How to have conflict-free discussions about climate change
Join this interactive workshop to learn to have compassion-first and conflict-free discussions about climate change and sustainability initiatives. This session will include time to practice in role-plays, so that you leave with new skills and the confidence to use them. This is the 2nd event in a 2-part series: it is highly encouraged and strongly recommended that you watch the video of Part 1 on YouTube prior to joining this session. https://youtu.be/fUhkiddErVY During this workshop, participants will learn the principles of communicating in ways that bring others towards supporting climate solutions. The principles are based in climate psychology and research about influencing and persuasion, and they help both parties of the conversation feel at ease. These compassion-first conversations help reduce climate anxiety as this model is focused on the well-being of both conversation partners. This workshop is for any person in FAWCO who communicates about the FAWCO target project and climate change. The climate crisis still needs greater support from the general public, so one of the most important keys to scaling up action is communicating in ways that build support and increase engagement.
Registration is required via the FAWCO website:
https://www.fawco.org/about/how-we-work/fawco-calendar/eventdetail/422/-/may-22-one-climate-action-workshop-virtual-meeting
To set up or login to your FAWCO account:
1) go to https://www.fawco.org/ ; 2) select "Login" at the top right of the page; 3) A box will pop up: select "Sign-Up" 4) select "AAWE" as your club.
Speaker
Tammy Mayer, Founder/Director of One Climate Action (www.OneClimateAction.com), a social impact company offering training to professionals and passionate individuals to learn how to communicate about climate change in ways that convince others to support climate actions. Tammy’s background includes director of programs for a policy advocacy nonprofit, strategic communications manager for a renewable energy public policy network, and university professor teaching nonprofit strategic planning and management. She is currently an Advisory Board Member of the European Youth Energy Network (EYEN), advising EYEN’s 5-year strategy. Tammy was the recipient of a FAWCO education award in 2018, and subsequently joined the UN Liaison team.
