Posts Tagged ‘professional speaker’
Colliding Worlds: Cows, Microphones & Cute Shoes
What is a professional speaker, anyhow? And why does it matter to agriculture? Michele has learned that passion connects different worlds and explains how she once shied away from talking with other speakers about food and farming. She also asks you for help in telling the story this Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. Eastern – and yes, there is a picture of shoes.
Read MoreInfecting People
What are you putting into people? What are you infecting them with? Guest blogger Scott Ginsberg “That Nametag Guy” offers ideas on infecting people to build support for your cause. Michele cites Scott as a writer with the ability to touch your mind and your heart – great lessons for agriculture.
Read MoreFarmers Share Social Media Success
Ever had a cow lick your video camera? Wonder why a farmer tweets? Want to know how the agricultural community is REALLY using tools such as Twitter, Facebook and video blogs. Certified Speaking Professional Michele Payn spends time talking on camera with farmers about how they have benefited from social media.
Read MoreWhy Engage in Facebook, YouTube, Twitter?
Leadership in agricultural advocacy through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Linkedin and other tools is becoming increasingly critical! Facebook is now about the same size of the U.S population with 300 million users. Hopefully that spells opportunity to you – watch professional agricultural speaker give you some quick video cliffnotes on how agriculture can benefit.
Read MoreCircles of Influence
A lesson in walking my talk, even in the speaking profession. We all know the statistics of how few people are actively engaged in farming – it takes EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US to “talk agriculture” in our professional circles. You never know when you’ll give someone a nugget that will change the way they look at food production or act as a defense mechanism when anti-ag groups attack. I had one of the attendees from the March workshop stop me in the hallway yesterday to tell me that he’s thought of the dairy farm economic crisis every time he buys milk – because of the information I shared.This lesson has continued to be reinforced as several of my speaker buddies connect with me on Twitter and now have a firsthand view of facts and my passion related to the business of raising food, feed, fuel and fiber. People appreciate passion, even if they don’t fully “get” what you do.
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