Propose an ISSP Webinar

Providing professional-development opportunities to our members and the wider network of sustainability professionals is core to ISSP’s mission. Offered along two tracks—a Career Series and a Technical Series—our webinars provide regular opportunities for professionals to build technical skills, expand their leadership capabilities, and connect with experts. These 1-hour, for-credit events are offered for and by our ISSP community—and we welcome your proposal to present your expertise during an upcoming webinar.

Click the button to access the online application form. You will be asked for information including a scope, description and  learning outcomes for your event. Allow up to two weeks for the ISSP team to review your application.

Before You Apply

Webinar format. ISSP webinars are presented as 1-hour sessions, including approximately 40 minutes of expert presentation followed by 10-15 minutes of Q&A. You will be introduced by an ISSP staff member, who will also serve to field audience questions. Only the speaker and ISSP moderator will have an active camera and audio; attendee names are visible but no cameras and each will remain muted. We orient around two types of webinars:

Technical Series. These events provide deep-dive, instructional research or advice to help professionals build skills. Past events have included greenhouse-gas inventory tutorials, renewable energy policy updates, and how to prepare science-based targets for nature.

Career Series. These events promote leadership, collaboration, and personal-professional growth—all essential to the sustainability professional’s effectiveness on the job. Past events include how to leverage your network, empowering colleagues to be climate champions, and mentorship.

The webinars do not offer breakout room capabilities. (The format is presentation-style rather than a workshop.) Even still, ISSP webinars should be highly engaging—we encourage you to consider designing questions into your presentation (polls, thought experiments) and include time for audience response. Consider whether you want to address comments and questions during the presentation or hold them until the end.  We encourage providing a “homework assignment” or other way for your audience to engage with you following the webinar, and ISSP will provide you with access to a dedicated space in our online ISSPCommunity platform—a Webinar Discussion Group room—to keep the conversation going for up to two weeks following your event. Consult with the ISSP team for ideas on how to maximize participant engagement.  Creativity is encouraged and appreciated!

Webinars are recorded for later access and for registrants who are unable to attend at the scheduled time. Presentation slide decks and other resources are also made available, as appropriate.

ISSP webinars are educational opportunities and are not intended as a sales-oriented promotional platform. A brief mention of your company, website, or service is permitted.

Webinar platform. ISSP uses Freestone, an interactive webinar platform. Freestone offers the expected features of live webinars, including built-in Q&A, camera-plus-slide view, and polls. Presenters are expected to send a predesigned PPT and PDF to ISSP a minimum of 2 days prior to the scheduled webinar. You must have access to a desktop computer for screensharing and audio. ISSP will schedule a tech check prior to the webinar to ensure everything is working properly.

Webinar audience. ISSP’s webinar attendees are sustainability professionals working around the world in many different industry sectors. A typical webinar audience will include attendees from corporations, consultancies, universities (students and faculty), governments (including UN agencies), and nonprofits.  Attendees include those with decades of experience and individuals in mid-career transition into the sustainability field, as well as students and individuals newly graduated from sustainability educational programs. Webinar presenters should assume that the audience understands the basic concepts of, and the case for, sustainability. Your presentation is intended as a deep-dive learning experience for knowledgeable attendees.

Webinar costs and credits. Our webinars are free for ISSP members; nonmembers pay $25 per webinar. Webinars provide ongoing, credential maintenance credits—typically 0.5 credit per event—for attendees seeking to maintain their Sustainability Excellence professional credential (the SEA or SEP). Costs cover ISSP staffing and platform and credentialing service fees. ISSP does not provide a cost-share with webinar presenters, although presenters will benefit from exposing ISSP’s total combined audience of more than 20,000 professionals to their expertise and services. (ISSP webinars are not sales-oriented but limited mention of your own company, website, or service is permitted.)

Webinar schedule. We schedule one to two webinars per month at a time suitable for presenters and that aims to be convenient for most Americas region time zones.

If your proposal is accepted, you will schedule a time with an ISSP staff member at least 1 week before the webinar to test your internet connection. You will submit any slides or presentation materials at least 2 days before the webinar.

Thank You! We look forward to working with you and creating a successful event!