[VIDEO] GEAPS Director: Excited to Be Back in Person

Feed & GrainGEAPExchange Chats是了解正在发生的事情的最佳方式2022 GEAPS交易所和世博会今年在莫堪萨斯城举行。

Steve Records，GEAPS执行董事已停止讨论今年的交流和参与当地GEAPS章节的重要性。

Transcription ofSteve Records, GEAPS Executive Director.

饲料和谷物：What about the GEAPS Exchange are you most excited for this year?

史蒂夫唱片，GEAPS：
Geaps Exchange是我们拥有的Pinnacle事件，我实际上非常兴奋地让每个人都在一个准Covid世界中一起回到一起。

显然，我们去年夏天将Geaps交换为2021年的延期，但这2022个事件真的是Geaps交换首次将回到Geaps交换，因为每个人都知道并习惯的增长。

我认为最令人兴奋的部分是一个组织的使命是连接人民和网络和培训和教育，没有比GEAPS交换更好的地方，我们将在行业内带来成千上万的人，互相见面谈谈玩乐，当然是学习。

F&G:GEAPS对粮食行业新人的交换优惠的价值是多少？

记录：For first timers coming to GEAPS Exchange, and for anyone new to the industry, I would encourage you to come to GEAPS Exchange.

这听起来很自私,我知道。但是一个thing that we pride ourselves on is as the industry association is, when we think about people coming into the industry, more and more, we're every every facility, every company is dealing with labor shortages, every company is dealing with experience shortages, people are coming to a co-op or an elevator or a supplier, without the perhaps industry experience that they once brought people coming into an elevator or coming off of the farm any longer.

When you think about the backgrounds and experience of people coming into the industry, regardless of role, it's very different. And then that's compounded with the idea that our industry has a number of people getting ready to retire over the course of the next five years.

对于更少的经验来说，在前门的体验中，这是一点点双重鞭子，并且真正的沉重经历走出后门。

That's a very long intro to say, at GEAPS, what we can do is help those new people really lessen the learning curve with regard to how to do the job right.

在一天结束时，行业的使命是养活世界。当人们在Geaps聚集在一起时，无论您是第一次访问GEAP，无论您是一个行业的老兵，无论您是否已在业内人士一天或50年。

GEAP' core value is to say we're here as an industry, we're going to live our industry mission together, we're going to help people do their jobs better, be safer, go home at night, feed the world. And that's really what we take pride in being the the central hub for.

F&G:What is happening with the Exchange's Education Program?

记录：将有一个真正的正规教育会议，即发言人将进入和呈现主题。

我们对这种类型的正规教育有不同的曲目。所以会有一个安全轨道，有一个操作轨道，将有一个维护轨道。

今年，我们正在推出一首新赛道，这真的旨在实现关系管理，销售和软技能。

Scott Downey from Purdue University is going to lead throughhow to build strategic relationships而这意味着不仅适用于合作社，而且是为了销售给合作社的人。

AG转售是我们带领博览厅的新东西。

We have innovation stations, where during the expo, you can go and sit and learn and see demonstrations of people bringing new things to the industry.

将有一个粮食截留演示，以突出安全方面讨论它的样子以及被吞噬和困扰的人有多容易，以及如何正确救助某人。

Of course, we believe that inherently just talking to people, whether you're speaking to someone at a booth or you're connecting with someone over your favorite drink at reception, that learning is occurring all the time.

F&G:你能告诉我们关于堪萨斯城的哪个地方，该节目在未来三年内的位置？

记录：我们对堪萨斯城很兴奋。我认为堪萨斯城的伟大事物是它为我们的会员资格而独特的，因为它立即在地理上位于绝大多数成员的中心。

We did an analysis to show that the vast majority of people that not only are members but potential members are all within the majority are within an 8- to 10-hour drive of Kansas City.

The last time we were in Kansas City was 2017. It was the biggest show that we had had to date. We fully expect the show to to be on par with that one as well.

F＆G有人如何涉及GEAP？

记录：关于我们所做的事情的好处是我们比一个秀更大。

我们有专业的开发计划，人们可以通过网络研讨会进行培训或通过网络研讨会进行培训。我们遍布北美有22章。

In between large events, whether it's our leadership conference in the summer or the GEAPS Exchange in the spring, chapters have routine meetings.

如果您在明尼阿波利斯地区，那章明尼阿波利斯章节近一次，如果您在堪萨斯州，那么在您所在的地方有三个或四个章节。

无论您在堪萨斯州内的位置如何，除了我们在国家和国际层面所做的内容之外，网络和培训发生在一个真正的本地化层面。

F＆G：如果你只能向与会者推荐一件事，它会是什么？

记录：I'm going to skip that question and give you two things, we've brought in a keynote speaker to really talk about resilience.

当我们考虑在我们的行业在世界上发生变化的情况时，在我们个人的生活中，我们如何应对这种变化以及组织所做的事情，个人所做的事情是有弹性的。

Those are all things that are on everyone's mind, regardless of role, regardless of tenure. That's what our keynote speaker will focus on to start our conference Sunday morning.

Then at the end, there's a closing ceremony and we're kind of excited about bringing something fun to do. The彼得森农厂兄弟们who are a little bit of a viral hit in and around Kansas that do song parodies about agriculture.

他们还会说话，并将在星期二下午结束Geaps交换。这肯定会有很多乐趣和非常有趣。我认为人们也不想念那个。

-Steven Kilger