February Community Call Recap – Community-engaged content and its informational roles

Communities rely on content – from websites describing purpose and personnel to documentation guiding activities, gatherings, and collaboration. Creating content that serves these purposes well, and inspires ongoing connection between … Continue reading “February Community Call Recap – Community-engaged content and its informational roles”

January Community Call Recap – Burnout, exhaustion, and fractals of care

For January’s community call, we hosted a “salon” – a loosely scaffolded group discussion for sharing experiences and generating new ideas – so that our members could come together and … Continue reading “January Community Call Recap – Burnout, exhaustion, and fractals of care”

December Community Call Recap – Reflecting, connecting, and looking ahead at our annual community potluck!

On Friday, 15 December 2023 we convened our last community call of 2023 – a community potluck for members of our community of practice to take a moment to look … Continue reading “December Community Call Recap – Reflecting, connecting, and looking ahead at our annual community potluck!”

CSCCE Open-Source Tools Trial 4 Recap: GitHub and Bitergia to support research and developer communities

For the fourth of our open-source Tools Trials, we took a closer look at some of the specific needs of research and developer communities.  In this blog post, we briefly … Continue reading “CSCCE Open-Source Tools Trial 4 Recap: GitHub and Bitergia to support research and developer communities”

CSCCE Open-Source Tools Trial 2 Recap: Using GitHub and HedgeDoc to organize and support community events

For the second Tools Trial in our series focusing on open-source tools, we invited staff from The Carpentries to highlight some of the tools they use to support community events … Continue reading “CSCCE Open-Source Tools Trial 2 Recap: Using GitHub and HedgeDoc to organize and support community events”

CSCCE Open-Source Tools Trial Recap: Using GitHub to facilitate community activities

On Wednesday, 30 August 2023 we held the first of our new series of five Tools Trials focused on open-source tools for community-building. The series is funded by the Chan … Continue reading “CSCCE Open-Source Tools Trial Recap: Using GitHub to facilitate community activities”

May Community Call Recap – Discourse Tools Trial

Whether you’re a new community manager tasked with standing up an online space for your members, or you’re just not happy with the platform you’ve been using for years and … Continue reading “May Community Call Recap – Discourse Tools Trial”

April Community Call Recap – A conversation about the future of STEM communities online

This month’s “salon-style” call focused on the changing landscape of social media, and how STEM professionals are engaging (or not) on platforms like Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and more. Lou and … Continue reading “April Community Call Recap – A conversation about the future of STEM communities online”

March Community Call Recap – Exploring new solutions to old problems, obliquely!

On this month’s call, we invited the Organizational Mycology team to facilitate an Oblique Thinking Hour activity for CSCCE community members. Beth Duckles and Dan Sholler led us through a … Continue reading “March Community Call Recap – Exploring new solutions to old problems, obliquely!”