CSCCE Community Call - Annual mid-year social and curated networking forum!
2025-06-18 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
For the fifth year running, our June community call (and annual mid-year social) will be an opportunity to network with other members of the CSCCE community of practice!
Please register for the event, and let us know who you’d be particularly interested in meeting, using this brief registration form. The deadline for registration: Friday, 6 June 2025.
This call is for:

Anyone working to build or nurture communities in STEM (whether or not your job title is “community manager!”)
Anyone looking for feedback on their community management work
Anyone looking for an opportunity to serve as an informal mentor
Community managers looking for a new event format that supports community networking
Those who love to network, AND those who find it a little awkward – we take (most of) the awkwardness away by setting you up with people to talk to!

CSCCE December Community Call: Annual community potluck
2025-12-16 11:00 - 12:00
As in years past, our December community call is an opportunity to close out the year in reflection and intention setting. The call will be roughly divided into three “courses,” with participants encouraged to “bring a dish to share” – in other words, our collective contributions will create a unique gathering, which you can expect to include reflection prompts, gentle activities, and opportunities to discuss and set intentions for the year ahead.
Specifically, please bring a dessert to share this year: something that inspired you in some way over the last 12 months. Some suggestions for what to bring include:

A book or article
A podcast series or episode
A poem, quote, or song lyric
A piece of music or new (to you!) artist
A TV show or movie
A recipe
A painting

You can find more information about the event in this blog post: https://www.cscce.org/2025/11/19/decembers-community-call-seventh-annual-cscce-community-potluck/
Zoom link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88123402630?pwd=[REDACTED]

CSCCE Community Book Club: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
2026-03-11 11:00 - 12:30
This 90-minute book club session will focus on The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni, a short fable that is used to explore a model outlining five things that are essential for a healthy, collaborative team (or working group, steering committee, or sub-community). If possible, we do ask that you read the book before the call, but we will also offer a recap of the key themes at the beginning of the session.
Facilitators:

Jody Peters (University of Notre Dame / EFI)
Lou Woodley (CSCCE)
Katie Pratt (CSCCE)

Register for the event on Zeffy to receive a calendar invitation and Zoom link.
More information is available on the CSCCE blog.
