QSS Session: Navigating community management in a large, complex organization
2024-06-05 15:00 - 16:30 UTC
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 last 90-minutes and include two or three presentations, with ample time for Q&A and discussion.
This quarter, our speakers will be talking about navigating community management in a large, complex organization, including negotiating more recognition of the role of community management at an organizational level.
This is a private event.
Find out more about the CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program.

CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program Orientation
2024-06-10 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
This event is exclusively for participants enrolled in the CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program.
CSCCE’s Community Manager Certification Program builds upon our foundational Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals (CEF) course to create a longer-form, multi-component, online program for STEM community managers. The program will equip community managers and their organizations with necessary skills and frameworks to ground their work in a community-centric leadership approach – and to signal those qualifications to others.
Find out more about the program.

CSCCE Mini-workshop: Creating core values statements
2024-06-13 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
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 in action. Core values statements are most effective when they are co-created with community members and are specific to the community, rather than re-using values statements that others have created. In this mini-workshop, certification program participants will collaboratively draft core values statements as a cohort, a process they can also adapt for use in their own communities.
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This event is exclusively for participants enrolled in the CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program.
CSCCE’s Community Manager Certification Program builds upon our foundational Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals (CEF) course to create a longer-form, multi-component, online program for STEM community managers. The program will equip community managers and their organizations with necessary skills and frameworks to ground their work in a community-centric leadership approach – and to signal those qualifications to others.
Find out more about the program.

CSCCE Mini-workshop: Giving and receiving feedback
2024-06-20 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Providing useful and kind feedback to others and being open to receiving feedback ourselves is a critical skill for effective collaboration – including during the certification program experience! During this session, we’ll explore the functions of feedback, how to structure yours, and what can make receiving feedback easier.
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This event is exclusively for participants enrolled in the CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program.
CSCCE’s Community Manager Certification Program builds upon our foundational Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals (CEF) course to create a longer-form, multi-component, online program for STEM community managers. The program will equip community managers and their organizations with necessary skills and frameworks to ground their work in a community-centric leadership approach – and to signal those qualifications to others.
Find out more about the program.

CSCCE Monthly Community Call - annual summer social!
2024-06-26 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88275302115?pwd=[REDACTED]
For our June community call (and annual mid-year social), we’ll be bringing back our curated networking forum for its fourth annual offering! This is a unique opportunity to connect with others who are nurturing community, collaboration, and connection in a range of organizational settings in STEM.
Registration for this event has closed as we have reached capacity. If you would like to be added to a waitlist, please reach out to katie.pratt@www.cscce.org.
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Mini-workshop | Working with volunteers
2024-07-10 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Community managers are often trying to create spaces that support group learning and self-expression to build something members of the community couldn’t create alone – and this almost always includes incorporating volunteer contributions. In this Mini-workshop, we’ll explore common community manager concerns related to working with volunteers. We’ll discuss how to flip the narrative from self-doubt and scarcity to center volunteers in a way that empowers and supports them in working together and builds your confidence as a community organizer. We will discuss making contributor pathways visible so that work gets done, while being respectful of members’ different contexts. If you’ve ever found yourself thinking things such as “I feel really self-conscious about asking for contributions from our volunteers – are we being too demanding?” and “I know that different members in our community need different things, but I don’t know where to start,” then this discussion-based workshop is for you.

Registration is now closed.

Creating Community Playbooks (PBK24S)
2024-07-15 - 2024-08-29
In this workshop-style, multi-week course, we discuss the different contexts in which community playbooks are useful and the different strategies for creating and maintaining them. Participants use CSCCE’s playbook framework and custom templates to create a “lite” playbook, and plan for socializing the playbook with their community members.
Our summer offering of Creating Community Playbooks (PBK24S) will run on Mondays and Thursdays beginning Monday, 15 July until Thursday, 29 August.
The key dates are:

Monday sessions: 15, 22, 29 July; 5, 12, 19, 26 August from 12:00pm – 1:30pm EST / 4:00pm – 5:30pm UTC
Friday sessions: 18, 25 July; 1, 8, 15, 22 August 12:00pm – 1:30pm EST / 4:00pm – 5:30pm UTC
Graduation: Thursday, 29 August at 12pm – 2pm EST / 4pm – 6pm UTC

Registration is open for this course: register on Eventbrite (deadline: 21 June 2024)
More information is available on the PBK webpage.

