Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Depth and impact: Make your writing shine!

K.C. Compton, managing editor of Mother Earth News, will share techniques to improve the depth and impact of your writing. Explore inventive leads, narrative tension and internal transitions, as well as the importance – and perils – of pursuing tone and voice. In addition to better stories,  you’ll improve editor-writer communications from the assignment to the final edit.

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Cross Channel Marketing with Steve Hall

Cross channel marketing campaigns allow businesses to create relevant messages that engage the audience in ways traditional methods can’t. Steve Hall, Boelte-Hall CEO, will discuss the difference between cross channel marketing and multi-channel marketing, explain why and how cross channel marketing works, and give examples from award-winning cross channel campaigns – including a 2010 AMS campaign.
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Ethics in the Trenches: Case studies and solutions

This lively session addresses real-world ethical dilemmas that professionals encounter today, how they recognize them, and how they resolve them. Get a deeper appreciation for what the AAEA Code of Ethics means when it’s put into practice. The University of Guelph’s Owen Roberts moderates a panel from the agricultural media, social media, public relations agencies and associations, looking at ethical challenges in the trenches – in our jobs as editors, freelancers, PR practitioners and ag communications professionals.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Growing big ears through social media, John Taylor of JTMarComm


Social media tools are increasingly being used to broadcast messages to an array of audiences. But communications can travel both ways. Social media consultants John and Christine Taylor of JTMarComm will guide you though mining intelligence with the latest online tools.

The internet connection dropped in the middle of John's session so please be sure to watch Part 2 of his presentation here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/16239226

Integrating digital media into your marketing efforts and measuring ROI with Shelly Kramer


You are who Google says you are and you are what you’re able to deliver – whether it’s on the web, through various social media, or in the hand. Half marketer, half tech geek, V3 Integrated Marketing founder Shelly Kramer will show you how to strategically develop your digital media program with goals and results in mind…before you go off creating apps, Facebook pages or Twitter accounts. You’ll also learn how to measure your success in terms of ROI.

Note: Shelly promised to put her presentation up on her SlideShare account after AMS so make sure to check it out: http://www.slideshare.net/ShellyKramer

Monday, July 25, 2011

Strategic Tweeting with Christine Taylor of JTMarCom Consulting

Used correctly, Twitter can be a powerful tool in supporting your personal and company brands. Social media marketing experts John and Christine Taylor of JTMarCom Consulting in Nashville, Tenn., will show you how.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Live Streaming at Ag Media Summit!

Can't make it to Ag Media Summit in NOLA this year?  Or missed a workshop that you wanted to attend?  We will be live streaming sessions each day so you won't miss out!  Visit our Ustream channel at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ag-media-summit to see upcoming streams and previous recordings.

Sessions that will be live streamed:
Sunday, July 24:
  • 2:00-3:30pm - Ultimate Teams - Five A's, Nick Lowery, Kansas City Chiefs Hall of
    Famer
Monday, July 25:
  • Block 1 (8:30-10:00am) - Strategic Tweeting, John and Christine Taylor of JTMarCom Consulting
  • Block 2 (10:15-11:30am) - Growing big ears through social media, John and Christine Taylor of JTMarComm
  • Block 3 (1:00-2:15pm) - Cross Channel Marketing: What it is, why it works, and how to use it, Steve Hall of Boelte-Hall
  • Block 4 (2:30-4:00pm) - Integrating digital media into your marketing efforts and measuring ROI, Shelly Kramer of V3 Integrated Marketing
Tuesday, July 26:
  • Block 1 (10:15-11:45am) - Ethics in the trenches: Case studies and solutions, Owen Roberts of The University of Guelph
  • Block 2 (3:15-4:30pm) - Depth and impact: Make your writing shine!, K.C. Compton of Mother Earth News

