Be a Climate Communications Champion: Advocacy Skills Training for Challenging Times

This six-part training builds on our past Climate Communications Champions series. These workshops will help you build foundational communications skills to raise public awareness of the health threat posed by climate change and catalyze action that creates a just, sustainable, and healthy world for generations to come. If you weren’t able to join us last year, we encourage you to browse past recordings. All 2024 session recordings can be found here. Recordings from our 2023 series can be found here. 

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 social media profiles, and you will be featured on our website as a Climate Communications Champion for easier media visibility. Please complete this form if you meet these requirements.

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Communications 101 | Working With the Media and Media Relations Departments | Harnessing the Power of Social Media | Working With Local and State Papers | Fighting Misinformation | Making Your Voice Heard at the Local Level

Communications 101: How to Make the Case About Climate Change, Health & Equity

Anna Chen, Senior Associate, Burness
Nick Seaver, Senior Vice President and Co-Director, Training Programs, Burness

Effective communications and resonant messages, reaching the right people, can help transform our world into one that is healthier, more equitable and more sustainable. Learn messaging best practices for speaking about climate change, health and equity. If you joined or watched the 2024 Communications 101 sessions, we still recommend you watch this session, as it reflects some new key messages we have developed.

Speaking Out in Challenging Times: Working With the Media and Media Relations Departments

Mara Silvers, Author at Montana Free Press
Nick Seaver, Senior Vice President and Co-Director, Training Programs, Burness
Anna Chen, Senior Associate, Burness

Learn how to best coordinate between media relations departments at the institutions you work for and reporters to get your voice out, even in times of uncertainty. We share updated recommendations for engaging with the media and options for navigating any new policies your institution may have about external communications.

Harnessing the Power of Social Media: Using Different Platforms Strategically

Anna Chen, Senior Associate, Burness
Savannah Martincic, Manager of Communication, The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
Kristy Drutman, Founder of “Browngirl Green”, Co-CEO of Green Jobs Board
Zachary Labe, PhD, Climate Scientist, Climate Central

We spend so much of our time online. Learn how to meaningfully contribute to different social media platforms to join the movement highlighting the connections between climate change, health and equity, and encourage action.

3.0 Weighing in on Public Discourse: Working with Local and State Papers

Nick Seaver, Senior Vice President and Co-Director, Training Programs, Burness
Anna Chen, Senior Associate, Burness
Ethan Sims, Idaho Clinicians for Climate Action
Lisa Del Buono, Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action

While the federal government strips climate protection, there are many opportunities for action at the state and local levels. Learn different ways you can share your message and engage with your state and local media and journalists. You’ll also get tips and tricks for making your contribution the best it can be.

Fighting Misinformation: Discussing the Realities of Fossil Fuels, Climate Change and Health

Bev Harp, Director of State Affairs, The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
Laalitha Surapaneni, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Minnesota

Misinformation, disinformation and greenwashing have perpetuated fossil fuels’ harm and stalled climate action. Learn how effective messaging can help rewrite the narrative around fossil fuels, climate change and health in the U.S.

Outsized Impact: Making Your Voice Heard at the Local Level

Gaurab Basu, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Preeti Jaggi, Emory University, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Brittany Keyes, Healthy Climate Wisconsin

The most tried and true way to drive change is to influence those who make the decisions. By engaging the usual suspects and those in new sectors, you can expand your impact. Learn how to be strategic about your outreach, testimony, panels, comments, and more to move the needle toward climate action.