with nearly 200\u00c2\u00a0 in attendance.\u00c2\u00a0 The new NAMA Fall Conference focused on celebrating leadership and recognizing those who are the leaders in the agri-marketing industry. Attendees who made it to Minneapolis\u00c2\u00a0 early for the North Central Ag Tour had the chance to visit CHS Savage Terminal, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[289,36,279],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-conference","category-general","category-professional-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786","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=5786"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5872,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions\/5872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}