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The Texas Farm Bureau (TXFB) SOFA Challenge is a special contest that helps individuals and groups build the skills necessary to create action plans for the betterment of the agriculture industry, their organization, and/or their community. The contest itself involves a moderator and participants. The moderator’s responsibility is to introduce the topic and the participants, start the discussion, keep it on track if necessary and stop the contest when time elapses. The participants discuss a pre-selected topic. The contestant’s responsibility is to exchange ideas and information to solve the problem addressed in the topic and to develop action plans for the solution. The contestant should attempt to cooperatively shed further light on the problem/topic and tentatively retain a flexible position for building agreement on solutions and actions. A successful participant is a productive thinker rather than an emotional persuader, who is free to state beliefs and change positions whenever additional information and ideas make that a reasonable thing to do.Finally, this is not a panel discussion where each participant, in turn, makes a presentation, with the moderator ending the session. Rather, it is an exercise in cooperative problem solving, with the questions, answers and statements coming from any person, at any time. To learn more about our show and our mission, please visit hotfair.com/livestockshow.
Schedule:
Saturday, September 27th
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Speak Out for Agriculture Contest Registration BASE
9:00 AM: Speak Out for Agriculture Contest Orientation BASE
10:30 AM Speak Out for Agriculture Contest BASE
Sunday, September 28th
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Speak Out for Agriculture Contest Registration BASE
9:00 AM: Speak Out for Agriculture Contest Orientation BASE
10:30 AM Speak Out for Agriculture Contest BASE
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
4601 Bosque Blvd, Waco, TX, United States, Texas 76710
