COMMUNICATIONS & CONVERSATIONS

A Gathering for Higher Education Sustainability Professionals

In order to truly be leaders in the sustainability movement,
we must build capacity for impactful communications. 

What is Communications & Conversations?

C&C is a gathering for the higher education sustainability community. This virtual conference reviews best practices and guidelines in communications and guides sustainability professionals in practical skills. Participants will have the opportunity to develop and refine their own communications strategies as well as build their professional networks.

When is it?

In the past, the conference has been 2 days (2022), 3 days (2023), and paused in 2024 and 2025.

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2023 C&C Conference

Sessions included:

  • “Developing a Message Matrix to Guide Office Communications and Strategy”

  • “Marketing That Does No Harm: Trauma-informed Storytelling in Action”

  • “How to Plan 3 Months Of Content In 1 Day”

2023 Schedule

Inaugural Conference 2022

Topics covered:

  • Intentional Communications Strategy

  • Analytics and Assessment

  • Optimism and Humor 

  • Behavior Change and Impact

  • Accessibility and Inclusivity in Communications

2022 Schedule

FAQs

    • Access to all presentations and networking sessions

    • Conference workbook, recordings and other materials

    • Opportunity to discuss important topics and network with your peers

    • New friends and community among sustainability communicators in higher education

  • There are three tiers of conference registration fees, and we encourage you to pay what you can to attend. All conference participants will have the same level of access to workshops and conference-related materials regardless of how much they contribute on the sliding scale. Your contributions help offset the costs of the conference, pay our amazing speakers, and help to sustain future conferences. If you cannot contribute a registration amount to the conference, we ask that you complete our Conference Scholarship form.

  • A limited number of scholarships are available to individuals in need of financial assistance to participate.

  • Yes! Current Undergraduate and Graduate students with proof of enrollment are free to attend. Student tickets are limited, and will most likely sell out, so please register early!

Additional questions?

Email conference@greenlmn.com

What attendees are saying…

  • "Learning from others is always so eye opening!"

  • "Doing truly good communications and marketing work takes a lot of work! C&C helped me to reflect and be strategic about what I'm really capable of doing."

  • "I learned how to be more experimental with my communications!"