Looking For Tomorrow’s
Dairy Leaders Today
Are you prepared to deal with
your nonfarm neighbors who see
your dairy as a nuisance? Could
you calmly answer attacks from
an anti-dairy activist? Would
you like to work more effectively
with employees, your family, or
your management team? Would
you like to develop your leader
ship skills to shape the direction
of the dairy industry? If so, there
is a conference you must attend.
Young Dairy Leaders Insti
tute (YDLI) is seeking the best
and the brightest young dairy
professionals from throughout
the nation for its fourth class to
be held February 2002 and 2003
in Tampa, Fla. Dairy producers
and allied dairy industry mem
bers, ages 22 to 45, are encour
aged to apply.
The YDLI experience in
cludes a focused three-phase
leadership and communications
skills development program
sponsored by the Holstein Foun
dation.
YDLI’s unique hands-on ap
proach to leadership develop
ment distinguishes it from other
national dairy leadership con
ferences. By weaving timely and
cutting edge issues information
into its leadership skills work
shops, YDLI allows participants
to learn by actively engaging in
exciting and dynamic exercises,
practicing newly acquired skills
in mock senate hearings, com
munity and board meetings, and
media interviews.
This intensive training pro
. mPtSSwStrong and long-lasting
relationships among partici
pants and helps to foster YDLI’s
mission of building unity in the
!*• dairy industry. YDLI’s diverse
p participants include men and
t women who are dairy enthusi
asts ages 22 to 45. Alumni from
the Institute work with all
breeds of cattle and include both
and allied industry
professionals who hail from
states ranging from California
to New England and Florida to
Washington. Through YDLI,
they learn the importance of
both appreciating differences
and reaching consensus on
issues facing the industry.
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Phase I of YDLI is a four-day
conference focusing on develop
ing the participants’ individual
leadership skills, enhancing
communication and media rela
tion skills, understanding per
sonality styles, developing
effective meeting skills and be
ginning board member training,
all against a backdrop of urgent
issues facing the industry.
Phase II provides participants
the opportunity to put into prac
tice their newly acquired skills
by undertaking outreach activi
ties in their communities. This
phase also allows participants to
network with other class mem
bers.
Phase 111 brings participants
together for a second four-day
conference focusing on team de
velopment and group leadership
skills, affecting the public policy
process, advanced board
member training, and advanced
media relation skills with timely
issues woven into the program.
Participants learn from and are
inspired by top industry leaders
and nationally recognized
speakers who convey a spirit of
optimism for the future.
By integrating all of these
skills, graduates of YDLI are po
sitioned to strengthen the insti
tutions and organization to
which they belong; the commun
ities in which they live; and the
dairy industry from which they
derive their livelihood. To date,
YDLI alumni include nearly 300
dairy producers and profession
als making leadership contribu
tions at the local, state, and
national level.
Pete Kappleman, dairy pro
ducer and former president of
Professional Dairy Producers of
Wisconsin, says, “I’ve been a
part of numerous young farmer
and cooperator programs, but
YDLI has by far had the biggest
impact on me.” Karla Spencer,
extension specialist in Missouri,
states: “YDLI is an experience I
can draw upon every day. If I
can practice half of what I
learned I’ll be twice as effec
tive.”
Duane Nelson, dairy pro
ducer from Minnesota, feels
“YDLI has helped me to better
understand, communicate, and
get along on the home front. It
should also help me to be a
better board member.”
Utah dairy producers John
and Maria Nye summed up their
YDLI experience as follows:
“This has been a tremendous
learning and growth experience
for us personally and for our
dairy. We want to encourage
others to share the experience.”
If you want to be included
among this group of enthusiastic
young agricultural professionals
who approach issues with opti
mism and achieve results, then
YDLI is for you. For more infor
mation and applications, con
tact Ellen Merrill at the Holstein
Foundation by phone, 1-800-
952-5200 x 4231; email, emer
rill@holstein.com; or look up the
foundation’s website at
www.holsteinfoundation.org.
Applications are due August
15.
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