WORKSHOP #2: NJ Farm Bureau Convention, Princeton NJ (Nov 16-17, 2015)

NJ FARM BUREAU CONVENTION​
OBJECTIVES – COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC SPEAKING. Improve on: presentation skills; conveying your message; and verbal and non-verbal behavior.  Also understanding NJ Agriculture and Farm Bureau.
DAY 1

• Farm Bureau Convention, overview – understanding NJ Agriculture and NJ Farm Bureau, Kurt Alstede.
• Communications Skills session – Regina Efimchik (Director, Rutgers Univ. School of Communication and Information).
• Farm Bureau Remarks.
• Fundraising – 50:50, Farm Bureau Lunch.

DAY 2

• Farm Bureau Resolutions

• Impromptu Speaking session – Regina Efimchik (Director, Rutgers Univ. School of Communication and Information).

• Young Farmers and Ranchers overview – Debbie Pribell (NJFB membership coordinator).
• Rutgers Cooperative Extension history – Jack Rabin (Associate Director, Farm Programs, NJAES, retired).
• Hot topics discussions, moderated by Kurt Alstede.  
• NJ Department of Agriculture, Secretary Douglas Fisher.