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Overview
The purpose of the agricultural communications career development event is to excite and inspire students to develop basic skills relevant to the agricultural communications industry. Students will be equipped with strong communication skills and will have developed the ability to work collaboratively to effectively communicate and advocate for the industry of agricutlure.
Rules
Team members will work together to prepare a written media plan prior to State Leadership Conference. All written proposals should be submitted electronically to the FFA Enrichment Center by April 1st. The team will be responsible for presenting the plan at the state event and completing individual practicums.
Each school shall enter a team composed of four participants. Team members must all be members of the same FFA chapter. During the practicum portions of the event, one team member will be responsible for completing the opinionn writing activity, one team member will be responsible for completing the video production activity and one team member will be responsible for completing a web design activity.
Official FFA Dress if required for all participants.
All materials will be student produced and verified by the instructor/coach.
All portions of the event are closed. Only team members, judges and room chairpersons are allowed in the event rooms with the exception of the press conference.
Schedule the Iowa Agricultural Communications CDE will take place during the State Leadership Conference. Participants must report to the event site at the designated time and location.