2025 Professional Development Day

  • Friday, February 07, 2025
  • 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
  • DMACC FFA Enrichment Center, Ankeny, IA
  • 28

Registration

  • This option is only for:
    Student Members of ATD CI
    Non-full time professionals
  • 20% discount for Bronze & Meal Sponsor ATD-CI Members
  • 20% discount for Bronze & Meal Sponsor NON Members
  • 50% discount for Gold Sponsor ATD-CI Members
  • 50% discount for Gold Sponsor Non Chapter Members
  • Employees with group discount codes are able to register using this link.
  • Employees with group discount codes are able to register using this link.
  • This option is only for our Roundtable Speakers
  • This is registration for neighboring ATD Chapter Members.
  • This is used when a paid registrant is unable to attend and we need to add someone that will be attending in their place
  • 40% discount for Silver Sponsor Chapter Members
  • 40% discount for Gold Sponsor Non Chapter Members


ATD Central Iowa's Annual Professional Development Day

Date: February 7, 2025

Time: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Where: DMACC FFA Enrichment Center, Ankeny, IA 

Theme: Skill Up, Scale Up: A data-driven talent transformation


Keynote: Data is Powerful; Data Storytelling Makes It Impactful

The success of any learning and development program hinges on your ability to use data to prove its impact. Data does not speak for itself – you need a strong narrative supported by easy-to-interpret visualizations to make your points instantly understood. Data storytelling concepts will immediately increase your impact and ensure your ideas resonate with leadership. Too often, reporting focuses on building impressive visualizations, dashboards, or models, leaving our stakeholders confused about what we need them to learn or act on from our data. The most impressive data analysis is useless without the ability to communicate essential takeaways clearly and offer persuasive recommendations. In this session, we’ll dive into:

  • Effective planning options for ensuring you are sharing the data and insights that matter to your audience
  • Simple techniques for building a sticky message
  • Design concepts to ensure data visualizations support your message and provide insights at a glance
  • A framework to effectively and efficiently use data storytelling concepts to drive action Most importantly, you’ll leave the session with practical skills you can implement immediately.
Keynote Bio:

Diedre Downing

Diedre is a leader in designing instructor-led training programs to upskill professionals in communicating with data, data analysis, delivering insights, and other critical skills needed in a data-driven organization. Diedre’s career has spanned public education (as a high school math teacher and professional development leader), higher education, and private industry. With over eighteen years of teaching and facilitating experience, Diedre brings enthusiasm and a unique ability to make complex concepts accessible and relatable to all. Diedre’s expertise allows her to call upon a deep knowledge of communicating data and data-driven insights to senior leaders and key stakeholders across industries and verticals.

Register by December 31st to receive a t-shirt! 

This year, we are partnering with Raygun to design a custom talent development themed t-shirt. PDD attendees who register for the event by or before 12/31 will receive a free t-shirt, available to pick-up at the event on February 7. 



    



Renewing your ATD Membership, registering for an ATD event, or making a purchase from the ATD store? Our ATD ChIP code is CH6013.Every time the code is used, it contributes to the financial health of our chapter by giving back a portion of the purchase price to our chapter. Visit the ATD store for all of your talent development needs. 

 

Powered by Wild Apricot Membership Software