AgChat Announces Farmer-Oriented Social Media
Farmers from even the most remote small towns are engaging life-long city dwellers in stories of their farm through social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. These conversations are at the core of building understanding of agriculture by the 98 percent of Americans not living on the farm. Improving individual effectiveness is the goal of the AgChat Foundation’s first training session to help farmers be more effective in telling their personal story. The conference will be held August 30-31 in Chicago.
The planned agenda includes:• Bridging Basic Communications with Social Media
• Community Building for Twitter and Facebook
• Extending your community beyond ag
• Creating effective content for YouTube and blogs
Mid-level social media users are targeted to participate. To apply, go to the foundation’s website www.agchat.org. The Foundation is working with sponsors to keeps costs manageable, organizations interested in sponsoring sessions or farmer-attendees can contact info@agchat.org.
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