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.
Topic: Evaluating the impact of short-form training in the STEM ecosystem Zoom link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84053842676?pwd=elZnL2NkZW1OVklnUWNRVkxad2dadz09
Topic: Creating Community Playbooks - a.k.a. Collaboration Guides, Team Handbooks, and more! Speakers: Sophie Bui (National Center for Supercomputing Applications, NCSA) Allie Lau (American Physical Association, APS) Martin Magdinier (OpenRefine) Abstract: Join May’s community call to: Learn more about the application of community playbooks in a variety of organizational settings in STEM Explore different examples … Continue reading "CSCCE Monthly Community Call"
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"
This event is exclusively for participants enrolled in the CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program.CSCCE’s Community Manager Certification Program builds upon our foundational Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals (CEF) course to create a longer-form, multi-component, online program for STEM community managers. The program will equip community managers and their organizations with necessary skills and frameworks to ground their work … Continue reading "CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program Orientation"
Core values statements describe the values underpinning how community members would like to interact, and include a definition of each value as well as examples of what they look like in action. Core values statements are most effective when they are co-created with community members and are specific to the community, rather than re-using values … Continue reading "CSCCE Mini-workshop: Creating core values statements"
Providing useful and kind feedback to others and being open to receiving feedback ourselves is a critical skill for effective collaboration – including during the certification program experience! During this session, we’ll explore the functions of feedback, how to structure yours, and what can make receiving feedback easier.------This event is exclusively for participants enrolled in … Continue reading "CSCCE Mini-workshop: Giving and receiving feedback"
For our June community call (and annual mid-year social), we’ll be bringing back our curated networking forum for its fourth annual offering! This is a unique opportunity to connect with others who are nurturing community, collaboration, and connection in a range of organizational settings in STEM. Registration for this event has closed as we have … Continue reading "CSCCE Monthly Community Call – annual summer social!"
Community managers are often trying to create spaces that support group learning and self-expression to build something members of the community couldn’t create alone – and this almost always includes incorporating volunteer contributions. In this Mini-workshop, we’ll explore common community manager concerns related to working with volunteers. We’ll discuss how to flip the narrative from … Continue reading "Mini-workshop | Working with volunteers"
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)"
With virtual work increasingly the norm, community managers are often tasked with convening and facilitating virtual meetings. In this Mini-workshop, you will discuss the opportunities and challenges of virtual meetings and explore the “Making a PACT” framework (Purpose, Attendees, Community management, Tech tools) for effective meeting design. You will apply the framework directly to example scenarios so that … Continue reading "Mini-workshop | Making a PACT for engaging 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 talking about tactics … Continue reading "CSCCE QSS Session | Coordinating connections: how do we tactically strengthen relationships and strategic partnerships?"
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)"