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March 27th, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Heidi H. Nelson, Harvest PR 503-880-6313 / heidi@harvest-pr.com Agvocacy 2.0 Encourages Farmers to Get Techie at 2012 Event AgChat Foundation’s annual social media training set for August in Kansas City March 28, 2012 – In its third year, the AgChat Foundation’s Agvocacy 2.0 event is poised to be its most
Tags: Agvocacy 2.0, conference, social media training
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June 23rd, 2011
As someone who has been active on Twitter, I have always looked forward to Tuesday night’s #agchat conversations from the very first invitation. When the announcement was made last year that there would be an AgChat Foundation social media conference, I knew I wanted to go – but I had questions.
Tags: #ACFC11, advocacy, AgChat, agchat foundation, agvocacy, Agvocacy 2.0, farm, farmers, social media, social media training, twitter
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June 21st, 2011
I was very fortunate to have gotten involved with the AgChat Foundation last spring by volunteering on the Agvocacy 2.0 Training Conference Committee for planning last summer’s event in Chicago, Ill. While working with the other members of the committee, I thought we had planned a terrific conference and I was right. I will have
Tags: #ACFC11, #AgEduChat, advocacy, AgChat, agchat foundation, agriscience, agvocacy, Agvocacy 2.0, blogs, education, farm, farmers, social media, social media training, Teach Ag, teachers, teaching, training, twitter
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June 20th, 2011
Take agvocating to the next level Attending #ACFC10 (or the AgChat Foundation Conference in 2010 for those still getting used to Twitter-speak!) brought some changes to my social media (SM) exposure and interaction. It all started with the purchase of my Blackberry. Going to the conference meant I had a reason (although maybe not a
Tags: #ACFC11, advocacy, AgChat, agchat foundation, Agricluture and Social Media, agvocacy, Agvocacy 2.0, facebook, farm, farmers, social media, social media training, training, twitter
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March 20th, 2011
At SXSW, Emily Zweber (twitter, blog), Jeff Fowle (twitter, blog), Chris Chinn (twitter, blog), and Zach Hunnicutt (twitter) share how farmers are using social and new media to bridge the gap between the 2% of the population who are farmers, and the remaining 98% of people who are not. The panel, moderated by Marla Schulman, are all family
Tags: Agvocacy 2.0, sxsw, SXSW panels
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