The latest and final version of the program for this year’s Congress is now ready for you to download and view.
Just click on this link: IFAJ Congress/Ag Media Summit Final Program (5.2MB pdf)
We hope you’ve got your registration in and are looking forward to a great event in Texas!
Next week you will be receiving an e-mail describing the final details of our tours for Saturday, Aug. 1 and on Tuesday, Aug. 4th. It will be extremely important that as soon as you receive this you respond back to your buddy with your choice. All of the tours are going to be very interesting and well worth your time, but when each one is filled up, then you may have to move to another one. Watch for this e-mail coming to your mailbox soon!
Oh and also, if you have not made your travel plans and can still go on one of the FANTASTIC post-Congress tours, there is still room but we need to know soon! Think about it and let us know if you still want to see a close up view of South Texas, West Texas or East/Central Texas.
Some of you have asked for the address and phone number for the headquarters hotel during the IFAJ Congress and Ag Media Summit. Here it is: Worthington Renaissance Hotel, 200 Main Street, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, 76102; Telephone: 817-870-1000 (country code 011). Check it out, I think you’ll like it! http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/dfwdt-renaissance-worthington-hotel-fort-worth/
We’re working on arrangements for your arrivals so it is very important to get your flight arrival day/time and airline flight numbers to us. By now you should have been contacted by your “buddy” from the U.S. planning committee and you can send your information to them. Not sure who your buddy is? Let me know and I’ll make sure you get connected. They are available to you as you have questions about ANYTHING for the Congress, travel, weather, what to wear…and on and on! The days are bringing us closer to a fabulous event! Questions? Write a comment for everyone or click here: dianej@flash.net
Hello IFAJ members. How many of you are tweeting? If you are then follow IFAJ. You can find us online at @IFAJ.
We set up the account to write about this year’s Congress and help get the word out. We’ll try to post more frequently on Twitter than here on the blog. So, feel free to follow.
For you Twitter experts, please use the #IFAJ hashtag in your posts on Twitter. That will make it easy for all of us to follow along with all that’s being said about IFAJ in the Twitterverse.
There are still ways to get involved and help the IFAJ/AMS committee in making this the best IFAJ Congress/Ag Media Summit it can possibly be – both for those who attend, and those unable to attend.
If you’re planning to attend one of the interesting news maker sessions or one of the sure-to-be-productive professional development workshops (there are nearly 35 in all this year!), why not let other members in on the secrets you learn? We are looking for volunteers who will be attending these sessions to write up summaries of key points and highlights for future newsletters. Since so many members are unable to attend the conference, but will benefit greatly from these contributions. Please contact Kenna Rathai, kenna.rathai@kbrcommunications.com, if you’re willing to help.
We are also still looking for “buddy” volunteers to help our IFAJ global attendees feel comfortable before and during their visit. Contact Becky Terry if you are interested, becky@showboatco.com.