Nick Lowery: Ultimate Teams - Five A's


Former NFL All-Pro Nick Lowery explores his personal story of turning adversity into victory.
Lowery’s pro football career started with a long string of trades before he kicked into high gear to
become the NFL’s record holder for the most field goals of all time. A Kansas City Chiefs Hall of
Famer, philanthropist, poet, and Harvard graduate, Lowery will share several of his secrets to success,
including:
  • Attitude - an attitude of self-determination pervades the individual “kicker” and the team that puts him in position to put it through the uprights, which represent the big “goal” and higher purpose that all win from.
  • Angels - the “kick-ass” leader is always looking for those who mentor and bring out his/her best.
  • Accountable - being able to measure your success and write down your goals ensures reality checks and constant improvement.
  • Art - the answers are already inside us. The Art is already in the marble. It’s our job to get out of the way!
  • Alive - find meaning through Passion and Focus. You’ll learn how the winless San Carlos Apache tribe football team never lost another game after applying this lesson.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Depth and impact: Make your writing shine!


Tuesday, July 26
3:15 to 4:30 p.m.

K.C. Compton from GRIT magazine, will share techniques to improve the depth and impact of your writing. Explore inventive leads, narrative tension and internal transitions, as well as the importance – and perils – of pursuing tone and voice. In addition to better stories, you’ll improve editor-writer communications from the assignment to the final edit.

Registration is online: www.agmediasummitregistration.com.

Can't attend the Ag Media Summit? Watch it live online: www.ustream.tv/channel/ag-media-summit.

Need more information: www.agmediasummit.com.

About K.C. Compton

K.C. Compton is an executive editor of Natural Home & Garden, GRIT and Capper’s magazines and editor in chief of The Herb Companion magazine. She has worked for several years as a newspaper reporter, columnist and editor in the Rocky Mountains and came to Kansas in 2001 as managing editor for a sister publication, Mother Earth News. GRIT and Capper’s are two of the country’s oldest publications (Grit since 1882 and Capper’s since 1879). Having sold GRIT as a kid growing up in rural Oklahoma, she is proud to have been the editor who oversaw its transition from struggling newspaper format to the full-color bimonthly magazine on the stands today. Her essays have been published in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and her freelance articles have been published in numerous magazines. K.C has taught workshops on writing, reporting and editing, bearing in mind her past experiences as a participant in such workshops over the years.

Ethics in the trenches: Case studies and solutions


Tuesday, July 26
10:15 – 11:45 a.m.

This lively session addresses real-world ethical dilemmas that professionals encounter today, how they recognize them, and how they resolve them. Get a deeper appreciation for what the AAEA Code of Ethics means when it’s put into practice. The University of Guelph’s Owen Roberts moderates a panel from the agricultural media, social media, public relations agencies and associations, looking at ethical challenges in the trenches – in our jobs as editors, freelancers, PR practitioners and ag communications professionals.

Registration is online: www.agmediasummitregistration.com.

Can't attend the Ag Media Summit? Watch it live online: www.ustream.tv/channel/ag-media-summit.

Need more information: www.agmediasummit.com.

About Own Roberts

Owen Roberts is the director of research communications at the University of Guelph and is also an agri-food columnist for the Guelph Daily Mercury and other agri-food publications. Owen founded a program called Students Promoting Awareness of Research Knowledge (SPARK) this program has been introduced by 20 other Canadian universities. While SPARK receives much recognition, Owen was personally recognized by the Ontario Instituted of Agrologists and named an honorary professional agrologist.

Two Plus Two Rarely Equals Four


Monday, July 25
2:30 to 4 p.m.

It hardly gets better than this — a veteran ag journalist combining vision, imagination and a wealth of experiences directed toward exploring your professional future. Fred Myers has flown mostly under the radar for 54 years while being involved in about every aspect of ag journalism ranging from routine to “impossible.” Prepare to listen closely, think deeply and ask questions. Fred guarantees you will gain at least one life-changing idea you can use in the years ahead.

Registration is online: www.agmediasummitregistration.com.

Can't attend the Ag Media Summit? Watch it live online: www.ustream.tv/channel/ag-media-summit.

Need more information: www.agmediasummit.com.

