Training Series – Be a Climate Communications Champion

Be a Climate Communications Champion

Are you interested in learning how to communicate about the intersection of climate change and health most effectively? This 6-part training series will help you grow your strategic communications skills and public voice to change hearts and minds.

Be recognized as a Climate Communications Champion: If you watch at least five of the six sessions in this training series, you will be named a Climate Communications Champion. To recognize your achievement and identify you as a powerful voice for climate and health, you will receive a badge to display on your LinkedIn and Twitter profiles and you will be featured on our website as a Climate Communications Champion for easier media visibility.

Together with our partner Burness, we hosted one-hour-long workshops on the following topics:

Communications 101: How to Make the Case About Climate Change, Health & Equity
Speakers: Anna Chen and Nick Seaver, Burness
Learn how to most effectively deliver messages that rally your audiences to support climate action that benefits all of our lives.

Watch the recording from Session 1 here

Best Practices for Working with the Media
Speakers: Anna Chen and Nick Seaver, Burness
During this session, you will gain foundational skills for communicating with reporters, journalists, and news outlets — all important conduits to engaging broader audiences about climate change and health.

Watch the recording from Session 2 here

Weighing in on Policy: How to Testify and Provide Public Comment
Speakers:
Hannah Reid, Outreach Coordinator, Evergreen Action
Brady Watson, Senior Campaign Coordinator, Union of Concerned Scientists (Climate and Energy Program)
Harness your expertise and effective messaging to help shape policy and regulations in the U.S. In this workshop, you’ll have the chance to learn about the carbon pollution rule for power plants and actually write and submit your own comment by the end.

Watch the recording from Session 3 here

Writing With Voice: Op-eds and Letters to the Editor
Speakers: Anna Chen and Nick Seaver, Burness
Your health voice is a powerful one. Find out ways to apply your personal perspective to persuade others to act around a certain issue.

Watch the recording from Session 4 here

Social Media: Getting Started and Being Strategic
Presented by the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, Burness, and Moms Clean Air Force
We spend so much of our time online. Learn how to share your unique voice and perspective on social media to build an understanding of the connections between climate change, health, and equity.

Watch the recording from Session 5 here

Rules of the Road for Engaging with Policymakers
Speakers:
Mona Sarfaty, Founder and Emeritus Executive Director of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
George Lyons, Director, Legislative Affairs, American College of Physicians
Lisa Patel, Executive Director, Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health
Discover strategies for working and speaking with policymakers to create change that benefits your patients and the climate.

Watch the recording from Session 6 here

Please email Ryann Cohen (rcohen@burness.com) with any questions.