Coming together online

With the COVID-19 global pandemic resulting in many of us working from home – and moving our meetings and events online – there’s been a lot to adjust to in recent months. Since convening teams and collaborations in the virtual realm will be a recurring feature for many in the coming months, our theme for July is: Virtual events: resources to help you and your community thrive online.

In this month’s newsletter:

NEW: A guidebook of virtual event formats
July’s Community Call: Planning and evaluating accessible events
Blog posts – taking your conference virtual
PLUS: We’re hiring!

NEW! Virtual events guidebook

CSCCE staff and community members have created the first installment of a new guidebook for hosting engaging virtual events. In our “cookbook” of virtual meeting formats, you can learn from experienced conveners about 12 different event formats – from co-working in small groups, to hosting demos, study groups, office hours, and more.

DOWNLOAD THE GUIDE NOW!

News and Updates

July’s community call: Inclusive virtual events

Our July community call (tomorrow, Wednesday 22 July, at 2pm US EDT) will feature three presentations from members of CSCCE’s community of practice covering planning, accessibility, and evaluation of virtual events, and open discussion. All welcome!

Join the call

We’re hiring! Are you our new Lead Trainer and Curriculum Development Specialist?

Help us shape the leading scientific community engagement curriculum and support others in their vital community engagement work through a range of formats. Deadline for applications: 24 July 2020

Apply now

Check out CSCCE’s resources for organizing community events

Whether you’re looking for advice about event formats, tips for including and connecting attendees, or how to move your conference online, our growing “Organizing Community Events” resource page has you covered!

View our event-planning resources

Hire CSCCE to help with your event planning and facilitation

CSCCE staff are experienced event planners and facilitators. We’ve supported the launch of a new online webinar series, planned and led custom virtual trainings, and supported scientific association staff with translating in-person meetings online.

Find out more about how we can help

From our Blog

Virtual Events! Announcing a new guidebook from CSCCE

Learn more about how and why we co-created the first section of our latest CSCCE guidebook with CSCCE community members – and what’s coming next in this series!

Going Online: How we organized the first ever virtual csv,conf

How do you move an international conference online? Learn how csv,conf co-organizers Serah Rono, Lilly Winfree, Jo Barratt, Elaine Wong, Jess Hardwicke, John Chodacki, and Jonathan Cain succeeded in this three-part series of guest blog posts.

Book Dashes: Collaborative Community Events

In this guest blog post, Arielle Bennett-Lovell (a 2019 CSCCE Community Engagement Fellow) reflects on the third Turing Way Book Dash event, a highly-collaborative, in-person event that took place in February 2020.