CHAPTER MEETINGS
CHAPTER MEETINGS – Please SAVE THE DATES! All meetings begin at 8:30 am CT and most are one hour; held the second Tuesday of the month unless otherwise noted.
Since the Chapter includes members in MN, ND, SD and WI, most meetings will be via Zoom and members will receive an email with the zoom link.
Please feel free to invite a colleague who may be interested in joining RLI. They are free to attend a meeting prior to joining RLI.
Meetings, unless otherwise noted, begin at 8:30 am CT:
Jan 14, 2025 Tax Strategies and Legislative Changes:
What Business Owners Need to Know
Speaker: Keith Wieser, CLA (Clifton Larson Allen)
February 11, 2025 Installation of Board Members
Installation of Officers and Board Members by National RLI Pres-Elect, Geoff Hurdle; Chapter Update by 2025 Chapter President Kelly Frisch.
March 11, 2025 Communicate to Connect
Speaker: Katie Avant, RFD TV Director of Original Content
Communication is key in today’s multi-platform media world and you won’t succeed without connecting with your audience. Learn how to “share your WHY” through an easy-to-digest and easy-to-implement media training workshop with RFD TV’s Director of Original Content, Katie Avant. She leads a creative team overseeing five television series, including award-winners like FarmHer+RanchHer, On the Record, and Total Acre Farming
April 8, 2025 Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy, Terry Dean, Hertz Farm Management. Terry will speak to his experiences of working through the grant process and construction, for renewable wind energy on his farm in western MN.
May 13, 2025 Social Media Marketing
Social Media Marketing, Jessica Thue, Edina Realty. Jessica is an agricultural journalist turned REALTOR who incorporates social media in real estate marketing. Bring and share your best strategies for using social media – Google, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, X, to name a few.
June 10, 2025 Legacy Planning for Land Owners
Legacy Planning for Landowners, Discipline Advisors, one of the chapter’s Gold Sponsors, in addition to multi-yr speaker.
July 8, 2025 Farm Auctions
Farm Auctions, Adam Crist, People’s Company.
August 12, 2025 Open Conversation
Open Conversation that can range from networking to success stories, horror stories, Q/A’s; ask for help…
September 9, 2025 NO MEETING - Save September 14-16 Annual Conference/National RLI Course - Fargo, ND
no zoom meeting. Add September 14-16, 2025 to your calendar for the Chapter’s Annual Conference and offering of National RLI’s course, Ag Land Brokerage & Marketing. Meeting to be held in Fargo, ND. Details TBA.
October 14, 2025 Darin Milbrath, Dakota Plains Realty with topic TBA.
November 11, 2025 Open Conversation
Open Conversation similar to August! These are the fun ones where you get to talk similar to conferences in between sessions – here is where you learn and share and smile and discover another RLI member you can work a deal with
December 9, 2025 Speaker TBA
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Board of Director Meetings – begin at 8:30 am CT the second Wednesday of the month. Meetings are held on zoom unless otherwise noted.
Please feel free to contact any of the Chapter board members with your suggestions for meeting topics, speakers, venues…; or any concerns/issues.
The Board is working on your behalf and your input and feedback is welcomed.
January 8, 2025
February 12, 2025
March 12, 2025
April 9, 2025
May 14, 2025
June 11, 2025
July 9, 2025
August 13, 2025
September 10, 2025
October 8, 2025
November 12, 2025
December 10, 2025
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