Community Engagement Fundamentals (CEF) terms Archives - Page 4 of 4

CONTRIBUTE mode

In this mode, members are empowered to CONTRIBUTE in some way. Often these contributions are invited or facilitated by a community manager, especially in the early stages of a community, and might include presenting on a webinar, writing a guest blog post, or sharing resources on a community platform. One function of the contribute mode is to enable members to discover the skills and interests of others in the group by making knowledge more visible.

This is one of four modes of engagement described in the CSCCE Community Participation Model.

Citation: Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement (2020) The CSCCE Community Participation Model – A framework to describe member engagement and information flow in STEM communities. Woodley and Pratt doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3997802

CONVEY/CONSUME mode

Groups usually begin in this phase, with a community manager or communications professional CONVEYing information for members to CONSUME independently of one another. This might look like a regular newsletter to an email list, social media posts to followers, or other broadcast communications.

This is one of four modes of engagement described in the CSCCE Community Participation Model.

Multimodal programming

The importance of providing a range of inclusive, accessible programming options that support community members in engaging in a way that matches their current availability, preferences for engaging, and accessibility needs. Community members’ changing modes of engagement can be influenced by time, interest, and other things happening in their lives. (See CSCCE’s Community Participation Model)

Example: When sharing an invitation to a public webinar, you might also offer the information that a recording will be made available by a specific date for those who are unable to attend.

Citation: Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement. (2021) CSCCE Glossary: Inclusive Language in Community Building. Woodley, Pratt, Bakker, Bertipaglia, Dow, El Zein, Kuwana, Lower, Roca, and Santistevan doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5718783

Champions program

A program, usually run by the community manager, that recruits community members to take on tasks and activities designed to advance the mission of the community while also bringing champions together for peer support, training, and/or access to other resources.

Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement. (2021) The CSCCE Community Participation Model – Exploring the Champion mode. Woodley and Pratt doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5275270

Informal champions

Members of a community without a named leadership role who nevertheless go above and beyond in their efforts to advance the mission of the community. These may also be thought of as “super-users.”

Citation: Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement. (2021) The CSCCE Community Participation Model – Exploring the Champion mode. Woodley and Pratt doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5275270

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Formal champions

Members of a community in champions roles that are recognized with named leadership positions. There may or may not be a champions program to support these individuals.

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Community champion

An emergent leadership role within a community in which a community member takes on more responsibility for the success, sustainability, and/or running of the community.

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Content creation and curation

Develop, source, and synthesize content including user-generated or original content. Update static content pages. Archive content.

One of the communication skills in the CSCCE skills wheel.

Citation: Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement. (2021) The CSCCE Skills Wheel – Five core competencies and 45 skills to describe the role of the community engagement manager in STEM. Woodley, Pratt, Sandström, Wood-Charlson, Davison, and Leidolf doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4437294

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CSCCE Community Participation Model

The CSCCE Community Participation Model describes four modes of member engagement that can occur within a community – CONVEY/CONSUME, CONTRIBUTE, COLLABORATE, and CO-CREATE – and one that can occur outside of it: CHAMPION. All modes may be present at once, with some members interacting in multiple modes – or a community may have member engagement that falls into only some of the modes described.