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Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Join CCL Regional Coordinator Jon Clark for a training designed for those who wish to learn more about leading a lobby meeting with a member of Congress or staff. In this training, we'll review the role of a lobby team leader, how they assign team roles, coordinate practice times and how to handle other special situations. This training is Part IV in the “Working With Congress” training series, designed to help our more experienced volunteers and citizen lobbyists get ready for our June lobbying meetings.
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(0:00) Introduction & Agenda
(2:45) The Importance of Leadership
(9:54) Advance Planning
(20:21) Meeting Planning Suggestions
(24:16) Expressing Leadership - Before, During, After Meeting
(38:24) Meeting Minutes & Final Considerations
Additional Resources:
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/lobbylead
Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/working-with-congress/lobbying-401
Questions: https://cclusa.org/forums
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Last week President Biden released a framework for the budget and Majority Leader Schumer is giving Senators one week to make adjustments, including consideration of a carbon fee with a rebate. We’re holding a special meeting tonight for CCL leadership to talk about this (hopefully) last push to call the Senate and ask for a carbon price in reconciliation.
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(0:00) Introduction & Opening Remarks
(3:19) Legislative Landscape Update
(11:34) Q&A on Legislative Updates
(18:40) Calling Campaign Details
(26:17) Closing Thoughts from Madeleine Para
(27:21) Halloween Cashback Video
(29:18) Closing Thoughts from Mark Reynolds
(30:29) A Reminder Of Who We Are
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/call-congress-price-slides
For people with Democratic Senators: https://cclusa.org/senate-call
For people without Democratic Senators: https://cclusa.org/house-call
Short link that works for everyone: https://cclusa.org/action
Budget Reconciliation Actions Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/reconciliation-actions Register for the November Conference: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/climate-change-conferences/fall/
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Are you curious about what to expect about the November Conference and Lobby Days or have a question about any final details? Join Amy Bennett, CCL Director of Congressional Liaisons & Lobby Days and Alison Kubicsko, National Events Manager, for a final walk-through of the who, what, and where for the November Conference and Lobby Days to help you prepare for what to expect with the schedule, logistics, and details.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:25) CCL Lobby Days
(13:54) CCL Conference Overview
Presentation slides: http://cclusa.org/logistics
Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/272
Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/citizensclimatelobby
Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/citizensclimate/
Friday Oct 15, 2021
Friday Oct 15, 2021
Join CCL's State and Local Media Coordinator Charlotte Ward for a training that will be focused on how you can best utilize CCL's amazing suite of media resources to amplify the importance of including an ambitious price on carbon in the emerging reconciliation process, including customizing and submitting one of CCL’s op-ed templates, asking an editor for an editorial, writing more local letters to the editor and amplifying your media work on social media.
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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(7:45) Step 1: Become A Media Manager
(10:48) Step 2: Find & Share LTE Opportunities
(14:41) Step 3: Boost Visibility w/ Op-Eds
(25:02) Step 4: Link Up With Your Liaison
(28:28) Step 5: Make The News
(32:21) Step 6: Aim For An Editorial
(35:04) Step 7: Get Social!
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/jump-start-media-slides
CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/372
Print Media Resources: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources#media-relations
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Join CCL's Marketing Manager Ashley Hunt Martorano for a training that walks you through the strategic ways you can leverage the power of their own social media profiles to amplify and support the actions CCL is taking to help ensure strong climate policy like a carbon price is included in the emerging details of the budget reconciliation process.
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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(4:00) Why Take Action Now?
(11:09) Twitter Actions
(19:15) Facebook Actions
(25:38) Instagram Actions
(32:32) TikTok Actions
(37:06) LinkedIn Action and Final reminders
Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/10-social-actions-slides
Social Media Toolkit for CCL's Reconciliation Campaign: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/489
Friday Sep 24, 2021
Friday Sep 24, 2021
Contact community leaders you know and ask them to personally call to urge their members of Congress to support carbon pricing in climate legislation. Join CCL Action Director Todd Elvins and CCL leaders Robin Paone and Mark Welsch to find out how you can take action locally.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:03) Why now and which community leaders?
(6:38) How they should contact their members of Congress?
(8:15) How else to highlight support?
(9:50) Volunteer success stories
CCL Training Page:
https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/420
Endorse at:
https://energyinnovationact.org/endorse/
Friday Sep 17, 2021
Friday Sep 17, 2021
Join CCL Strategy Director Tony Sirna for a background review of the budget reconciliation process, understand how this process might apply to carbon fee and dividend related legislation and review additional climate legislation emerging from the Senate and House packages.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:23) Background on Reconciliation & Filibuster
(4:37) More about Reconciliation & Budget Resolution
(11:53) Carbon Fee & Dividend in Reconciliation
(16:33) Other Climate Policy In Reconciliation
(33:40) What Have Studies Found?
(39:19) Q&A Discussion
Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/reconciliation-explained-slides
Budget Reconciliation Actions: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/reconciliation-actions
CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/487
Friday Sep 03, 2021
Friday Sep 03, 2021
Join CCL leaders for a review of CCL's training on our five pillars of transformational organizing to help us strengthen our leadership development and capacity throughout our organization. We'll review suggestions and ideas in our groups will increase the number of highly engaged and motivated people that we work with and enable us to reach our goals!
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(0:00) Intro & Background
(3:19) The Pyramid of Engagement
(9:50) The CCL Way
(15:06) The Conditions that Motivate
(20:22) The Elimination of Blame
(27:13) The Empowerment of Volunteers
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/transformational-organizing-slides
CCL Community Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/222
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Join CCL's Media Manager Ashley Hunt-Martorano for a training that will introduce you to TikTok and CCL's active channel on it (https://www.tiktok.com/@citizensclimate) as well as enhancing you and your group’s use of the newer social media platform to support your social media goals and interact with the millions of users online.
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- (0:00) Intro & Agenda
- (2:57) Why TikTok?
- (6:05) What is TikTok?
- (12:00) Getting Started!
- (26:03) CCL's TikTok Strategy
- (32:30) CCL Tiktok Video Examples
- (44:40) How You Can Help!
Follow Us: https://www.tiktok.com/@citizensclimate
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/tiktok-slides
TikTok Forum in the Social Media Action Team on CCL Community:
https://community.citizensclimate.org/groups/discuss/975/3102
Friday Jul 23, 2021
Friday Jul 23, 2021
Join CCL Education & Engagement Director Brett Cease and CCL Michigan Liaisons Coordinator Lisa DelBuono, MD, for a training that will review the background, details, and how to host a simulation event with Climate Interactive's climate policy simulator, En-ROADS, built with MIT Sloan. Lisa demonstrates two sample presentations using the tool to help groups explore the power of a steadily rising price on carbon through policies like the Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act as well as other strategies to address climate change to highlight complementary climate goals including the impact of changes in energy, land use, consumption, agriculture, and other policies.
Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:25) En-ROADS Background
(8:01) How To Use The Simulator
(12:24) Example Carbon Pricing En-Roads Simulation For Progressive-Leaning Audiences (stand alone version: https://youtu.be/awyp495Ran4)
(27:23) Example Carbon Pricing En-Roads Simulation For Conservative-Leaning Audiences (stand alone version: https://youtu.be/162gInMuJws)
(39:04) Next Steps In Your Outreach
(43:20) En-ROADS Training Updates!
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/enroads-update
En-ROADS Simulator: http://en-roads.org
En-ROADS Training: https://learn.climateinteractive.org/
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