If you’d like to learn more about CSCCE online trainings and how we can work with you to develop private offerings for your grantees, team, or community, let us know: training [at] cscce [dot] org.
Both CODE and Creating core values statements are required components of our Community Manager Certification Program: www.cscce.org/trainings/cs...
Then, we’ll guide the cohort through an activity to describe their community content’s voice and tone. You can try this yourself, if you’d like: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
This week, we’ll be discussing six “social roles” of community engaged content:
Creating cohesion / a shared narrative
Establishing shared rituals
Learning more about one another
Determining and evolving shared interests
Making values visible and reinforcing them
Creating an inclusive environment
OK back to CODE! CODE is a 6-week training course in which participants consider what it means to create community-engaged content, and how to build effective communications campaigns: www.cscce.org/trainings/co...
It’s also a great opportunity to meet other STEM community managers and learn from their experiences. Sign up today (or let us know if you need a discount!): www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
And we’ll discuss how to facilitate the activity - which can be complicated if your members disagree on which behaviors are welcome (or not) in your community spaces.
In next week’s workshop (Wednesday, 29 April at 11am EDT / 3pm UTC), we’ll work through an activity for creating core values statements in collaboration with your community members.
Before we tell you a little more about CODE, does your community or organization have a set of core values statements? If not, now might be the time to spend a couple of hours and find out why they should!
This week at CSCCE, we’re beginning a new cohort of our Content Design (CODE) course. Plus - last chance to sign up for next Wednesday’s “Creating core values statements“ workshop: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Creating core values statements is also a required training module for participants in the CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program. Learn more about the program here: www.cscce.org/trainings/cs...
We’ll also discuss how to facilitate the activity for different groups, why it’s such a foundational activity for new communities, teams, and organizations, and how you can continue using your core values over and over again.
In this 2-hour live session, we’ll introduce you to CSCCE’s core values activity (you can get a sense for how it works by downloading this tip sheet: zenodo.org/record/39066... ).
Coming up on Wednesday, 29 April 2026 (11am EDT / 3pm UTC), we’re offering another opportunity to take our Creating core values statements Mini-workshop: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
And if you have any questions about workin with us to deliver a training to your organization, department, or community, please reach out to training [at] cscce [ dot] org.
You can learn more about CSCCE’s Project Management for Scientists Bootcamp, and why it’s perfect for busy STEM (and STEM-adjacent) professionals in this one-pager: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We really appreciate the Project Canvas framework because of its focus on the benefits that successful projects create, rather than just on-time delivery of outputs - a community-engaged approach to team work!
At the end of this week, learners will have gained new project management skills - especially interpersonal and team management skills - and developed an actionable plan for their next project.
This week, we’ll do the same for the Creation domain, and support participants as they apply the entire Project Canvas to a project of their own.
And each domain is also split into three building blocks. Over the past two weeks, we’ve worked with our learners as they completed the Foundation and People building blocks for an example case study.
The Project Canvas, described in HBR’s Project Management Handbook by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, is made up of three domains: Foundation, People, and Creation…
For our current private Project Management for Scientists cohort it’s our last week, and we’ll be closing things out by discussion the Creation domain of the HBR Project Canvas.
If you’re interested in joining us for a future general registration cohort, you can let us know using this brief Google form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... or send any questions to training [at] cscce [dot] org
And if you’re interested in learning more about the topics covered in CEF, we have a one-page info sheet (which includes information about commissioning your own private cohort of the course): doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
You can read more about the importance of creating effective community scaffolding in this CSCCE guidebook: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Examples of community scaffolding include instructions manuals, howto videos, and “start here” documents that address common community challenges.
Scaffolding is the supportive information, activities, and processes that address barriers to member participation and ensure that all members can access and engage in community programming.
The exercise often highlights neglected audiences within a community, or where creating a piece of “scaffolding” would support community members in getting more involved in an activity.
For content and programming week in CEF, we guide learners through a quantitative content audit, in which they catalogue the kinds of content they create and which members of their community it’s intended to serve.
In this thread, you’ll find more information about CEF, as well as links to some free-to-download resources to guide your own community engagement work!