Fred Myers began his ag journalism career 54 years ago when he graduated from Purdue with a degree in agriculture but without any journalism training or experience.

Since then, however, he has been involved with almost every aspect of ag journalism including editorial staff positions on a farm magazine, a corporate agribusiness magazine and the communication arm of an agricultural research center. He has had an equally intense and tandem career as a freelance writer and photographer serving a wide range of national clients.

Fred's expertise ranges from magazines, newsletters, public relations and technical editing to photography, audio visual production and book publishing. He has also been a teacher, a manager and a consultant.

He has traveled in 73 percent of all the counties in the U.S. plus 18 countries and went around the world in an achievement included in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Fred strives for excellence and has written much about professional improvement in ag journalism. In fact, within the last few weeks he has published a book of all his writings on that subject. The book is available here during the AMS.

Those who have known him best during his 49 years as an AAEA member, recognize his uncanny ability to visualize the future.

Monday, July 11, 2011

Cross-Channel Marketing

Monday, July 25
1 to 2:15 p.m.

Cross channel marketing campaigns allow businesses to create relevant messages that engage the audience in ways traditional methods can’t. Steve Hall, Chief Executive of Boelte-Hall, will discuss the difference between cross channel marketing and multi-channel marketing, explain why and how cross channel marketing works, and give examples from award-winning cross-channel campaigns – including a 2010 AMS campaign.

Registration is online: www.agmediasummitregistration.com.

Can't attend the Ag Media Summit? Watch it live online: www.ustream.tv/channel/ag-media-summit.

Need more information: www.agmediasummit.com.

About Steve Hall


After spending many years declining to join his dad at Boelte-Hall, Steve finally agreed to a temporary position there when one of his fellow band members took time off for surgery on his vocal cords. He learned to sweep the floor and how to imprint real estate brochures with franchise addresses on a Heidelberg windmill. Much to Steve's dismay, he's still working at Boelte-Hall over 30 years later. Most of his efforts involve constantly changing what the company does.

Steve was among the founders of the Covalent User's Group and served as its president for over 10 years. He also served as president of his regional PIA group.

Although he was inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame in 2007, he will admit that his high school drum ensemble was defeated on The Original Ted Mack Amateur Hour by a woman who could bend over backwards and pick up a handkerchief with her teeth.

Miraculously, he is married to an award-winning television news reporter. Together they have traveled much of the world by bicycle, and also jointly lead an annual medical mission trip to serve Haitian sugar cane cutters and their families in the Dominican Republic. Steve and his wife live in Leawood, Kansas with their dog, Angel.

Growing Big Ears with Social Media

Monday, July 25
10:15-11:30 a.m.

Social media tools are increasingly being used to broadcast messages to an array of audiences. But communications can travel both ways. Social media consultants John and Christine Taylor of JTMarComm will guide you through mining intelligence with the latest online tools.

More about John and Christine Taylor.

Registration is online: www.agmediasummitregistration.com.

Can't attend the Ag Media Summit? Watch it live online: www.ustream.tv/channel/ag-media-summit.

Need more information: www.agmediasummit.com.

Strategic Tweeting

Monday, July 25
8:30 to 10 a.m.

Used correctly, Twitter can be a powerful tool in supporting your personal and company brands. Social media marketing experts John and Christine Taylor of JTMarCom Consulting in Nashville, Tenn., will show you how.

Register now for Ag Media Summit: www.agmediasummitregistration.com

Can't attend? Watch this session live online: www.ustream.tv/channels/ag-media-summit

Looking for more information: www.agmediasummit.com

About the speakers

JTMarCom with a combined five decades of marketing, sales and entrepreneur experience was founded in January 2009. Supported by a cadre of some of the industry’s brightest professionals, JTMarCom integrates traditional marketing experience with expertise in the latest social media technologies. More about JTMarCom.

John Taylor
@JTwithJTMarCom
John Taylor has just about seen it all in his 28-year career that began as a journalist and has included extensive experience in both the corporate and agency worlds.

