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POMA Outdoor Speakers Bureau Announced
LAS VEGAS, NV, Feb. 2, 2008 — During a press
conference at the 30th Annual Shooting
Hunting Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show, the Professional
Outdoor Media Association (POMA) announced the
launch of the
POMA
Outdoor Speakers Bureau (POSB).
POMA
Chairman Steve Scott (l)
and Wade Boggs (r) |
Headlining the event were National Baseball Hall of
Fame third baseman Wade
Boggs and rock & roll legend
Ted Nugent, both
noted hunting and conservation advocates. In
addition, internationally known outdoor
personalities and journalists
Craig Boddington, Michael Waddell, Larry Weishuhn,
Phil Phillips, Tom Gresham and
Bill Miller also were on the dais.
Each are included on the POSB speaker roster.
“In the outdoor enthusiast world, there are many
well-known and effective communicators who
skillfully convey the core outdoor message,”
explained Steve Scott, Chairman of the Board of
POMA. “At the same time, there are scores of
organizations, local chapters and groups associated
with the traditional outdoor sports that do not have
access to relevant content for meetings and
functions.”
“The POMA Outdoor Speakers Bureau will serve as a
conduit between the two, providing quality speakers
and entertainment for group events, while
disseminating the traditional outdoor sports
message.”
The goals of POSB are straightforward:
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To increase revenues and revenue sources for
POMA members,
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To offer POMA members special fees for speaking
that are unavailable to non-member speakers,
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Enhance communication about the traditional
outdoor sports and journalistic opportunities in
the outdoor industry to our core audience and
beyond,
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Utilize revenues to bolster all POMA membership
services and benefits.
"Safari Club International (SCI) is pleased to
support this terrific program, said Mark LaBarbera,
director of marketing for SCI. We will promote the
speakers bureau to our members and all of our 180
chapters by placing a description of the service and
a link to POMA's booking Web site on our Web site
www.safariclub.org.
SCI is proud to be one of only two Diamond
Cornerstone Corporate Partners in POMA and to
continue to support this journalists organization,
which is wholly focused on the traditional outdoor
sports.”
Beyond presenting a wide range of programs focused
on the shooting sports, fishing, hunting and
trapping, POSB also includes speakers with expertise
in the field of communications, journalism,
marketing and media relations.
These speakers primarily come from POMA’s membership
of 350 outdoor industry professionals — writers,
editors, broadcasters, photographers, filmmakers,
artists and marketing and public relations
specialists. Many groups can benefit from engaging
one of these powerful and knowledgeable speakers who
can motivate and entertain event attendees, while
speaking on various aspects of the media, marketing
and public relations fields.
In addition to those attending the press conference,
numerous other top-rated speakers, experts and
celebrity personalities are included on the POSB
talent roster, including
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Fishing great,
Jimmy Houston,
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NFL Pro Bowl tight end
Jay Novacek,
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Field and Stream Deputy Editor
Jay Cassell,
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Olympic Shooting Gold Medalist
Matt Emmons,
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2007 Grits Gresham Shooting Sports Communicator
Award recipient, editor and writer
J. Wayne Fears,
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Outdoor television hosts
Steve West
and
Kim Hicks,
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Television host and veteran writer
Jim Zumbo,
and
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The Outdoor Channel’s
Michael Bane.
With the initial talent roster now in place, POMA is
actively seeking interesting, exciting and
informative experts to fulfill requests for speaking
engagements. To apply for speaker status,
fill out and return the
speaker's application.
For more information, contact:
Speakers and Booking Speakers
Eloise Davis
POMA Outdoor Speakers Bureau Coordinator
General Speakers Bureau Info & New Speaker
Applications
Laurie Lee Dovey
Executive Director
POMA
lldovey@professionaloutdoormedia.org
814-539-6030
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