Mini-workshop | Making a PACT for engaging virtual meetings and events
2024-08-07 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
With virtual work increasingly the norm, community managers are often tasked with convening and facilitating virtual meetings. In this Mini-workshop, you will discuss the opportunities and challenges of virtual meetings and explore the “Making a PACT” framework (Purpose, Attendees, Community management, Tech tools) for effective meeting design. You will apply the framework directly to example scenarios so that you leave feeling empowered to use the framework in your own community management.

Price: $150
Register here: 7 August Mini-Workshop: PACT24
Registration deadline: Wednesday, 31 July 2024

CSCCE QSS Session | Coordinating connections: how do we tactically strengthen relationships and strategic partnerships?
2024-09-04 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
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 last 90 minutes and include two or three presentations, with ample time for Q&A and discussion.
This quarter, our speakers will be talking about tactics for strengthening relationships with community members and strategic partnerships with stakeholders. They will share which tactics have worked for them and those that did not work so well, along with lessons learned. Participants will have the opportunity to share their own tactics, and we will explore new ideas together on how to coordinate connections within and across communities.
This is an invitation-only event.
Find out more about the CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program.

Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals (CEF24F)
2024-09-12 - 2024-10-31
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 discussion and project work.
Our fall offering of Community Engagement Fundamentals (CEF24F) will run on Mondays and Thursdays beginning Thursday, 12 September until Thursday, 31 October.
The key dates are:

Social hour: Thursday, 12 September at 12pm – 1pm EST / 4pm – 5pm UTC
Monday lessons: 16, 23, 30 September; 7, 14, 21, 28 October at 12pm – 1:30pm EST / 4pm – 5:30pm UTC
Thursday Co-Labs: 19, 26 September; 3, 10, 17, 24 October at 12pm – 1:30pm EST / 4pm – 5:30pm UTC
Graduation: Thursday, 31 October at 12pm – 2pm EST / 4pm – 6pm UTC

Registration is now closed.
More information is available on the CEF webpage.

Mini-Workshop | Designing for effective decision-making during virtual meetings
2024-10-09 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
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 the outcome(s) you desire. In this Mini-workshop, you will explore four broad decision-making modes (authority rule, consultation, voting, and consensus) and then use the PACT framework to plan a decision-making process. You will leave prepared to deploy decision-making processes in a way that invites all attendees at your meetings and events to contribute.

Price: $150
Register here: 9 October Mini-Workshop: Decisions24
Registration deadline: Wednesday, 2 October 2024

Mini-Workshop | Selecting supplementary tools for virtual meetings and events
2024-11-06 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
Community managers regularly use online tools to support the needs of community members in virtual meetings and events. With so many possible needs to solve for, and so many potential online tools to use – how can you quickly determine which tools to explore and then use? In this Mini-workshop, you will apply CSCCE’s BASICS framework and SCORE method to determine an appropriate tool for a provided use case scenario. You will also test two online tools in a “sandbox” setting to explore functionality and usability, preparing you to select and implement tools for your own virtual meetings and events.

Price: $150
Register: 6 November Mini-Workshop: OnlineTools24
Registration deadline: Wednesday, 30 October 2024

CSCCE QSS Session | Facilitating stakeholder meetings
2024-12-11 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
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 last 90 minutes and include two or three presentations, with ample time for Q&A and discussion.
This quarter, our speakers will be focusing on facilitating stakeholder meetings. As a community manager, you may frequently find yourself convening meetings vital to engaging key stakeholders around the mission and goals of your community. This might include scientific steering committee meetings, governance meetings, strategy meetings, or other specialized gatherings. In this Quarterly Skills Share session, we will consider how to facilitate these meetings so that they are effective and engaging, with speakers sharing examples from their own work.
This is an invitation-only event.
Find out more about the CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program.

