Agricultural News
OWGA Exec Tim Bartram in Florida with Other Wheat Leaders for Training Event
Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:28:18 CDTTwelve wheat state association staff members and two NAWG staff members will head to Orlando, Fla., this week for the biennial state executives' training put on by the NAWG Foundation and generously sponsored by Syngenta. Oklahoma is being represented by Tim Bartram, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Wheat Growers Association.
This year's session will be held in association with DigitalNow, an annual conference organized by Fusion Productions and the Disney Institute to bring together association staff and volunteer leaders from around the country.
DigitalNow sessions span three days and cover the range of critical issues facing association leaders in the digital age, focusing on integrating leadership and membership concerns with emerging technology.
The conference includes a number of leadership and technology general sessions as well as seven workshop periods.
The wheat participants' experiences will be supplemented by two working dinners and a wheat-only session that will allow discussion of how the industry can apply the technology and ideas presented at the larger conference.
In addition to Tim Bartram- here are the other wheat execs who are at this week's conference:
Coreen Berdahl, membership director, Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers;
Tim Bartram, executive director, Oklahoma Wheat Growers Association;
Steelee Fischbacher, director of communications, Texas Wheat;
Aaron Harries, director of marketing, Kansas Wheat;
Marti Hubbs, executive director, Wyoming Wheat Growers Association;
Christina Hyre, communications and program director, Virginia Grain Producers Association;
Sheena Johnson, communications specialist, North Dakota Grain Growers Association;
Laura Knoth, executive director, Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association;
Glenda Mostek, communications and marketing director, Colorado Association of Wheat Growers;
Zoe Olson, executive director, Nebraska Wheat Growers Association;
Dwyane Siekman, executive director, Ohio Wheat Growers Association; and
Rick Vallery, executive director, South Dakota Wheat Incorporated.
They will be joined by NAWG CEO Dana Peterson and Director of Communications Melissa George Kessler, along with two representatives from Syngenta.
WebReadyTM Powered by WireReady®NSI
Top Agricultural News
More Headlines...
