Author Archives: Gary Moore

Why is the state degree FFA pin missing the eagle on top of it? The answer to that question and many other unusual questions about the FFA was covered in a presentation to the AEE 303 class earlier this week … Continue reading →

I enjoyed sharing my views about the importance of life-work balance with the senior agricultural education students at the University of Tennessee-Martin in November. Research shows the average agriculture teacher works 55-57 hours a week. Teacher educators in agriculture do … Continue reading →

The Smith-Hughes Act: Its Importance for Today. That was the title of the Zoom presentation to the Greenwood (PA) High School agriscience students. Millerstown, PA. Sept. 22. It was nice to reconnect with high school students. They asked some good … Continue reading →

This summer I have made live presentations with an audience and I have spoken to several groups via ZOOM. On August 7 I spoke at the Chautauqua Assembly via a prerecorded presentation which was a first. The Chautauqua Assembly is … Continue reading →

It was a joy to make a presentation to a live audience for a change. And it was fun educating those at the Fountain Park Chautauqua in Indiana about the history of toilet paper and all the other items used … Continue reading →

It was a pleasure speaking to a group of graduate students at the University of Missouri recently about the history of land grant colleges. I wish I could have made the presentation live instead of over ZOOM but it worked … Continue reading →

While I enjoy making presentations in person, using ZOOM technology is not that bad. I have recently spoken to two groups using ZOOM. In mid-April, I spoke to a cadre of younger professionals in career and technical education who are … Continue reading →

My last posting was about some of the diverse audiences I have addressed. This posting is about no audiences. Because of the pandemic created by the COVID-19 virus, six presentations that were to have occurred in March and April were … Continue reading →

One of the interesting things about being a speaker is the diversity of the audiences to which I speak and the diversity of the locations where I speak. Today I spoke to a group of 4-H agents who work in … Continue reading →

I don’t know if there is a real Margaritaville but I spent the weekend at the Margaritaville Lake Resort in Missouri on the Lake of the Ozarks. The occasion was the state meeting of the Missouri Farm Bureau’s Young Farmer … Continue reading →