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Presenter Design Sessions
These sessions are for each presenter in the Youth Climate Summit occupies a defined position in a three day arc: a purpose, a time allocation, an audience at a particular moment in the program. This session brings you into alignment with what your specific role requires.
Presenter Coaching Sessions
These individual sessions support you as you prepare for your role in the 2026 BUEI Youth Climate Summit.
The virtual summit is the beginning of a larger experience that invites young people into climate action, advocacy, sustainability, and climate-related careers. We will help you connect with the youth audience while fitting your time and role into the larger program's design.
In your session, we can help you:
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understand the theme and purpose of your day, who presents before and after you, and how your contribution fits into the flow of the program
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decide what will be most meaningful and engaging for this youth audience
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work through presentation choices, questions, and logistical details
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tech check your setup
Choose a 30-minute appointment below.
Schedule Your Sessions
Preparing for your session
Bring whatever ideas, questions, notes, or materials you have. Your presentation does not need to be finished.
If possible, please join from the computer and location you expect to use during the summit.
If you are presenting with others, one person can book the appointment and list the names of everyone who will attend.
Questions or no available time? Contact ycs@ericamarx.com.
Presentation materials deadline
Slides, polling questions, backup Q&A questions, and other presentation materials requested by the production team are due Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
All presenters will be asked to provide three backup Q&A questions for the youth hosts to use if students do not submit enough questions during the live session.
Information for YCS Presenters
The three live virtual days open the Youth Climate Summit.
They build shared understanding through subject matter experts, youth activists, alumni stories, local project examples, live polling, and Q&A. The program then continues in person, where students connect with organizations, choose a track, and begin developing their own climate-action pathways.
The primary audience is middle and high school students
The students in Bermuda are joined by invited participants from partner organizations. Presenters are helping young people understand climate issues, see practical ways to act, and imagine themselves in activism, advocacy, environmental work, and climate-related careers.
Each presentation is one part of a tightly timed, interactive program.
Presenters may be followed by Q&A, polling, another presenter, or a video. The coaching session clarifies the theme of the day, what students have heard before the presenter appears, what follows, and the purpose the presentation serves in the larger arc.
Youth activists and alumni often connect best through personal stories
What first drew them into the work, what they tried, what challenged them, what they learned, and how they changed. Accomplishments matter, but the story of the journey helps students imagine themselves beginning a similar path. Alumni may also focus on the specific YCS project they joined, their role in it, and what participation made possible for them.
Subject matter experts have a different role. They have a longer presentation block and help students understand the day’s subject matter. Their coaching focuses on making complex content clear, relevant, and memorable for a youth audience; choosing examples that connect the topic to students’ lives and Bermuda; and using the available time, slides, polling, and Q&A to create a strong learning experience.