CSCCE

Mini-workshop | Giving and receiving feedback
2026-05-28 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: $175
Register here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/cscce-mini-workshop-giving-and-receiving-feedback-feedback26
Registration deadline: Thursday, 21 May 2026

Quarterly Skills Share Session | How to support a sense of belonging and productive community engagement - and measure them!
2026-06-03 11:00 - 12:30
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 discuss how to co-create codes of conduct that support inclusive engagement, different ways of assessing engagement and community health, and how to ensure that the meetings and events you host support your community’s purpose. We’ll consider these topics in the context of large, online communities as well as smaller, in-person gatherings, and will touch on themes from various CSCCE training courses including co-creation of community resources, designing community programming, and developing champions programs.
Speakers:

Kevin Gott (NERSC)
Rebecca Hartman-Baker (NERSC)
Mike Lipka (NASA)
Samantha Wittke (CSC – IT Center for Science, Finland)

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 three to four presentations, with ample time for Q&A and discussion.
Please note: This is not a public event – participation is by invitation only!

Creating Community Playbooks (PBK26F)
2026-09-15 11:00 - 2026-10-30 12:30
This seven-week course is for anyone who wants to create or update a playbook but needs some guidance and/or accountability to get it made. All learners must be actively managing a community, collaboration, or team. This course is also appropriate for community managers interested in creating a playbook for a community champions program.
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Even if you already have a playbook or existing documentation about your community, this course will help you to identify gaps, make updates, or improve the adoption and reuse of existing content. We’ve found that previous learners in similar trainings that we’ve offered appreciated the opportunity to audit and update documentation and processes to enhance existing communication norms.
Our fall offering of Creating Community Playbooks (PBK26F) will run on Tuesdays and Fridays beginning Tuesday, 15 September until Friday, 30 October 2026.
The key dates are:
Week 1

Tuesday lesson: 15 September at 11am – 1pm EDT / 3pm – 5pm UTC
Friday Co-Lab: 18 September at 11am – 1pm EDT / 3pm – 5pm UTC

Weeks 2-7

Tuesday lessons: 22, 29 September; 6, 13, 20, 27 October at 11am – 12:30pm EDT / 3pm – 4:30pm UTC*
Friday Co-Labs: 25 September ; 2, 9,16, 23, 30 October at 11am – 12:30pm EDT / 3pm – 4:30pm UTC*

*Note that daylight savings changes in the UK and Europe in late October may affect the timing of the last two sessions of the course in your region.
Registration deadline: Friday, 28 August 2026
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Project Management for Scientists Bootcamp (PMB26F)
2026-09-21 12:00 - 2026-10-22 18:00
This seven-session online 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.
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Over the course of this training, we will introduce you to a variety of concepts and approaches that scientists can use in managing their collaborative projects. You will 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 will use detailed STEM-specific case studies to support you with completing the Project Canvas in small groups, with application sessions intended to aid you in implementing the concepts in your own projects. 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.
Our Fall offering of Project Management for Scientists Bootcamp (PMB26F) will run on Mondays and Thursdays beginning Monday, 21 September until Thursday, 22 October 2026.
The key dates are:

Optional orientation session: Monday, 21 September 2026 at 12pm – 12:30pm EDT / 4pm – 4:30pm UTC
Introductory session (required): Thursday, 24 September at 12pm – 2pm EDT / 4pm – 6pm UTC
Monday sessions: 5, 12, 19 October at 12pm – 2pm EDT / 4pm – 6pm UTC
Thursday sessions: 8, 15, 22 October at 12pm – 2pm EDT / 4pm – 6pm UTC

Registration deadline: Friday, 28 August 2026
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