Communicate 2013: Stories for Change - 6 & 7 November
Friday 05, April 2013
We are pleased to announce that Communicate 2013: Stories for Change, will be held on 6 and 7 November 2013 at Arnolfini, central Bristol. Delegate registrations will open in mid-April. Join our mailing list to keep up to date with the latest news.
Communicate 2013: Stories for Change
As environmental communicators, we are both storytellers and story-liberators. Our role is to help find the ways that people and nature can co-exist, and to reconnect people with the natural world.
There is a spectrum, with some people just beginning to make that connection, and others who have made great progress. Yet many remain sceptical, hostile, unable or unwilling to start that journey. From the outside, it is difficult to determine where someone is on that spectrum, and how best to help them take the next step. We can use many methods to try to establish their place on this journey; appearances, demographics, surveys and monitoring tools.
But to truly understand where our audience is, we have to liberate a particular story
We are also storytellers. We use the media, campaigns, images, exhibitions and event to construct narratives, convey messages, and to tell stories about the natural world that capture the imagination and engage, persuade, and empower. To make more of a difference, we strive to improve our skills. We work in partnership, and organisations have stories too – to be liberated, but also to be shared.
Communicate 2013 is a training session, and a discussion opportunity on these themes, with plenary sessions and debates on liberating stories, and practical workshops focused on telling stories.
Communicate 2013: Stories for Change
Tuesday 29, January 2013
Communicate 2013: Stories for Change will be held this Autumn in Bristol. Sign up to our mailing list now to keep up to date with all the latest news from the conference and the Communicate community.
Communicate 2012 Videos and Presentations now online
Monday 07, January 2013
Videos and presentations from Communicate 2012: Breaking Boundaries are now online at the newly updated Communicate Toolkit.
Communicate 2012 - Registration is now closed
Tuesday 23, October 2012
Communicate 2012 Registration is now open
Friday 17, August 2012
Join us at Communicate 2012 – Breaking Boundaries: The Next Ten Years for People and Nature
24/25 October, Brunel’s Old Station, Central Bristol
Communicate is the UK’s leading conference for environmental communicators, bringing together a blend of NGOs, media professionals, green business leaders, academics and policy makers. With over 100 different organisations represented each year, Communicate gives delegates the opportunity to stay informed on the crucial current debates in the sector, share best practice, hear from inspirational speakers, and get direct feedback on their own communication campaigns.
Join us for our tenth anniversary as we break the boundaries of environmental communication – crossing the barriers to engagement; challenging the boundaries between sectors; overcoming the gap between awareness and action – and look ahead to the next ten years for people and nature.
• Reaching new audiences and breaking down the barriers to engagement – including naturalist and author of the National Trust’s Natural Childhood report Stephen Moss on engaging the next generation.
• Head versus Heart Changing Behaviour or Influencing Core Values – our expert panel debate different approaches to environmental communication, from behavioural economics to engagement with intrinsic values, with panellists including Theresa Marteau and Ed Gillespie.
• Keynote speech from marine biologist and BBC presenter Monty Halls.
• Relationship Counselling for Conservation - we examine the opportunities and the difficulties of stepping outside the conservation bubble and working productively in partnership with business.
• The Next Ten Years for People and Nature – think ahead as we consider the most pressing upcoming conservation issues, and the latest communications strategies. Hear visions from the future from inspirational speakers including Chris Baines.
• People Engagement Group – an opportunity to directly influence government policy through Defra’s People Engagement Group.
• The Delegate Showcase – Hear practical case studies from leading communicators and share your own innovative campaign with an expert audience.
Register now to secure your place at this annual event, or take a look at last year's conference summary.
We look forward to welcoming you to Bristol in October. For further details visit contact Ben Connor, Project Manager on Turn on JavaScript!, 0117 317 8751.
Communicate 2012: Breaking Boundaries
Friday 17, August 2012
Communicate 2012: Breaking Boundaries
Communicate 2012: Breaking Boundaries - The Next Ten Years for People and Nature, will be held on the 24/25 October 2012. Full programme and registration details will be released in the coming months.
Communicate 2011: Interactive conference summary online now
Friday 02, March 2012
Communicate 2011: Nature, People, Economics, interactive conference summary online now.
View the Conference summary here
For the first time, Communicate has collated all the material from the annual conference into a single, interactive, online conference summary, providing a valuable resource for both Communicate 2011 delegates, and the wider environmental communication community. Watch the videos, download the presentations, or read contributions from all of last year’s inspirational speakers. Communicate 2011 highlights included:
• Our special guest, comedian Robin Ince, sharing his experiences of combining science through comedy, and communicating the most difficult ideas with a dose of humour.
• Martin Brasher, Head of Wildlife, Habitats and Biodiversity at Defra, on the implications of the new Natural Environment White Paper and England Biodiversity Strategy for environmental communicators.
• Rita Gardner, Director of the Royal Geographical Society discussing the role of the society, and landscape as a means of engaging audiences with the natural world.
• Tessa McGregor on the links between people, economics and nature on the ground, and the role of eco-tourism in engaging local communities in conservation.
• Reconnecting Nature and Economics, including a video address from TEEB study leader Pavan Sukhdev, and contributions from Juliet Davenport (Good Energy), Katherine Symonds (Coca-Cola), Paul Morling (RSPB), and Paul van Gardingen (ESPA).
• Professor Aubrey Manning and Professor Myles Allen on communicating the most difficult and controversial environmental issues.
• The Psychology of Persuasion, with Professor Geoffrey Beattie, Graham Russell and Tony Butler.
• How to co-ordinate more effectively across sectors, delivered in conjunction with RCUK’s Living with Environmental Change programme.
• The Delegate Showcase, with case studies of innovative campaigns from experienced environmental communicators.
Communicate is an initiative of the Bristol Natural History Consortium. Communicate 2011 was held on the 2nd and 3rd November 2011 at Bristol Council House. The Communicate 2011 Conference Summary was produced with support from Bristol City Council.
Nature, People, Economics
Tuesday 26, July 2011
The theme for Communicate 2011 will be "Nature, People, Economics". The conference will take place on the 2nd-3rd November at the Council House in Bristol, with more details of the programme and speakers to be released in the coming weeks. Register here now!
