COMMUNICATIONS & CONVERSATIONS
A Gathering for Higher Education Sustainability Professionals
Communications & Conversations will be
taking a year off in 2024
In just its second year, the conference has grown at an exciting rate, and I am grateful to all of you for your engagement, support, and feedback. I'll be using this next year to evaluate and plan for 2025.
In place of the conference this year, consider joining the summer Communications Cohort!
Whether you're a seasoned professional or new to higher education sustainability communications and outreach, this cohort is for you! Take time before the start of the school year to develop an effective communications strategy. The cohort will meet virtually for five weeks and dive into topics like key messaging, social media strategies, storytelling techniques, content creation, scheduling and metrics, behavior change principles, and more each week. Plus, there will be ample opportunities for discussion, workshopping, and practice. Templates and take-home activities and resources will be provided, as well as optional 1:1 coaching and discussion debriefs with your cohort members.
About the Conference
In order to truly be leaders in the sustainability movement, we must build capacity for impactful communications.
That is the goal of Communications & Conversations, a gathering for the higher education sustainability community. This virtual conference will review best practices and guidelines in communications and guide 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.
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”
Inaugural Conference 2022
Topics covered:
Intentional Communications Strategy
Analytics and Assessment
Optimism and Humor
Behavior Change and Impact
Accessibility and Inclusivity in Communications
FAQs
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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
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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.
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A limited number of scholarships are available to individuals in need of financial assistance to participate. Please apply using our Scholarship Application Form by June 23, 2023 to be considered for a scholarship for this conference.
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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…
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"Learning from others is always so eye opening!"
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"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."
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"I learned how to be more experimental with my communications!"