CSCCE hosts monthly community calls and weekly social hours as part of the programming for our community of practice. This calendar additionally shows one-off events and online trainings offered by the center.
Zulip is an open source platform, similar to Slack, that supports community engagement through threaded discussions and curated channels. It is growing in popularity in STEM, and within our community … Continue reading "CSCCE Community Tools Trial: Zulip"
Quarterly Skills Share (QSS) sessions are an opportunity for participants in the CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program to share insights and expertise about their roles as STEM community managers. Sessions … Continue reading "CSCCE Quarterly Skills Share Session: Coordinating and implementing community-engaged communications campaigns"
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 … Continue reading "CSCCE Community Book Club: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team"
This eight-week course is designed to offer new and existing community managers a core set of actionable skills and strategies. Participants meet twice a week, with lecture-style content interspersed with … Continue reading "Scientific Community Engagament Fundamentals (CEF26W)"
For our second Tools Trial of the year, we’re continuing our theme of open-source platforms that support community engagement by hosting a session about CiviCRM. CiviCRM is an open-source constituent relationship … Continue reading "CSCCE Community Tools Trial: CiviCRM"
Content Design (CODE) is a six-week course that introduces a strategic approach to designing and creating community-engaged content that energizes and inspires your community members. During the course, we cover … Continue reading "Content Design (CODE26Sp)"
Core values statements describe the values underpinning how community members would like to interact, and include a definition of each value as well as examples of what they look like … Continue reading "Mini-workshop | Creating core values statements"
Providing useful and kind feedback to others and being open to receiving feedback ourselves is a critical skill for effective collaboration – including during other CSCCE activities! During this session, … Continue reading "Mini-workshop | Giving and receiving feedback"
Ensuring that your members feel like they belong and are empowered to engage in community activities is fundamental to community management. In this Quarterly Skills Share session, our speakers will … Continue reading "Quarterly Skills Share Session | How to support a sense of belonging and productive community engagement – and measure them!"
Many culture change projects are met with general enthusiasm at the conceptual level, but fall short during their implementation. In this Mini-workshop, participants will reflect on their own role as … Continue reading "Enacting culture change: The Four Frame Model (CultureChange26)"
Meetings and virtual events often involve asking attendees to make decisions. Decision-making invokes numerous considerations, including how to negotiate power dynamics, empower everyone to express their opinions, and actually reach … Continue reading "Designing for effective decision-making during virtual meetings (Decisions26)"
With virtual work increasingly the norm, community managers are often tasked with convening and facilitating virtual meetings. In this mini-workshop, participants will discuss the opportunities and challenges of virtual meetings … Continue reading "Making a PACT for more engaging virtual meetings and events (PACT26)"