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...Climate Project brings a personal element to groups that may have never encountered the film, says Kalee Kreider, Gore's communications director. "The trainees have given his version of the slide show more times than Vice President Gore," Kredier adds. "That's really the goal for them, to reach down in where the movie and Vice President Gore cannot reach...
...Gore's "cavalry," as he calls them, can also do something else the movie can't: talk back to the audience. "I can answer questions better than Gore can in the film," said Ken Mankoff, by night a soldier for Gore and by day a computer programmer who develops models at Columbia University...
...Mankoff and his fellow volunteers were handpicked from nearly 5,000 applicants based on public speaking abilities, scientific knowledge and diversity. Gore has already held six two-and-a-half-day training sessions and plans to hold two more this spring - one in Nashville and another in Cambridge. Aside from travel expenses, the sessions are free for all volunteers...
...During this global-warming boot camp, Gore stands in front of his cavalry for about 12 hours and explains the slide show presentation he gives in the movie. The volunteers are not required to follow a set script, but Gore offers specific advice on how to engage the audience and use metaphors to explain complex scientific information. A scientist on Gore's staff is present during the training to answer any technical questions posed by the volunteers, and a professional speech trainer offers public speaking advice...
...There's no doubt that they got students talking. Right after the film, Lindzen, who has criticized Gore's "shrill alarmism," sent the students into an uproar when he stood on the stage and said, "Al Gore lied to you. Everything you have just seen is propaganda...