He developed his writing chops at The Nashville Banner where he covered the police beat for several years. After stints in government and public relations, he eventually joined Trone, Inc., in High Point, NC. At Trone, he continued to work in the tire industry, playing an instrumental role in creating and implementing a grassroots dealer program and Hispanic marketing program for Uniroyal Tire. In 2008, John served as PR director for one of the Southeast’s largest agencies — Erwin-Penland, a Hill Holliday Agency, in Greenville, SC.

Christine Taylor
@ChrisGTaylor

Christine, Vice President of New Media Marketing for JTMarCom, has worked in the corporate, government and nonprofit sectors, as well as run her own promotional merchandise firm. She is a master networker who is now helping our clients interact with their customers, develop new customers and strengthen their brands with incredibly powerful Social Media tools such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Today it’s Twitter. What’s next? Christine helps JTMarCom clients stay on the leading edge of Social Media technology.

Christine was director of development and fundraising for the Arthritis Foundation of Middle Tennessee before joining Mental Health Management of America as director of marketing. Christine then embarked into a successful sales career in promotional merchandise, helping multi-national companies with corporate gifts, branded clothing and fulfillment/incentive programs. This led Christine to join the entrepreneurial ranks by opening Taylored Promotions, a promotional merchandise firm that she sold when the Taylors moved to North Carolina in 2000. Christine honed her skills in Social Media Marketing while building a real estate practice in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Thank you sponsors!


Tuesday, July 5, 2011

NFL Great Nick Lowery headlines Ag Media Summit

Ultimate Teams - Five As
Sunday, July 24, 2-3:30 p.m.

Join former NFL All-Pro Nick Lowery for a personal exploration of turning adversity into victory.

Lowery’s pro football career started with a long string of trades before he kicked into high gear to become the NFL’s record holder for the most field goals of all time. A Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Famer, philanthropist, poet, and Harvard graduate, Lowery will share several of his secrets to success, including:
  • Attitude - an attitude of self-determination pervades the individual “kicker” and the team that puts him in position to put it through the uprights, which represent the big “goal” and higher purpose that all win from.
  • Angels - the “kick-ass” leader is always looking for those who mentor and bring out his/her best.
  • Accountable - being able to measure your success and write down your goals ensures reality checks and constant improvement.
  • Art - the answers are already inside us. The art is already in the marble. It’s our job to get out of the way!
  • Alive - find meaning through passion and focus. You’ll learn how the winless San Carlos Apache tribe football team never lost another game after applying this lesson.
Registration is online: www.agmediasummitregistration.com.

Can't attend the Ag Media Summit? Watch it live online: www.ustream.tv/channel/ag-media-summit.

Need more information: www.agmediasummit.com.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Live from New Orleans - It's Ag Media Summit!

News doesn’t break anymore, it tweets. And conferences are not just conducted in person, they’re broadcast live online. Ag Media Summit is no exception.

Six sessions from the summit will be broadcast live online from New Orleans. If you can’t attend or have coworkers who can’t attend, the sessions can be viewed live online at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ag-media-summit. Streaming video participants will be able to chat online with a moderator or other viewers and ask questions. The sessions will also be recorded and archived on the Ag Media Summit social media hub (http://agmediasummit.blogspot.com).

Monday, July 25
8:30 to 10 a.m. - Strategic Tweeting
Used correctly, Twitter can be a powerful tool in supporting your personal and company brands. Social media marketing experts John and Christine Taylor of JTMarCom Consulting in Nashville, Tenn., will show you how.

10:15 to 11:30 a.m. – Growing Big Ears through Social Media
Social media tools are increasingly being used to broadcast messages to an array of audiences. But communications can travel both ways. Social media consultants John and Christine Taylor of JTMarComm will guide you through mining intelligence with the latest online tools.

1 to 2:15 p.m. – Cross-Channel Marketing
Cross channel marketing campaigns allow businesses to create relevant messages that engage the audience in ways traditional methods can’t. Steve Hall, Boelte-Hall CEO, will discuss the difference between cross channel marketing and multi-channel marketing, explain why and how cross channel marketing works, and give examples from award-winning cross channel campaigns – including a 2010 AMS campaign.

