Pre-Conference Workshop: Winning Community Support—Addressing Opposition & Misinformation

Monday, March 11, 2024

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM MT

Location: Broadmoor West Ballroom AB

Moderator(s)

Bevan Augustine

Senior Director, Community Engagement
RWE Clean Energy

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Speaker(s)

Rebecca Halford

Senior Director Community Engagement
SolSystems
Boulder, Colorado

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Natasha Healey (she/her/hers)

CEO
Bantam Communications

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Scott R. Laeser (he/him/his)

Senior Working Lands Advisor
Rural Climate Partnership
Argyle, Wisconsin

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Leah M. Qusba

Executive Director
Action for the Climate Emergency (ACE)
Charlestown, Massachusetts

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Joe Rand

Energy Policy Researcher
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Kristin Sheldon

Senior Director of Strategic Communications
Strategic Elements
Skyler Zunk

CEO and Co-Founder
Energy Right
Richmond, Virginia

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Learn from the experts on how to develop persuasive messaging, engage trusted, influential voices to build support for renewable energy deployment in rural communities, and understand how to effectively educate decision-makers about the benefits of renewable energy projects. Leave the workshop having gained knowledge around successful tactics and tools to understand the on-the-ground challenges and how to adjust strategy to be more successful.