Private training courses and Mini-workshops

CSCCE’s professional development training courses and Mini-workshops can be delivered privately for your organization, project team, or members of your community, such as grantees or community champions. They’re a great way to develop shared language and mental models together and learn more about one another’s work. 

Intended audiences include:

• Program managers from the same organization or related organizations managing community-engaged projects 
• Participants in a champions or ambassador program working to launch community-engaged projects
• Grantees working on similar community-engaged projects

Multi-week training courses available as private cohorts 

Our highly interactive and practical online trainings contextualize and synthesize decades of research spanning organizational theory to marketing – all while honoring the wisdom that comes from practice and the value of peer support. 

The following CSCCE training courses can be delivered as private cohorts: 

• An introduction to community engagement – a five part series of Mini-workshops and office hours sessions [one live session per week for five weeks]
• Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals – a full private cohort of our foundational training for community managers in STEM [two live sessions per week for eight weeks]
• Project Management for Scientists Bootcamp – a full private cohort of our popular bootcamp, with the option for case studies tailored to your context (see customizations below) [seven live sessions; can be spread over five weeks or condensed into two full days]
• Creating Community Playbooks – a full private cohort to support participants in creating core documentation for their community or project [two live sessions per week for seven weeks]

Mini-workshops available privately

CSCCE Mini-workshops are 90- to 120-minute sessions that introduce discrete ideas in community management or go deeper on a core framework. Some Mini-workshops can be clustered thematically if you are interested in a specific area of community management (for example, planning and facilitating meetings and events or interpersonal dynamics and team culture). Several of these workshops are also ideal if you are hosting a champions program and wish to include some training for your champions.

The following CSCCE Mini-workshops can be delivered as private training sessions: 

• Creating core values statements
• Giving and receiving feedback
• Enacting culture change: The Four-Frame model
• Making a PACT for more engaging virtual meetings and events
• Designing for effective decision-making during virtual meetings
• Preparing and Designing for large-scale collaborations (two-part series)
• Working with volunteers

Developing new trainings

To discuss the possibility of developing new trainings related to community engagement and interpersonal dynamics in STEM, please reach out to training@cscce.org. 

About CSCCE private trainings

In general, all CSCCE-delivered private trainings include: 

• Places for up to 30 participants 
• Live session delivery via CSCCE’s Zoom account*
• Access to proprietary training materials including slides, worksheets, templates, and guides in CSCCE’s Google Workspace, both during and after the training
• Ongoing access to CSCCE’s community of practice and more than 1000 community engagement professionals (provided by default to participants in multi-week courses, optional for Mini-workshop participants)
• A custom webpage and registration form to support sign ups (if needed)
• Learner support including facilitated onboarding and monitoring of attendance
• Technical support for the duration of the training including quick start guides to key platforms used
• An evaluation survey to gather learner feedback
• A custom webpage and registration form (if needed)

For multi-week courses you can also expect:

• Up to 30 seats in CSCCE’s Canvas learning management system (where applicable)
• A private channel in the CSCCE Slack workspace for communications before, during, and after the training
• An optional, 30-minute, live orientation session that includes information about all of the platforms we use in our trainings
• Final review of learner attendance and homework
• Graduate recognition including digital badges and the option to be featured on the CSCCE website
• Analysis of learner feedback survey data and a final report

*Please note that we do not record training sessions by default. This is to protect our online classrooms as a confidential learning environment. If you require session recordings, we can discuss this with you as a customization option. 

Customizing your private training 

For an additional fee, we can also work with you to customize our training materials to your specific needs. This might include: 

• Additional seats (i.e., a cohort larger than 30)
• Developing custom case studies related to your domain
• Customizing training materials (e.g., slide decks and worksheets)
• Combining multiple Mini-workshops into a series
• Adding office hours sessions (e.g., to apply course materials to your specific context) to a multi-week course or Mini-workshop series
• Adding additional Mini-workshops to a multi-week training course to meet the needs of your group
• Editing and sharing session recordings or snippets
• Hosting an in-person training at your location

Scheduling a private training

To schedule a private CSCCE training, please send an email to training@cscce.org. We’ll then schedule a 30 minute meeting with you to discuss your needs, scheduling options, and any customizations you’re interested in exploring, as well as our current pricing structure.