by AgCommNetwork | Feb 9, 2024 | Freelance, Member Resources, Professional Development, What I Learned, Writing
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor More seasoned members of this group will recall the days when editors used a “cassette recorder” to record interviews. Transcribing these cassettes was painstaking and arguably the worst part of agricultural communications. When I was...
by Ashlyn Rochester | Feb 9, 2024 | Events, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Ashlyn Rochester, ACN Communications Specialist In honor of Black History Month and injunction with our new DEI initiative, we are celebrating and sharing five Black innovators in agriculture. Henry Blair Blair (1807-1860) was an African American inventor who...
by AgCommNetwork | Feb 9, 2024 | AAEA News, Awards, Events, Member Resources, News, Professional Development, The ByLine, Travel
By Katie Knapp, International Committee Chair and ACN Board Member Would you like to go to Switzerland this summer, learn more about agriculture from a global perspective, AND level up your leadership skills? If so and you are 35 or younger as of December 31, 2024,...
by AgCommNetwork | Jan 12, 2024 | News, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor Peering into agriculture’s crystal ball for 2024 is an interesting exercise. At its heart, production agriculture is the production of food, fiber and fuel. And yet, if you do a Google search along the lines of “what’s in store for...
by AgCommNetwork | Nov 10, 2023 | Events, Member Resources, Past President's Thoughts, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
Five Takeaways from the ACN Regional Workshop By Bill Spiegel, ACN Past-President and Byline Editor Packing a bunch of information into a tiny writing hole on a layout is just, well, difficult. Years ago, Steve Werblow did what everyone would do in that situation: he...
by AgCommNetwork | Oct 13, 2023 | AAEA News, Professional Development, The ByLine
It’s Membership Renewal Season! By VJ Mayor, CAE, Assistant Executive Director, and Samantha Kilgore, Executive Director Membership renewal season is right around the corner. Starting November 1st, renew your ACN Membership at the Early Bird Rate and save $25 from...