Judges evaluate the best of the best.National Best of NAMA Na·ma n. pl. Nama or Na·mas 1. A member of a people of southwest Africa. 2. The Khoikhoin language of the Nama. judging took place February 19-20 in Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo., where 26 judges evaluated the top two entries in 71 categories from six regions. More than 450 entries were judged over a two-day period. The Best of NAMA / Golden ARC Awards, sponsored by the National Agri-Marketing Association, honor the best in agricultural marketing communications. Both companies and agencies submit their work for this competition, which is one of the tools used to evaluate creative marketing communications and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most success in the industry. The regional awards process began in October of 2003. Companies and agencies entered their work in the regional competition. Part of the regional entry fee was, in turn, returned to the chapter where the person submitting the entry is a member. Entries were then judged in one of six different regions. Overall, there were 1,230 entries in the six regions with more than 55 judges participating. These entries were evaluated over a three-day period in November in Kansas City. Regional judges are required to have at least three years of industry experience. First place and merit winners from each region were then eligible to advance to the national competition. National judges were required to have five years of industry experience. Public relations judging stretched over two days, since evaluating public relations entries can be extremely time consuming. In addition, judges provided written comments on these entries. These comments will be provided to entrants at a later date. Judges determine first place and merit winners in advertising and public relations. First place entries are then eligible for Best of Show awards, presented in the areas of Advertising, Public Relations and Specialty Categories. All awards will be presented at the Agri-Marketing Conference and Trade Show in Kansas City on April 14. BEST OF NAMA NATIONAL JUDGES Curt Blades, Successful Farming Marty Clark Leigh Ann Cleaver, BCS (1) (The British Computer Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, www.bcs.org) The chartered body for information technology professionals in the U.K., founded in 1957. Communications Glenn Dawes, AdFarm Greg Ehm, Two Rivers Marketing Group Greg Guse, Paulsen Marketing Randy Happel, Ayres Kahler Shirley Harrold-Albright, Craghead and Harrold Dana Hartong, Gibbs & Soell Deron Johnson, Brighton USA Phil Johnson, Colle+McVoy Terry Kipley, Oil-Dri Corporation Cheri Knoy, Vance Publishing Teres teres /te·res/ (te´rez) [L.] long and round. te·res adj. Being round and long. Used of certain muscles and ligaments. teres [L.] long and round. Lambert, Charleston|Orwig Jon Miducki, Meister Media Worldwide Linda Monslow, Osborn & Barr Communications Gary Myers, Morgan&Myers Margaret Patterson, AGCO AGCO Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario AGCO Anderson, Greenwood, & Company AGCO After Google Check-Out Doug Reynolds, SOLUTIONS Inc. Susan Rhode, American Angus Association The American Angus Association was founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1883, with 60 members. Its original name was shortened in the 1950s from the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association. Mimi Ricketts, National Corn Growers Association The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is a U.S. national organization founded in 1957, representing more than 33,000 dues-paying corn growers from 48 states and the interests of more than 300,000 farmers who contribute to corn checkoff programs in 20 states. Melissa Sandfort, NKH&W Inc. Greg Smith, Padilla Speer Beardsley Parker Stoner ston·er n. 1. One that stones. 2. Slang a. One who is habitually intoxicated by alcohol or drugs. b. One who is a delinquent or failure. , Swanson Russell Stephanie Sullivan, McCormick Company Krista Wolf, Growmark Inc. Special thanks to all the judges and companies that participated. |
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