Notes from call. She described the audience and the content / engagement types really clearly. My notes are here. We’re thinking about integrating calls for content into the monthly calls, and we’ll be discussing it in our upcoming yearly planning meeting also. If some of these are interesting to you, feel free to comment here with ideas!
PS Jamie is ASA’s Member Coordinator.
Audience
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ASA, CSSA, SSSA Members - 8k members
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Certified Crop Advisors - 12k members
Engagement Opportunities
Innovation Roundtable
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Frequency: Monthly
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Audience: other ASA CSSA, SSSA Corporate members + Jamie
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Length: 1 hour
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Content: Decide direction on who gets the webinars, what’s important to present to the community, what people’s feedback is, etc.
This is important to be active in!
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Working Groups: Webinars/Events, Content/Comms, Professional Development/Mentorship
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How to submit: NA (just show up) Jamie to fwd the calendar invite.
Internship Posting / Job Postings
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Frequency: as needed
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Audience: ASA, CSSA, SSSA and CCA members
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Content: Any kinds of internship postings that would be relevant, as many as you want the portal (?) Also can submit professional development blog content for the website below.
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How to submit: through portal (?) Email Jamie for discount code for 1 free ad. https://careerplacement.org/
CSA News
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Frequency: ongoing
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Audience: Goes to ASA, CSSA, SSSA Members
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Content: Very open - always looking for content that the ASA, CSSA, SSSA Audience would be interested in. Single articles, series, etc. Ex. “10 open source tools you’ve never heard of…”
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How to submit: Present to Jamie to review, then the editorial board reviews. Send to Jamie or submit directly here: https://www.sciencesocieties.org/publications/csa-news/about/submission-guidelines
Crops & Soils Magazine
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Frequency: ongoing
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Audience: CCAs and practitioners
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Content: Open (More practitioner content vs. scientific and technical like CSA News)
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How to submit: https://www.sciencesocieties.org/publications/crops-soils/about/submission-guidelines
ASA, CSSA, SSSA Editorial Board: Become a peer reviewer for the Peer Review Scientific Publications
- Volunteer position, but they are always looking, ask Jamie or subscribe to different publications and reach out to editorial board directly. https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
Webinars
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Frequency: 4 per month
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Audience: ASA and/or CCA, large attendance (100s) and not interactive
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Length: 1 hour (15 m Q&A)
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Content: Must be educational to be free. Open source software, or free options, are considered educational
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How to submit: Present to Jamie to review
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Speaker Needed for webinar, “Emerging technologies and their career implications” - tentative April 21 at 11am
CCA Connect
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Frequency: as needed / as interest allows
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Audience: ASA and/or CCA, smaller attendance but interactive (‘fireside’ style, feedback, etc.)
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Length: 1 hour
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Content: Get feedback on a beta test, show a free open source tool, ask people questions or do a survey, etc.
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How to submit: Present to Jamie to review
Sustainable Agronomy Conference
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Frequency: One time in July
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Audience: 4k people (public)
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Every Wednesday in July
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Content: Several topics for this year
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Resilient Adaptive Systems
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AI Precision Ag
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Nutrient Biological Inputs
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Economics and Beyond Row Crops