2:30 to 4 p.m. – Two Plus Two Rarely Equals Four
It hardly gets better than this — a veteran ag journalist combining vision, imagination and a wealth of experiences directed toward exploring your professional future. Fred Myers has flown mostly under the radar for 54 years while being involved in about every aspect of ag journalism ranging from routine to “impossible.” Prepare to listen closely, think deeply and ask questions. Fred guarantees you will gain at least one life-changing idea you can use in the years ahead.

Tuesday, July 26

10:15 – 11:45 a.m. – Ethics in the trenches: Case studies and solutions
This lively session addresses real-world ethical dilemmas that professionals encounter today, how they recognize them, and how they resolve them. Get a deeper appreciation for what the AAEA Code of Ethics means when it’s put into practice. The University of Guelph’s Owen Roberts moderates a panel from the agricultural media, social media, public relations agencies and associations, looking at ethical challenges in the trenches – in our jobs as editors, freelancers, PR practitioners and ag communications professionals.

3:15 to 4:30 p.m. – Depth and impact: Make your writing shine!
David Schimke, editor-in-chief of the Utne Reader, will share techniques to improve the depth and impact of your writing. Explore inventive leads, narrative tension and internal transitions, as well as the importance – and perils – of pursuing tone and voice. In addition to better stories, you’ll improve editor-writer communications from the assignment to the final edit.

Keep up with Ag Media Summit online – find out more about speakers, InfoExpo and happenings at the summit – check out the social media hub (http://agmediasummit.blogspot.com), follow our twitter feed: @AgMediaSummit and join our Facebook group. Follow or comment on the conference by using the twitter hashtag #AgMS.

See you in New Orleans, or at least online for the streaming video sessions!

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Ag Media Summit InfoExpo Breaks Record

CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (May 24, 2011) – The Agricultural Media Summit’s InfoExpo trade show is now sold out, with a record 83 exhibit spaces filled. Not only is it a record high, this is also the earliest the show has ever been sold out.

Ag Media Summit is the largest U.S. gathering of the ag industry’s top editors, writers, photographers, publishers and ag communicator specialists, and will be held this year in New Orleans, La., July 23-27.

"The interest in InfoExpo illustrates the value our industry partners place on the Ag Media Summit,” said Karen Simon, director of communications for the Iowa Soybean Association, who chairs this year’s conference. “We greatly appreciate the support of those who exhibit at Ag Media Summit, as well as the hard work of the committee who works so diligently to fill the show each year.”

Ag Media Summit is a joint meeting of the American Agricultural Editors’ Association, Livestock Publications Council and American Business Media Agri-Council. This industry-wide gathering of agricultural communicators offers one of the best opportunities for professional improvement and industry networking. Visit www.agmediasummit.com for more information.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Jazz it Up!


If you’re looking for the best place to promote your company or organization’s products and services, then you’ll want to be at the 13th Annual Ag Media Summit in New Orleans, Louisiana July 23-27, 2011. This annual get-together, the largest meeting in the United States of the ag industry’s top writers, editors, photographers, publishers and ag communicator specialists, begins with pre-meeting tours on Saturday, July 23, followed by the AMS program July 24-27. We invite you to participate as a sponsor or an exhibitor at our InfoExpo or both, and be a part of this important agricultural media event.

ThE AG MEDIA SUMMIT is a joint meeting of the American Agricultural Editors’ Association, the Livestock Publications Council and the American Business Media Agri-Council. This industry-wide gathering of agricultural communicators offers one of the best opportunities for professional improvement and industry networking. More than 600 attend this event each year, and the InfoExpo annually exceeds 75 booths.

Hotel Information
Marriott New Orleans Downtown
555 Canal St.
New Orleans, Louisiana

For reservations call (800) 266-9432 or (506) 474-2009
Room rate: $135

Reservations: https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=3105540