December’s Community Call: Join us for our annual community potluck!

Every year, we host an end-of-year virtual “potluck” for our community of practice. It’s an opportunity to reflect on the year’s successes, share some of the things we’ve learned over … Continue reading “December’s Community Call: Join us for our annual community potluck!”

Community participation guidelines – through the lens of the house party metaphor

Over the coming months we’ll be exploring a number of metaphors about community management that can support conversations about specific concepts and common challenges in a creative and free-flowing manner. … Continue reading “Community participation guidelines – through the lens of the house party metaphor”

GitHub and Bitergia for supporting research and developer communities – CSCCE Open-Source Tools Trial 4

For the fourth Tools Trial in our open-source series, we’re taking a closer look at research and developer communities. Our speakers will be sharing how they use GitHub and Bitergia … Continue reading “GitHub and Bitergia for supporting research and developer communities – CSCCE Open-Source Tools Trial 4”

Exploring OpenReview and its various applications – CSCCE Open-Source Tools Trial 3

In the third Tools Trial of our series focused on open-source tools for community building, we’re taking a look at OpenReview, an open-source platform that supports open peer review, primarily … Continue reading “Exploring OpenReview and its various applications – CSCCE Open-Source Tools Trial 3”

Tools to support conferences and events – CSCCE Open-Source Tools Trial 2

Continuing our series of Tools Trials sessions focused on open-source tools that can be used for different aspects of convening and collaborating, in the next session on tools to support … Continue reading “Tools to support conferences and events – CSCCE Open-Source Tools Trial 2”

Facilitating community activities using Github – CSCCE Open-Source Tools Trial 1

In the first Tools Trial of this new series exploring open-source tools that support community building in STEM, we’re going to take a look at three use cases for how … Continue reading “Facilitating community activities using Github – CSCCE Open-Source Tools Trial 1”

Investigating open-source community platforms – CSCCE Tools Trials return!

Online platforms are continually appearing and evolving, and as a community manager it can feel like a constant effort to stay up to date with what’s out there. We started … Continue reading “Investigating open-source community platforms – CSCCE Tools Trials return!”

June 2023 Newsletter

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* June 2023 Newsletter Reading and resources from CSCCE to inspire your community-building projects  In recent weeks we’ve enjoyed witnessing several client and community projects blossom. Together, they showcase … Continue reading “June 2023 Newsletter”

Planning and launching a new champions program – and online community platform – at the Michael J Fox Foundation

Over the last few months, we’ve been working with Josh Gottesman and Leslie Kirsch at the Michael J Fox Foundation to plan a new online community of practice intended to … Continue reading “Planning and launching a new champions program – and online community platform – at the Michael J Fox Foundation”