CSCCE Community Call: Annual Community Potluck!
2024-12-18 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82715917769?pwd=[REDACTED]
Join us for our annual community potluck – an opportunity to connect with community managers in STEM as we wind down for the end of the year.
Join us on Zoom

Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals (CEF25W)
2025-01-17 10:00 - 2025-03-07 11:30 (America/New_York)
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 discussion and project work.
Our Winter offering of Community Engagement Fundamentals (CEF24F) will run on Tuesdays and Fridays beginning Friday, 17 January until Friday, 7 March 2025.
The key dates are:

Social hour: Friday, 17 January at 10am – 11am EST / 3pm – 4pm UTC
Tuesday lessons: 21, 28 January; 4,11,18, 25 February; 4 March at 10am – 11:30pm EST / 3pm – 4:30pm UTC
Friday Co-Labs: 24, 31 January; 7,14, 21,28 February at 10am – 11:30am EST / 3pm – 4:30pm UTC
Graduation: Friday, 7 March at 9:30am – 11:30am EST / 2:30pm – 4:30pm UTC

Registration is now closed.
Pricing
CSCCE offers rates to reflect the different organizations that community managers work for and the range of budgets that may be available.

General rate: $1275 – For non-profits.
Supporting rate: $1575 – Aimed at for-profits and others who would like to support the participation of others.
Discounted rate: Depending on participants paying the supporting rate, we may be able offer a limited number of discounted tickets for this cohort. If you would like to participate but your organization is unable to cover the whole cost, please complete this course discount request form.

Find out more about CSCCE’s refund policy.
More information is available on the CEF webpage.

Content Design (CODE25W)
2025-01-28 12:00 - 2025-03-07 13:30 (America/New_York)
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.
Our winter offering of Content Design (CODE25W) will run on Tuesdays and Fridays beginning Tuesday, 28 January until Friday, 7 March 2025.
The key dates are:

Tuesday sessions: 28 January; 4,11,18, 25 February; 4 March at 12pm – 1:30pm EST / 5pm – 6:30pm UTC
Friday sessions: 31 January, 7,14, 21, 28 February; 7 March at 12pm – 1:30pm EST / 5pm – 6:30pm UTC

Register on Eventbrite.
Pricing
CSCCE offers rates to reflect the different organizations that community managers work for and the range of budgets that may be available.

General rate: $1275 – For non-profits
Supporting rate: $1525 – Aimed at for-profits and others who would like to support the participation of others.
Discounted rate: Depending on participants paying the supporting rate, we may be able offer a limited number of discounted tickets for this cohort. If you would like to participate but your organization is unable to cover the whole cost, please complete this course discount request form.

Find out more about CSCCE’s refund policy.
More information is available on the CODE webpage.

Mini-workshop | Preparing for large-scale collaborations
2025-02-05 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
In this first of a two part series of two-hour workshops, participants will explore dimensions of team readiness for large, multi-stakeholder collaborative initiatives and how a team readiness assessment can be used to identify the stage of their project and which areas they need to address as a priority. By the end of this workshop, participants will have drafted a survey for their project, and be ready to determine how to translate the survey responses into practical next steps in the second workshop.
Price (for both sessions): $300
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cscce-mini-workshops-preparing-designing-for-large-scale-collaborations-tickets-1074971852749
Registration deadline: Friday, 31 January 2025

Mini-workshop | Designing for large-scale collaborations
2025-02-12 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Prerequisite: Preparing for large-scale collaborations (Part 1)

In this second workshop of a two part series, participants will debrief the team readiness surveys they drafted in workshop one. They will explore how to deploy the survey and how to report the results back to the community and determine next steps. Then, using a framework describing collaborative approaches, participants will identify which combination of approaches or activities will be helpful for the next stage of their collaboration.
Price (for both sessions): $300
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cscce-mini-workshops-preparing-designing-for-large-scale-collaborations-tickets-1074971852749
Registration deadline: Friday, 31 January 2025

CSCCE Community Call: An update from CSCCE!
2025-02-19 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84227728777?pwd=[REDACTED]
Zoom link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84227728777?pwd=[REDACTED]
Join this month’s community call to:

Learn more about CSCCE’s plans for 2025, including opportunities to get involved as a member of our community of practice
Find out what we’ve been up to behind the scenes, from client work to developing new trainings
Connect with CSCCE staff and other community engagement professionals in STEM

Note: this call was rescheduled due to staff illness. It was originally scheduled for Wednesday, 29 January 2025.

