March 11-12, 2025 Location
Madison , WIPrice
students and producers pay $200; industry members pay $500
Description
Join industry members from across the country as you build your leadership skills at this dynamic professional-development training. Applications are due January 31, 2025, for the March 11-12, 2025 program. The event will be held at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis.The application-based professional development training will equip producers and industry professionals with the tools to effectively communicate and more proficiently collaborate and lead others. This training is designed to provide continued education to an array of participants: college-age students, recent graduates pursuing dairy-related careers, individuals wanting to restructure their leadership skills and/or those who are at a crossroads in their dairy career.
Accepted applicants have three training pillars from which to choose. Select your preferred pillar upon applying:
- Influential Leaders - Interact and Influence
- Visionary Leaders - Ethics, Leadership and Outlook
- Servant Leadership - Serve, Grow, Lead
For more information on each pillar, reference the full training flyer here.
Agenda:
Day 1 (Mar. 11)
- 9:00 a.m.: Registration (Alliant Energy Center)
- 9:30 a.m.: Training begins
- 7:30 p.m.: Day 1 concludes
Day 2 (Mar. 12)
- 7:15 a.m.: Convenes for breakfast and a program wrap-up before adjourning to PDP Business Conference
- 9:30 p.m.: Concludes following evening banquet
Important dates:
- January 31 - Application deadline
- February 7 - Accepted applicants notified
- March 11 - Cornerstone Dairy Academy begins
- March 12 - Cornerstone Dairy Academy concludes
If accepted, student and dairy producer applicants pay a $200.00 registration fee, industry applicants pay a $500 registration fee and the Professional Dairy Producers Foundation generously funds the remaining costs ($1100 value). Cornerstone Dairy Academy® is a product of Professional Dairy Producers (PDP) and is underwritten by the Professional Dairy Producers Foundation. Should you have questions, please contact PDP at 800-947-7379 or mail@pdpw.org.
Contact
Application questions should be directed to Amber Keel at akeel@pdpw.org or 800-947-7379.
Meeting Locations
Alliant Energy Center1919 Alliant Energy Center Way
Madison, WI 53713
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