by AgCommNetwork | Mar 13, 2025 | Professional Development, The ByLine
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor Ba-da-bah-da-bah….join agricultural communications professionals for a day of networking, professional development and skill-building in Chicago at the McDonald’s Headquarters that will leave you saying, “I’m Lovin’ It”. This one-day...
by AgCommNetwork | Mar 13, 2025 | Awards, Professional Development, The ByLine
Get your entries ready, because the ACN Communications Awards Contest is open on Reviewr, and will remain open through Friday, April 25. New this year: there is a late fee for submissions after that deadline; each entry will increase 20%. The final deadline is 11:59...
by AgCommNetwork | Feb 14, 2025 | The ByLine, Webinar, What I Learned, Writing
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor Three ACN members participated in the January webinar, “Behind the Scenes.” The hour-long session is available to members here; we’ve touched on a few highlights that helped turn each story from good to great. Lesson One: Persistence...
by AgCommNetwork | Feb 13, 2025 | The ByLine
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor When you’ve been in this business for a while, coincidences occur. I’ve stood in line at airport gates during vacations and seen people I’ve interviewed years before; I’ve been to a cafe in western Kansas where a gentleman was reading an...
by AgCommNetwork | Feb 13, 2025 | Professional Development, The ByLine
By Jessie Scott, member, ACN Board of Directors Last year, I shared five things I learned during my first year as editor in chief at Successful Farming. I stopped the article at five to keep it from getting too lengthy, but there were several other lessons I had...
by AgCommNetwork | Jan 10, 2025 | News, The ByLine
By Joel Reichenberger, member, ACN Board of Directors Last year, 2024, will always be “the year of the move” in my family, as we left Steamboat Springs, Colorado for a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania suburb. Anyone who’s talked to or been on a call with me in the last year...
