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Upcoming Upper Midwest Events

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  • Annual Conference/National RLI Course

    When: Sunday, September 14 2025 3:00 PM - Tuesday, September 16 2025 10:00 PM

    Where: Fargo, ND

    Details: Sunday, September 14th: Welcome Reception, Details TBD Monday and Tuesday, Sept 15-16, 2025: National RLI course. Must attend in person. Real Estate CE will be applied for in MN, ND, SD and WI. Details on venue and other items are upcoming.

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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