By Kenna Rathai, 2022 AMS Steering Committee Chair Do you have it in your calendar yet? The 2022 Ag Media Summit will be July 16-20, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Thanks to broadhead for designing the logo based on input from the AMS Steering Committee. And — thank you to our steering committee members who help … Read More
By Rob Mattson, AAEA Member Trying to find a quote that adequately describes the unseen wind in the portrait “Russ Jackson,” I settled on one from author Tracy Rees: “The wind whispered secrets in its own incomprehensible language.” Now imagine being at a death metal concert, complete with mosh pits, unintelligible words and standing right … Read More
By Rachel Peabody, AAEA Association Comms SIG Co-Chair As a communicator who has recently navigated the exciting, but sometimes choppy, waters of an association rebrand, I can tell you that the whole exercise was a much-needed exercise in reputation management. We talk a lot about membership at associations and how to best resonate with our … Read More
By Jamie Cole, AAEA 2021-22 Board of Directors Member I remember a couple of years ago having a discussion with a fellow member about my slow, inevitable slide to the “dark side.” I think I was a little bummed—just being honest here—about my “member status” changing within the organization after 20-plus years of membership. I … Read More
AAEA Member Thomas Dodge chronicles his prolific photojournalism career in new book By Thomas Dodge, AAEA Member, Photojournalist and Author Early March 2020 was the last time we had Friday night openings at our Santa Fe galleries. Within the week, everything in this tourist town was shut down—hotels, restaurants, museums, galleries. Most people hunkered down … Read More
By Gil Gullickson, 2019-2020 AAEA President A Twitter buddy of mine who farms in northeastern South Dakota had a good point the other day when he tweeted: Once the pandemic is behind us, will ads start referring to the present as these “certain” or “unchallenging” times? I wish we could. Then again, thinking of “certain” … Read More