CSCCE hosts monthly community calls and weekly social hours as part of the programming for our community of practice. This calendar additionally shows one-off events and online trainings offered by the center.
Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals Fall 2022 Cohort Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals is an eight-week course designed to offer new or existing community managers core frameworks and vocabulary to describe their community’s purpose, refine or create strategic programming to engage community members around their shared goals, and identify ways to lower barriers to member participation. While … Continue reading "CEF22F"
Topic: Annual Community Potluck Our annual potluck is a chance to connect and network with other professionals in STEM who are working to build and nurture communities. We hope you’ll join us to reflect on the past year, look ahead to 2023, and have a little fun before we take a break over the holidays. Join … Continue reading "CSCCE Monthly Community Call"
Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals - Fall 2023 (CEF23F) This eight-week course is designed to offer new and existing community managers a core set of actionable skills and strategies. More information: https://www.cscce.org/trainings/cef/
Content Design - Fall 2023 (CODE23F) This multi-week course focuses on creating informative and engaging community content that is aligned with an overall purpose. More information: https://www.cscce.org/trainings/code/
Creating Community Playbooks - Winter 2023 (PBK24W) Playbooks are written hubs that keep your community members, community champions or community team on the same page by making visible the who, what, why, when, where, and how of your shared work together. In this workshop-style, multi-week course, we’ll talk about the different contexts in which playbooks … Continue reading "PBK24W"
Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals - Winter 2024 (CEF24W) 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. More information: https://www.cscce.org/trainings/cef/ Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scientific-community-engagement-fundamentals-cef24w-tickets-742454279737
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 … Continue reading "QSS Session: Navigating community management in a large, complex organization"
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 … Continue reading "Creating Community Playbooks (PBK24S)"
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 … Continue reading "Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals (CEF24F)"
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 … Continue reading "Mini-Workshop | Designing for effective decision-making during virtual meetings"
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 … Continue reading "Mini-Workshop | Selecting supplementary tools for virtual meetings and events"
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 … Continue reading "CSCCE QSS Session | Facilitating stakeholder meetings"