Whether you were recently trained as a Climate Reality Leader in our Fall 2024 US Virtual Training or trained months or even years ago, you are invited to join our Tenth Bay Area Chapter Climate Reality Boot Camp to help you strengthen your skills as a climate presenter.

The Boot Camp will be held on Sunday, March 23, 2025 from 1:00 - 5:00 PM at the West Berkeley Fencing Club. From 12noon -12:45pm there will be an optional brown bag lunch for socializing and making new friends.

During the interactive Boot Camp, you will:

Receive road-tested ideas on how to market and land upcoming presentations
Practice telling your own personal story on what motivated you to become a climate leader
Gain ideas on how to present to student groups as well as adult groups
Learn how to respond to tough questions from your audiences
Learn how to create and insert your own customized slides into your presentation deck
Present 15-20 slides from VP Gore's slideshow to a small group of colleagues
Get and give honest feedback on what worked best and what can be improved in the talks
Meet, get to know, and have some fun with your fellow Climate Reality Bay Area Leaders

During the brown bag lunch (bring your own lunch), we will share a brief overview of the chapter, all that’s happening, and how to get involved. Meet members of the leadership committee and learn about various initiatives that they are spearheading. And most importantly have great conversation about ways that our chapter can have the biggest impact going forward and how you can participate.

The session will be limited to the first 50 sign-ups. This training is designed for Chapter Members who have completed Vice President Gore's Climate Reality Training.

We will meet at West Berkeley Fencing Club, 1111 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA. There is free street parking. North Berkeley BART is a 16 minute walk.

The Boot Camp will be facilitated by the following session leaders:

Gary White (Toronto 2015) is a former high tech executive in Silicon Valley who is now retired. He has given over 300 presentations to date to over 20,000 people. He has mentored at numerous trainings and is also the Leader of Environmental Justice at the Congregational Church of San Mateo.

Wei-Tai Kwok (Chicago 2013) is a past co-chair of our chapter and loves giving climate presentations. Professionally he works in the solar and renewable energy industry. He was a climate mentor at the Miami, Manila, China and LA trainings and has given over 175 presentations.

Steve Richard (Miami 2015) is the co-founder and past co-chair of the Bay Area Chapter (2017 through 2019). He was a climate mentor at the Denver, Seattle and LA trainings. Prior to being involved with the CRP, he founded and ran Sustainable Lafayette from 2007-2015, working on a wide range of programs.

Ali Weller (Mexico City 2018) is Worldwide Environment Lead for Apple’s Values Business Development team, a founding member of Plant Million Trees, a TEDx speaker, and a three-time environmental non-profit co-founder with programs in fifteen countries. She was a climate mentor for the first virtual training of 10,000 climate leaders in the Summer of 2020.

Cheryl Schaff (Minneapolis 2019 and online 2024) brings a career in marketing communications to mitigating global warming and protecting all life on Earth from its consequences. She serves on Peninsula Clean Energy's Community Advisory Committee that she chaired from 2022 to 2024. She was a founding member of 350.org's Menlo Park Climate Team and instrumental in launching and producing the team's Annual Love Our Earth Festival in 2022, 2023 and 2024. She's currently working to start a Sustainability Squad at New Community Church, Menlo Park.

Dan Linehan (San Francisco 2012) is a climate science and communications specialist who has focused on climate outreach and education for over 20 years. Author of science books, including a multimedia climate novel, Dan's climate writing and education collaborations include Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Angeles Unified School District, Monterey Bay Aquarium, US Navy, and Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.

More facilitators to be announced.

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