Motivational Keynotes for Farm, Rural and Ag Conferences

Serving the needs for Agriculture, Associations and Corporations

Michele Payn-Knoper, Professional Speaker

Agriculture - Keynotes

Capture the spirit of agriculture with a speaker who inspires you to celebrate the industry, and share that celebration with others.

Michele, a lifelong agriculturist, started her business to give a voice to the people who feed the world. Her special keynote, filled with heartwarming and sometimes humorous stories about the agrifood business, resonates with a variety of groups - farmers/ranchers, Farm Bureau members, agribusiness professionals, fair associations and ag leadership programs. MPK is extremely popular as a conference kick-off or closing speaker and will leave your group energized and ready for "Celebrating Agriculture" as a way of life.

Michele offers two options for her keynote to be customized for your audience.

Celebrating Agriculture!

Kick your conference into high gear with this inspirational keynote. Michele helps dispel myths and uphold truths about the value of the agrifood business, as she empowers audience members to share their unique agricultural celebration with others. "Celebrating Agriculture" can be tailored to industry sectors, just as it has been for Monsanto, Iowa Association of Agricultural Educators, American Farm Bureau Federation and Rocky Mountain Association of Fairs. You'll learn:

    • 6 ½ reasons you should celebrate agriculture!
    • Why YOU are needed to face today's crisis in the agricultural industry.
    • How to successfully influence consumer, political and media groups.

Celebrating the People, Promise, & Passion of Agriculture

Encourages audiences to celebrate their unique role in agriculture and what's special about rural America. Groups including North Carolina Young Farmers and Delaware Women in Agriculture have utilized this dynamic presentation to look at all that's right in agriculture today. You'll learn:

    • The real promise of agriculture and how it can impact the world.
    • The power of your personal passion.
    • Leveraging trust in the ag industry to protect your bottom line.
    • Heartwarming stories about the human side of the agrifood business.

"Thank you for what you do - we all need to spend more time to speak out for agriculture; you reminded us of that and told us how to do it."
— Wisconsin Association of Fairs Member

Just announced - Michele now offers training for staking your claim with Web 2.0, focused on agricultural impact and opportunities.

Does the buzz about Facebook, LinkedIn, blogging, Ning, Twitter, YouTube and other online communities really matter to agriculture? Absolutely! Michele Payn-Knoper will explain 110 million reasons why you need to be engaged with social networking. You'll learn from her experiences with developing online communities and how social networks are impacting popular opinion about agriculture. This interactive session will give you a road map of how to get started with an online community, understand differences between the major sites and get started by staking your claim in Web 2.0. You may be surprised with your ability to farm the online community; Michele is an agricultural advocacy expert who is 100% self-taught in social media sites and believes agriculture needs to learn from others.

Webinars to be offered January 7 at 12:30 p.m. EST, January 13 at 7:00 p.m EST and January 21 at 7 p.m. EST. E-mail Michele or call 765.427.4426 for more information.

Check back for PayPal instructions soon; be ready to learn about online networks and why they're ripe with opportunity for agriculture!


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