How do you bring magic to dairy?

“It’s not the magic that makes it work; it’s the way we

work that makes it magic.” – Lee Cockerell

Executive education developed for dairy owners and managers, industry directors, processors, marketers and distributors

2018 Managers Academy

This year we are taking dairy to Disney so you can bring back to your business the magic that inspires so many – and instills an attitude worth catching. The 2018 program focuses on how you keep the magic and passion of dairying in your business culture.

How do you create magic in business?

Lee Cockerell, Former Executive VP of Operations, Walt Disney World Resort

With proven Disney strategies, best practices and real-life examples and techniques that create a culture and environment of excellence, you will learn how to build a dairy that provides world-class culture, the kind that inspires employees delights business associates, and achieves extraordinary results. Learn more.

Keep the magic and thrive

David Kohl, PhD

Dr. David Kohl will connect the realities of domestic and global economics, trends and perspectives to the challenges and opportunities of your business, building off the first two days. Dr. Kohl will masterfully take you through a series of situations to stimulate your critical thinking and help you see new business possibilities. Learn more.

Executive Tours

Day 2

As a continuation for your training with Lee Cockerell, team up with fellow Academy attendees as you embark on a quest. Journey through the land of Disney, seeking out cast members, to learn first-hand the training, culture, protocols and systems that make Disney World world-renowned.

The Orlando Easterly Wetlands is a manmade habitat created by the City of Orlando to reuse highly treated reclaimed water from its 40-million-gallon-per day Iron Bridge Regional Water Reclamation Facility. Learn about sewage treatment, and gain insights to how the City of Orlando manages sewage generated by millions.

Register Today!

Member Registration Rate: $700/person; $600/add’l individuals from same dairy

Non-member Registration Rate: $875/person; $600/add’l individuals from same dairy.

Registration fee covers all sessions, training materials, meals, tours and tour travel.

Host Hotel: Wyndham Lake Buena Vista Resort, 1850 Hotel Plaza Blvd., Lake Buena Vista, FL

Call 800.624.4109 for reservations to obtain group rate or $169/night by December 23, 2017

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Continuing Education Credits

Up to 16.25 CEU

Up to 19.5 CEU

Thank you to our Managers Academy Partners:

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedia, Inc.
Rabo AgriFinance
Progressive Dairyman
Zinpro Performance Minerals

Thank you to the many PDPW sponsors that support dairy farmers through their generous financial contributions that allow PDPW to execute educational programming. Our list of generous sponsors can be found here.