Recruits complete boot camp.Over 80 attendees completed the Agri-Marketing Boot Camp Software from Apple that enables an Intel x86-based Macintosh to host the Windows XP operating system. Boot Camp is used to divide the hard disk into Windows and Mac partitions, to install the necessary drivers and to create a dual boot environment. held August 17-19 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). . Survey responses rated the event extremely high. The 2005 Boot Camp was the second annual event and met with even higher reviews than the first event. All speakers received at least a four on a six-point scale and 92% said it was worth their time and money. Attendees had this to say ... "I thought it was informative and I know I learned things that will be helpful in the future." --Michael Berry, Osborn & Barr Comm. "I had a great time and definitely was able to bring something back to my company." --Sarah Clemenson, Conklin Company "As someone relatively new to the arena of ag marketing, 1 walked away from Boot Camp with information I needed to help me make smart choices in advertising, direct mailing, and other forms of communications. --Betsy Francoeur, Landmark Services Cooperative Beth Burgy, Broadhead + Company, headed the committee for the second year and worked tirelessly to make sure the event went off without a hitch. The day and a half long event was attended by 25 non-NAMA members, four of which have joined as a result of the Boot Camp. Featured speakers included Charlene Finck, Farm Journal; Gene Brown, UMKC UMKC University of Missouri-Kansas City ; Dr. Bruce Bullock Bruce John Bullock (born May 9, 1949 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who spent parts of three seasons in the National Hockey League in the 1970s with the Vancouver Canucks. , University of Missouri-Columbia; Monty Miller, Intl. Performance Solutions, LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability . In addition, there were several panel discussions including a producer panel, a client panel and an agency panel. The MoKan Chapter 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. hosted an optional Ag Tour August 17, and over 40 people toured the Kansas City Board of Trade Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) The U.S.-based futures and options exchange for no. 2 red wheat futures and, options, Value Line Index futures and Mini Value Line futures and options. , SurGro, and Furbeck Farms. Attendees returned to the hotel in time to kick off the Boot Camp that evening. Survey results indicate this event should continue to be held every year. The 2006 Boot Camp committee, headed by Colleen Gerke, John Deere Agricultural Marketing Center, has set the dates for August 22-24, 2006 in Kansas City. Photos: 1) Producer Panel featuring from left: Larry Oltjen, Michael Amigoni, moderator Chuck Zimmerman and Brian Bogue. 2) Charlene Finck, Farm Journal presents the "Trends in Agriculture" session. 3) Monty Miller, International Performance Solutions, LTD, gives the basics of business etiquette. 4) Ag Tour attendees check out equipment at Furbeck Farms. 5) Agency Panel from left: Jim Gresham, Adculture Group; 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; Cliff Becker, Vance Publishing, panel moderator; and Max Wenck, Morgan&Myers. 6) Ag Tour attendees take a break for lunch. [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] |
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