Training Opportunities
Training Matrix
Our network aims to change the national conversation around climate change to be positive, civic-minded, and solutions-focused. We use evidence-based communications methods, provide social-emotional support, and employ the latest climate science findings and apply them in our institutions.
Our healthy network is able to apply this knowledge in interfacing with the public, their social networks, and in building coalitions. We provide trainings to both improve our own interpretive practice and to increase the impact of our work by bringing new members into the network.
We will continue to innovate and develop new initiatives to increase positive outcomes for network members and to further our mission of changing the conversation around climate change.
NNOCCI Training Matrix updated Feb25
Changing the Conversation: An Introduction to Effective Climate Change Communication
Virtual Event on Zoom
Date: Wednesday, February 19 at 10:00am-11:00am PT // 1:00pm-2:00pm ET
Course Fee: FREE
Trying to communicate climate change, but people just don’t seem to respond to your facts and science? As important as knowing the climate science, social science provides evidence-based practices that allow us to communicate climate science more effectively.
Please join us on Wednesday, February 19th from 10:00am-11:00am PT/1:00pm-2:00pm ET to be introduced to the work of the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation (NNOCCI), a collective of over 800 climate communicators. In this free webinar, learn how specific values and metaphors make your audience more receptive to climate change messaging and join a community of communicators changing the national discourse to be more positive, civic-minded, and solutions-focused.
NNOCCI has partnered on dozens of peer-reviewed publications that describe its unique combination of elements for training and highlighting the network’s outcomes. NNOCCI is supported through a fiscal sponsorship with The Marine Mammal Center. With nearly 15 years of success, NNOCCI is widely recognized as the United States’ leading climate change interpretation training program, and recently expanded its work into Canada.
Featuring Guest Speakers
- Kayla McCurry | Conservation Outreach Manager, Polar Bears International
- Kiersten King | PhD Candidate, University of Manitoba
Have questions about the National Network for Ocean Climate Change Interpretation (NNOCCI)? Reach out! Please contact Adam Ratner, NNOCCI’s Fiscal Sponsor Representative, at RatnerA@tmmc.org.
Crash Course
Register for the Spring 2025 course, “Framing the Conversation: A ‘Crash Course’ in Effective Climate Change Communication”
A virtual training opportunity for Climate Communicators!
Dates: Weeks of March 31 – May 12, 2025
- Cohort A: Wednesdays, 2-3 PM ET / 11-12 PM PT, from April 2nd – May 14th
- Cohort B: Thursdays, 3-4 PM ET / 12-1 PM PT, from April 3rd – May 15th
Course Fee: $300
The National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation (NNOCCI) is excited to announce registration for our Spring 2025 Crash Course! This is a 7-week, 25-hour, online course for those interested in gaining strategic framing skills, find our FAQs here.
NNOCCI is a partnership among climate scientists, informal science educators, and climate communicators with public trust and large audiences. Dedicated to fostering productive conversations about climate action, we operate as a supportive community of practice. We use and teach evidence-based, empirically tested tools to inspire hope and action. Together, we can shift climate change communications to be more positive, productive, civic-minded and action-focused.
In the Crash Course, participants will learn basic framing elements including what NNOCCI is, why framing matters, and best practices in use of values, metaphors, and solutions. This course is ideal for those who have an interest in learning more about strategic framing. For more information on NNOCCI training offerings, visit https://nnocci.org/training/.
Register now before spots sell out!
Please direct any questions about this opportunity to ContactNNOCCI@gmail.com.
*Please note: we do not want financial barriers to prevent participation in this course, please reach out to us if you have questions about our sliding scale.
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Beginner Workshop
This 4-6 hour in-person workshop helps participants explore the challenges and opportunities associated with how people in the United States think about climate change and offers an introduction to how social science research-based tools (Strategic Framing) can help communicators more effectively navigate the topic. Beginner workshops are hosted throughout the year virtually or in-person by trainers from our network, scheduled based on trainer availability. Learn more about Beginner Workshops here.
Course cost: $1300 for up to 30 participants.
For in-person Beginner Workshops: host organization will be responsible for Facilitator travel expenses (transport, single-occupancy lodging, and food).
Schedule: email contactnnocci@gmail.com to book a private Beginner Workshop for your organization.
Beginner Workshop
Trainer Course
Become a NNOCCI Trainer! The National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation (NNOCCI) is launched its new Trainer Course in the fall of 2022. The NNOCCI Trainer Course builds participants’ confidence and competence in facilitating climate change programs at their organization and within their community. Via a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) grant, this five month comprehensive course covers tested strategies for constructive climate communication, best practices for training others in those strategies, and the role of DEI and environmental justice in this work. The course consists of three phases: two virtually, and the final as an in-person workshop.
There are no Trainer Courses on the the calendar at this time.
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Presented with Gratitude to our Sponsor
NNOCCI Trainer Course was prepared by NNOCCI/The Marine Mammal Center under award NA21SEC0080003 from the Environmental Literacy Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA or the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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BOAT Project Training Modules
This series of four self-guided online training modules was the product of a 2013 NOAA grant partnership among the National Association for Interpretation, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the Florida Aquarium, and the Alaska Sealife Center. The modules were designed to help interpreters build understanding of topics like Energy and Climate Literacy, Oil and the Changing Arctic, and Ocean Acidification, as well as apply Interpretive Techniques for Challenging Topics drawn from NAI’s Certified Interpretive Guide (CIG) training and early iterations of the NNOCCI network.
Changing the Conversation on Climate and Ocean Change
This self-paced, free online course was created for NNOCCI by our social science research partners at FrameWorks Institute. It offers a virtual tour of the research-tested communications tools utilized and taught by NNOCCI members around the country. Check it out to get a sense for the type of work we do, then connect with us to learn more and join the movement! To access the course from their online learning platform, place it in your shopping cart, complete the check-out process, then follow the instructions you’ll receive by email from FrameWorks Academy.