December 2024 Community Call Recap – Cooking up connections at our annual potluck!

On Wednesday, 18 December we held our sixth annual community potluck – an opportunity for members of the CSCCE community of practice to come together for a laid back hour … Continue reading “December 2024 Community Call Recap – Cooking up connections at our annual potluck!”

June 2024 Community Call Recap: Annual mid-year social and curated networking forum

On Wednesday, 26 June 2024 we hosted our fourth annual curated networking forum for members of our community of practice. This is a regular opportunity for STEM community managers to … Continue reading “June 2024 Community Call Recap: Annual mid-year social and curated networking forum”

May Community Call Recap – The who, what, when, where, why, and how of making a community playbook!

This month’s community call was an opportunity to talk about community playbooks, and the impact they can have on a community or team.  We were joined by three members of … Continue reading “May Community Call Recap – The who, what, when, where, why, and how of making a community playbook!”

April Community Call Recap – The impact of short-form professional development training in STEM

At this month’s community call, we were talking about the impact of short-form professional development trainings – focusing not only on how individuals use what they learned during a training … Continue reading “April Community Call Recap – The impact of short-form professional development training in STEM”

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”