Skip to Content
Home » Training

Climate Change Speaker Training (for Local Authorities)

This intensive one-day course gives participants the text, information, skills and confidence to prepare and deliver a persuasive half hour talk on climate change.
‘Exceptionally useful training that gave me the structure, foundation and clarity to speak to groups’
Alexis Garnaut-Miller, Corporate Wellness
 

Who is the course for?

Speaker Training is commonly held by Local Authorities as an event for the public to increase the effectiveness of partners working on climate awareness-raising and mitigation efforts. Since 2005, over 1500 people have attended the Speaker Training Programme.

Past participants report that the course provides the skills, confidence and motivation to speak effectively about climate change. The highly interactive format of the training helps participants to meet, share ideas and form lasting contacts.

What happens in the workshop?

Participants are guided through a template talk on the causes, impacts and solutions to climate change then work in pairs and small groups to find their own language and practice their presentation.
 

Through role-plays participants explore what qualities make a good (and bad) public speaker. New speakers will gain the confidence that they can speak powerfully without being a scientific expert. Seasoned speakers will obtain new skills for communicating more effectively. The training also includes advice on dealing with sceptics and ‘difficult’ audiences.

‘Extremely interesting training that will be very useful for my job.’
 – Baishakhi Sengupta, London Borough of Camden

Ordering courses

Our fees operate on a sliding scale, based on the size of the partner organization and/or size of the training group.
For details of our rates please contact COIN's Training Manager, Richard Conibere:

01865 403331
richardc@coinet.org.uk

Length:  4 hours (one facilitator) or 6 hours (two facilitators)
Level:     Intermediate to expert