Mini-workshop | An introduction to project management for scientists
2025-02-26 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
This two hour session provides an overview of the concepts and approaches scientists can use in managing their collaborative projects. You will leave the session able to describe what a project is and the relationship between projects and operations. We’ll also discuss the three types of project and their relationship to uncertainty and complexity. Finally, we will explore the competencies of an effective project leader, whatever their job title. Please note that we also offer a two-day Project Management for Scientists Bootcamp that significantly expands on the topics covered in this Mini-workshop, and sets you up to put many of these principles into practice using HBR’s Project Canvas.
Price: $150
Register here: SOLD OUT – Second session added on 20 March 2025

CSCCE QSS Session | Co-creating community outputs and activities with your members
2025-03-05 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
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 last 90 minutes and include two or three presentations, with ample time for Q&A and discussion.
In this session, we’ll discuss ways of involving your community members in co-creating resources, documentation, projects, and scaffolding. We’ll consider how to maintain living documents (including managing information overload and obsolescence), how to curate and edit content contributed by multiple different authors, and how to engage members of a community in collaborative problem-solving. Our presenters will each share case studies of how they have coordinated community co-creation, including the pitfalls they’ve encountered along the way.
This is an invitation-only event.
Find out more about the CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program.

Mini-workshop | Making a PACT for engaging virtual meetings and events
2025-03-19 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
With virtual work increasingly the norm, community managers are often tasked with convening and facilitating virtual meetings. In this Mini-workshop, you will discuss the opportunities and challenges of virtual meetings and explore the “Making a PACT” framework (Purpose, Attendees, Community management, Tech tools) for effective meeting design. You will apply the framework directly to example scenarios so that you leave feeling empowered to use the framework in your own community management.
Price: $150
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cscce-mini-workshop-making-a-pact-for-engaging-virtual-meetings-and-events-tickets-1074760360169
Registration deadline: Wednesday, 12 March 2025

Mini-workshop | An introduction to project management for scientists
2025-03-20 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
This two hour session provides an overview of the concepts and approaches scientists can use in managing their collaborative projects. You will leave the session able to describe what a project is and the relationship between projects and operations. We’ll also discuss the three types of project and their relationship to uncertainty and complexity. Finally, we will explore the competencies of an effective project leader, whatever their job title. Please note that we also offer a six-session Project Management for Scientists Bootcamp that significantly expands on the topics covered in this Mini-workshop, and sets you up to put many of these principles into practice using HBR’s Project Canvas.
Price: $150
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cscce-mini-workshop-an-introduction-to-project-management-for-scientists-tickets-1230451466459?aff=oddtdtcreator
Registration deadline: Thursday, 13 March 2025

CSCCE Community Call: CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program Town Hall
2025-03-26 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88114266346?pwd=[REDACTED]
In 2023, we launched a Community Manager Certification Program to further professionalize the role of the community manager in STEM. After piloting the program for 18 months, we’ve announced a few updates to the program, including a “pay-as-you-go” payment option and rolling enrollment.
If you’re curious about:

What training is included in the CSCCE Community Manger Certification Program
The technical and human infrastructure that underpins the program
How you or your colleagues can access CSCCE trainings (and whether they are right for you)
How you or your organization can sponsor the participation of others in the program
Something else!

…then this call is for you! CSCCE’s founder and Director, Lou Woodley, as well as Director of Learning Camille Santistevan, will be available to answer any questions you may have. They will also take you on a tour of our online learning platform, Canvas, and give an overview of the ways that you can tailor the program to your needs and context.
We won’t be recording this month’s call, but if you can’t make it and are interested in learning more about the program, please let us know by emailing training@cscce.org. We’d be happy to set up an individual Zoom call to discuss your questions.

