As part of our programming to nurture a community of scientific community engagement managers and those interested in scientific community engagement, we host a monthly community call via Zoom.
2022 schedule
(You can find the archive of Community Call info from 2019, 2020, and 2021 here)
We typically host our community calls at 11am EST on the third Wednesday of each month, although speaker availability may result in scheduling changes. Abstracts and speakers will be updated as the schedule is co-created. The listings below reflect the most up-to-date information.
We welcome input about the topics for discussion – both ahead of time and during the calls. Please let us know if you’d like to present – or suggest a new topic for a call!
We will also share information about our community calls in our monthly newsletter.
June 2022 Community Call
Date: Wednesday, 29 June at 11am EDT
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Topic: Summer social!
Blog posts: coming soon
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This will be our third annual summer social, a chance to get to know members of the CSCCE community of practice as well as our staff team. We’ll be putting together icebreakers and activities to facilitate connection, holding space for reflection on the first half of the year, and hopefully having a little fun along the way!
May 2022 Community Call
Date: Wednesday 18 May at 11am EDT
Topic: Revisiting virtual events
Blog posts: May’s community call | Recap
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In 2020, thanks to a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, we hosted a series of tools trials and created resources to support the pivot to virtual convening. Two years on, and online is the norm for many of us still, with hybrid events becoming more common. In this month’s community call, we’ll take some time to consolidate our learnings in two community writing sprints. The first will be to develop a virtual events glossary (which will live on our website as part of our growing STEM community management glossary), and the second will involved revisiting the fourth part of our virtual events guidebook and refreshing the resources it includes.
April 2022 Community Call
Date: Wednesday, 20 April at 11am EDT
Topic: CRM (customer/community relationship management) platforms
Blog posts: April’s community call | Recap
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Abstract
CRMs are database-driven tools that offer a mechanism for tracking activity within a community. However, many of the tools available today were created with a sales and marketing lens and lack some features community managers might find useful. In addition, they can be pricey, making them inaccessible for communities operating on a tight budget. In this month’s call, we’ll hear from three members of our community of practice who are using different platforms, highlighting the pros and cons of each. We’ll also talk about what we’d like to see, collectively creating a requirements document for the ideal community management platform.
Join April’s Community Call to:
- Learn about different CRMs and how you can use them to support community management
- Share your experience with CRMs; what went well and what do you wish you could change?
- Contribute to a co-created community resource to guide CRM selection and/or development
Speakers
- Yamina Berchiche, Institute for Protein Innovation
- Erin Conn, AAAS
- Chris Hartgerink, Liberate Science
March 2022 Community Call
Date: Wednesday, 16 March at 11am EDT
Topic: Scientific community manager roles
Blog posts: March’s community call | Recap
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Abstract
Join March’s Community Call to:
- Learn about CSCCE’s community manager case studies, and (maybe) sign up to have one made about you.
- Find out what research already exists on STEM community manager roles, and volunteer to join our newest working group to continue digging into the topic.
- Discuss what it means to be a scientific community manager and how the role varies depending on organizational context.
Speakers
- Elisha Wood-Charlson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Malin Sandström, International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility
- Lou Woodley, CSCCE
- Katie Pratt, CSCCE
February 2022 Community Call
Date: Wednesday, 16 February at 11am EST
Topic: Scaffolding for building communities
Blog posts: February’s community call | Recap
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ABSTRACT
Join February’s community call to:
- Learn about our new guidebook on the role of scaffolding in STEM communities
- See examples of CSCCE’s documents and templates
- Work on your own organization’s support structure, using CSCCE templates if you’d like
- Share your experiences and learn from your peers
January 2022 Community Call
Date: Wednesday, 19 January at 11am EST
Topic: Project management for community managers
Blog posts: January’s community call | Recap
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ABSTRACT
Join January’s Community Call to:
- Learn about project management tools and how to deploy them for your needs (we’ll be covering Trello, Asana, Todoist, and Mural)
- See how other community managers in STEM are using these platforms for their own strategic planning
- If you’re considering implementing a platform in your own organization, this is also a great opportunity to ask any burning questions you might have.
SPEAKERS
- Alycia Crall, The Carpentries
- Ellen Dow, KBase / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Anne Heberger Marino, Lean-To Collaborations
- Lou Woodley, The CSCCE