AgChat session 6/08/2010

Question 1:

What info do people most want to get via SM? What frustrates them?

Question 2:

How can researchers most effectively share their findings with #farmers and other #ag professionals?

Question 3:

What social media methods (SM) are being used in agriculture? How prevalent is SM in #agriculture vs. other industries?

Question 4:

We skipped Q4 because your moderator is really slow after speaking 6 hours today. 🙂 Sorry.

Question 5:

How do users partition SM use between communication, management and #agvocacy?

Question 6:

Should SM be used to network b2b or promote & market companies? Can both be accomplished? How effectively?

Question 7:

Are farm women more likely to use SM than men? How do women use SM to connect across rural/urban divides?

Question 8:

There have been several university surveys in SM. What are the results? What needs to be asked?

Question 9:

How are farmers using SM in the field? ie SM as true work TOOL rather than Communication Tool?

Question 10:

What are opposing campaigns/organizations saying on SM?

Question 11:

What is the one executable idea you’ll be working on as a result of this conversation?

Thanks to Truffle Media for archiving this
week’s chat