MassEnergize Resource Center
Playbooks, toolkits, presentations, materials, admin instructions, and much more.
Our Resource Center contains many tools and resources.
These include courses with instructions, playbooks on event organizing and many more topics, social media toolkits, as well as recordings of Community of Practice meetings and the materials shared in those meetings, and last but not least great resources for Admins.
Some of these resources are freely and publicly available, but others are exclusive for MassEnergize community organizers. These require enrollment. Simply email us and we'll let you in!
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Fundraising & Community Sharing
CourseIn this Community of Practice Meeting we focused on the challenges and opportunities around funding for our communities. Participants engaged in a live poll, sparking discussions on the subject.
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Heat Pump Coaching and Training
CourseIn this Community of Practice Meeting we heard from three MassEnergize members about their experience building and sustaining heat pump coaching programs.
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PlugIN Metrowest Wrap Up
CourseAimee Powelka shares some ideas and lessons learned from the PlugIN MetroWest Campaign as we wrap up its final month. We also take the time to share ideas and questions within our communities, and plans for the summer.
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Event Features and Best Practices
CourseFollow along in this lesson to learn the newest updates to make your MassEnergize community's platform engaging and inviting. We will be actively updating this course as new updates are released.
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Climate Messaging and Community Sharing
CourseEmma Kirby, from Potential Energy, joins us to share their 8 Principles of Climate Communication.
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March Community Sharing
CourseAimee Powelka shares with us updates from the PlugIN MetroWest Campaign. We also take the time to encourage the sharing of ideas and questions within our communities.
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Introduction to The Week & Community Sharing
CourseJohn Yildiz joins us from The Week to provide a brief overview of how this group experience effectively engages people on the climate crisis. We also take the time to encourage the sharing of ideas and questions within our communities.
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MIT Heat Pump Survey & ZeroCarbon Specialized Code Adoption
CourseSiqi Zheng and Johnattan Ontiveros join us from MIT, sharing the learnings they have found surrounding heat pump installation and household technology adoption and Lisa Cunningham from ZeroCarbon MA gives us an overview on Specialized Code Adoption.
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MassCEC Clean Energy Lives Here & Nexamp Battery Pilot
CourseBeverly Craig and Justin Packs from MassCEC give us a quick demo of their Clean Energy Lives here website and Mike Spiro from Nexamp shares with us about their exciting battery pilot program that took place in Newburyport.
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IRA Incentives and Community Solar
CourseRahul Young from Rewiring America gives an insightful presentation on Inflation Reduction Act Incentives and Sean Howe from Sunwealth informs us about their community solar projects.
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Community sharing and MassEnergize data, tools & services
CourseCommunity leaders share details on the campaigns they've implemented this summer. Marina Garrido presents on MassEnergize data with a brief summary on google analytics and Brad Nelson presents on a new platform feature - nudges!
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Fundraising for your organization
CourseThe purpose of this playbook is to help you find and raise funds for your organization/community, whether it be a non-profit or an ad-hoc group.
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Interpreting your Google Analytics Report
CourseThe purpose of this playbook is to help you, the Community Admin, to understand and interpret your monthly Google Analytics report.
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Platform Image Library
CourseWhy reinvent the wheel? Communities before you have already created many images for ACTIONS on their platform, and are happy to share these with other MassEnergize Communities. Find them here.
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Summer Plans and Other Community Events
CourseCommunity leaders shared their plans for summer and other events. Aimee Powelka and Mike Kenneally presented updates on Electrical Vehicles statewide data, and personalized Google Analytics reports for each community.