Launching A Climate Workforce Coalition

CHALLENGE

Work on Climate (WoCl) is an international non-profit organization aiming to spark coordinated system-wide action on accelerating the climate workforce. WoCl wanted to launch a new global coalition that would collaboratively identify and solve talent bottlenecks that are preventing the rapid deployment of climate solutions across all economic sectors.

SUPPORT

Amy Sandoz led the Executive Director and leadership team through a co-creation process to develop a launch strategy for the new coalition. The launch strategy included an initial coalition purpose, structure, launch workshop design, desired attendee types, strategy for securing attendee commitment, and attendee and funder messaging. Amy then designed the workshop and supported the team in their efforts to recruit participants, fundraise, and coordinate event venue logistics. Amy facilitated the launch workshop at Climate Week NYC 2023.

RESULTS

With Amy’s guidance, WoCl successfully conducted their first launch event at Climate Week NYC 2023 towards creating a climate workforce coalition, with the support of 40+ diverse cross-sector stakeholders including government, corporations, nonprofits, and educators. To date, WoCl has raised more than $50,000 for this work, with an additional $300,000 grant in discussion with a major foundation. Participants noted that the launch was exceptional, sharing “This was the best-facilitated event of all of Climate Week NYC” and “Unlike other workshops I've attended before, this one was facilitated in a way that people were willing to listen and collaborate.”

At the end of the process, WoCl’s leadership reflected:

"Think of a world-class professional in your field, and how much better they are at their craft than an amateur - it's not even the same game. That's how good Amy is at helping groups make progress; working with her felt like magic and left us stunned at how quickly she took us through decision-making and design processes that would normally take months."