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The Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement (CSCCE) supports those building scientific communities. CSCCE.org
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · Dec 3
👋 Hello to all of our new followers! We’re so happy to (re)connect with you here on Bluesky. If we haven’t “met” before, CSCCE is a research and training center to support and study the emerging field of scientific community engagement…
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 9d
Or, if you’re running a Slack-based community of your own, we’ve shared much of our “scaffolding” documentation CC BY, so you’re welcome to adapt our strategies, if you’d like! www.cscce.org/resources/sc...
Scaffolding - CSCCE
Access CSCCE's CC BY scaffolding resources, which you are welcome to adapt for use in your own community (with attribution).
www.cscce.org
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 9d
We’re so grateful to our members for continuing to see the value in joining and contributing to our Slack workspace. If you’re interested in joining, you can request an invite here: cscce-slack-invite-bot.herokuapp.com
Join the CSCCE community on Slack!
cscce-slack-invite-bot.herokuapp.com
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 9d
Once of those resources, by the way, is the most-downloaded resource in our Zenodo community (8000+ downloads and counting!): A collection of online event “recipes” we co-created in the early days of the pandemic: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
A guide to using virtual events to facilitate community building: Event formats
This guidebook, created by staff and community members at the Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement, is intended for scientific community managers, event organizers and convenor...
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 9d
Our members connect over shared challenges, ask and answer questions related to running STEM communities, share resources, and often work with CSCCE staff to create new resources.
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 9d
Since those early days, we’ve gradually welcomed more and more community professionals into our free Slack workspace, reflecting the growing recognition of the role of the community manager in STEM.
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 9d
We welcomed out 1000th member to the CSCCE Community of Practice last week!! This is an exciting milestone for our six-year old community, which “opened its doors” a the end of 2019.
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 10d
Again, if you’re interested in learning more about this project (including how you can support or participate in the program in the future) send us an email: info [at] birdaro [dot] org.
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 10d
Birdaro is our newest training venture, and again a specialization - this time with a focus on open-source projects in STEM. In the pilot cohort of the program, we’ll be focusing on governance and documentation: www.birdaro.org/governance-a...
Governance and documentation module – Birdaro
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 10d
And once NOC is up and running, our attention turns to hosting the first training session for our incoming Birdaro cohort tomorrow, which will focus on giving and receiving feedback in a project team.
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 10d
If you’re interested in NOC, either as an individual or as a potential sponsor of a future cohort, please let us know by emailing training [at] cscce [dot] org.
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 10d
NOC is an elective course in the CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program, and is an opportunity for STEM community managers to personalize their professional development journey with us: www.cscce.org/trainings/cs...
CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program - CSCCE
CSCCE’s Community Manager Certification Program for STEM community managers is a multi-component, online program.
www.cscce.org
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 10d
Nurturing Online Communities (NOC) is in some ways a continuation of CEF, and takes a social sciences approach to understanding how individuals behave in online spaces: www.cscce.org/trainings/noc/
Nurturing Online Communities (NOC) - CSCCE
Nurturing Online Communities is an online training from the CSCCE for scientific community managers and part of our certification program.
www.cscce.org
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 10d
Or, if you’re curious about the impacts of CEF on individuals and the communities they serve, we conducted a careful evaluation of the training and published our results last year: www.cscce.org/research/eva...
Evaluation of CSCCE's foundational training course, CEF - CSCCE
In April 2024, we published a report summarizing the impacts of CEF on individual learners, their communities, and the STEM ecosystem.
www.cscce.org
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 10d
CEF is our foundational training for STEM community managers, and is a course that we regularly run for private groups - we’re currently taking bookings for 2026! Find out more about the course here: www.cscce.org/trainings/cef/
Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals - CSCCE
Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals is an online modular training from the CSCCE for scientific community managers.
www.cscce.org
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 10d
This week in CEF, learners are considering how their content and programming aligns with their members needs and goals - an activity that often inspires strategic shifts in their engagement planning.
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 10d
This week at CSCCE, it's the fourth week of Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals (CEF) and the first full week for our Birdaro cohort! PLUS: Nurturing Online Communities (NOC) begins today…
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 15d
Glad you enjoyed the kick-off, Tilo! We're excited to continue with the program next week :)
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 16d
And you can find more information about the participants in the program on the Birdaro website: www.birdaro.org/pilot-cohort... . Send any questions about the program to info [at] birdaro [dot] org!
Pilot cohort participants – Birdaro
www.birdaro.org
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 16d
During the session, we facilitated a CSCCE-style curated networking forum, which is an online version of speed networking with an intentional twist! You can find out how we do it (and access our templates) here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
A guide to using virtual events to facilitate community building: How to run a CSCCE networking forum
CSCCE networking forums are curated online events that guide members through a series of one-on-one and small group conversations. The pairings and small groups are personalized to attendees based on ...
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 16d
Earlier today, we hosted a kick-off and networking event for the pilot cohort of the Birdaro training program, a new initiative we’re developing to support scientific open source projects: birdaro.org
Birdaro – Supporting emerging leaders in open source
birdaro.org
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 16d
Or, if you’d like to explore more sections of the CSCCE glossary, you can find them all here: zenodo.org/search?q=met...
Search results
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 16d
If you’re working to nurture an online community in STEM, there is still time to sign up for our next NOC cohort, but registration will close on Friday (and the course starts next week!): www.eventbrite.com/e/nurturing-...
Nurturing Online Communities (NOC25F)
Nurturing Online Communities (NOC25F)
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 16d
NOC is a social science-heavy training course, and takes an evidence-based approach to developing strategies and tactics for supporting constructive and creative interactions between your community members: www.cscce.org/trainings/noc/
Nurturing Online Communities (NOC) - CSCCE
Nurturing Online Communities is an online training from the CSCCE for scientific community managers and part of our certification program.
www.cscce.org
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 16d
We’ve published a new section of the CSCCE glossary in our Zenodo community, this time focusing on the terms we use in Nurturing Online Communities (NOC) course: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
CSCCE Glossary: Nurturing Online Communities
This is one section of the CSCCE STEM community management glossary (view the full glossary on our website); a work in progress that will ultimately comprise a series of themed sections focused on spe...
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The CSCCE @thecscce.bsky.social · 16d
This week at CSCCE, we have a new resource for you, a “last call” reminder to sign up for our Nurturing Online Communities course, and earlier today we welcomed our Birdaro training program participants!
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