Project Management for Scientists Bootcamp (PMB25Sp)
2025-03-31 - 2025-04-17
Our spring offering of the Project Management Bootcamp for Scientists (PMB25Sp) will run on Mondays and Thursdays beginning Monday, 31 March until Thursday, 17 April.
The key dates are:

Monday lessons: 31 March; 7, 14 April at 12-2pm EDT / 4-6pm UTC
Thursday Co-Labs: 3,10,17 April at 12-2pm EDT / 4-6pm UTC

This six-session bootcamp intensive offers a grounding in the basics of project management, tailored to apply to specific STEM contexts and with a strong emphasis on the interpersonal considerations that support successful collaborative work. This training draws upon a core text, The Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, with materials contextualized for STEM scenarios and applied to custom STEM case studies by CSCCE staff.
Over the course of this training, participants use CSCCE-created templates to create a Project Canvas describing the three key domains of a project (Foundation, People, and Creation) and the three building blocks of each domain (which include the project’s purpose, benefits, stakeholders, sponsor, and the plan for delivery and evaluation).
We use detailed STEM-specific case studies to support participants with completing the Project Canvas in small groups, with application sessions intended to aid participants in applying the concepts to their own project. In our experience, this provides the most value – supporting high fidelity acquisition of key concepts as well as dedicated time to make progress on individual projects with instructor support.
Register on Eventbrite.
Deadline to register: 25 March 2025
Our pricing structure for PMB reflects the different organizations that community managers work for and the range of available budgets. These prices are for a pilot offering of the training, and may increase for future cohorts.

General rate: $595 (pilot cohort pricing for non-profits)
Supporting rate: $750 (aimed at for profits and those who would like to support the participation of others. Find out more about our accessibility fund.)
Discounted rate: Depending on participants paying the supporting rate, we may be able offer a limited number of discounted tickets for this cohort. If you would like to participate but your organization is unable to cover the whole cost, please complete this course discount request form.

Please email training@cscce.org with any questions.

Mini-workshop | Giving and receiving feedback
2025-05-07 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
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, we’ll explore the functions of feedback, how to structure yours, and what can make receiving feedback easier.
Price: $150
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cscce-mini-workshop-giving-and-receiving-feedback-tickets-1203842107149?aff=oddtdtcreator
Registration deadline: Wednesday, 30 April 2025

CSCCE QSS Session | Behind the scenes of community activities: Planning, managing, and delivering complex projects
2025-06-04 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
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 last 90-minutes and include two or three presentations, with ample time for Q&A and discussion.
For our Q2 2025 Quarterly Skills Share (QSS) session, we’ll be focusing on various project management skills, processes, and tools that support community activities. We’ll consider what it means to effectively project manage complex community activities that require contributions from both your internal staff team and external stakeholders and volunteers. Then we’ll discuss some of the tech tools that you can use to support your project management work. And finally, we’ll explore a case study together; what it was like to develop and deliver an in-person event co-created with community members.
This is an invitation-only event.
Find out more about the CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program.

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!

Mini-workshop | Enacting culture change: The Four Frame Model
2025-07-02 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
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 change agents and use Bolman and Deal’s Four-Frame Model to assess and describe different types of barriers to culture change initiatives (structural, human resources, political, and symbolic). We will then use the model to identify where community managers might exert leverage – and what specific actions could help to overcome the identified barriers.
Price: $175
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cscce-mini-workshop-enacting-culture-change-the-four-frame-model-tickets-1286599978169?aff=oddtdtcreator
Registration deadline: Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Mini-workshop | Designing for effective decision-making during virtual meetings
2025-07-16 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
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 the outcome(s) you desire. In this Mini-workshop, you will explore four broad decision-making modes (authority rule, consultation, voting, and consensus) and then use the PACT framework to plan a decision-making process. You will leave prepared to deploy decision-making processes in a way that invites all attendees at your meetings and events to contribute.
Price: $150
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cscce-mw-designing-for-effective-decision-making-during-virtual-meetings-tickets-1203811977029?aff=oddtdtcreator
Registration deadline: Wednesday, 9 July 2025
