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Option 5: Read, use, and cite our free resources! We have more than 100 PDFs consolidating so much STEM community management knowledge from our staff and community members: www.cscce.org/resources/
Resources - CSCCE
Scientific community engagement resources created and curated by CSCCE staff and community members. Reports, frameworks, blog posts, surveys.
www.cscce.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Option 4: Participate in our community of practice - and join us for our end-of-year potluck on Tuesday, 16 December: www.cscce.org/2025/11/19/d...
December’s community call: Seventh annual CSCCE community potluck - CSCCE
Join us on Tuesday, 16 December 2025, at 11am EST / 4pm UTC for our annual end-of-year community call - and "bring a dessert" to share!
www.cscce.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Option 3: Commission us to support your community engagement work. Find out more about all of our client services here: www.cscce.org/consultancy/
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Option 2: Let us know which of our training courses (docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... ) and/or Mini-workshops (docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... ) you’d like to take in 2026.
2026 CSCCE course interest form
We're in the process of determining interest in the multi-week courses that CSCCE could offer in 2026. These may include Community Engagement Fundamentals (CEF), Content Design (CODE), Creating Commun...
docs.google.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Option 1: Donate to CSCCE! you can make one-off and recurring donations to support our free community programming here: www.cscce.org/donate/
Donate - CSCCE
Donate to CSCCE by making either a one-off or repeating donation. Your gift will help support community managers acccross the STEM ecosystem.
www.cscce.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In it, we highlighted 5 ways that you can actively support CSCCE on Giving Tuesday (2 December 2025). Not all of these are financial - even a re-post of this thread is much appreciated!
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Congratulations to all our grads! You can view everyone who’s completed the program on the CSCCE website: www.cscce.org/cscce-certif...
CSCCE Certified Community Managers - CSCCE
The scientific community management professionals featured on this page have successfully completed CSCCE’s Community Manager Certification Program. Participating in the program is a significant commi...
www.cscce.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Curtis Sharma, currently supporting engagement and communications for ReSA, noted that on top of everything he learned in the program, he’s grateful for the community of fellow participants.
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Johanssen Obanda, Community Manager for Crossref’s ambassador program, manages a global community, and through his time in the program he’s focused on understanding how he can better support distributed volunteers.
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Zoë Leanza, Communications Manager at Sage Bionetworks, also focuses a lot of her time on comms and content in her community, and is looking forward to expanding her staff team next year.
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Allie Lau, Public Engagement Senior Programs Manager at the American Physical Society, took a particular interest in co-creating community events, activities, and resources during her time in the program.
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Yan-Kay Ho, Project/Community Manager for Open Bioeconomy Lab & Reclone, also shared how community and project management can go hand-in-hand, and has recently been working to finalize a new playbook for her team.
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Sophie Bui, Community Manager at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, recently completed her training with Nurturing Online Communities (NOC), and shared her Project Management knowledge during her QSS.
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Rieley Auger, Program Coordinator for the Global Land Programme, joined the program in June of 2024, quickly completing her required courses and then focusing her electives on coordinating a large, international community of volunteers.
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
And in this thread we’ll share a brief synopsis of their varies paths through the program. Interested in following in their footsteps? Find out more: 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
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Next week we’ll be taking a few moments at our Quarterly Skills Share (QSS) session (a certification program component that facilitates skills sharing among participants) next week to highlight our new grads.
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
You can find out more about the appetizer and main course on our website, as well as everything you need to know about adding the event to your calendar and finding the Zoom link: www.cscce.org/2025/11/19/d...
December’s community call: Seventh annual CSCCE community potluck - CSCCE
Join us on Tuesday, 16 December 2025, at 11am EST / 4pm UTC for our annual end-of-year community call - and "bring a dessert" to share!
www.cscce.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
If you’d like to join us, please plan on bringing a “dessert” - this year we’re asking you to share the things that inspired you or kept you going this year, from song lyrics to books to movies.
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
These annual gatherings are an opportunity for community builders in STEM to get together and reflect on the past 12 months.

We generally structure the call in three parts - “appetizers, main course, and dessert” - with plenty of opportunities for individual reflection and community connection.
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
So if you’d like to take PBK some time in 2026, please let us know using our course interest form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Or, send any inquiries about private training cohorts to training [at] cscce [dot] org.
2026 CSCCE course interest form
We're in the process of determining interest in the multi-week courses that CSCCE could offer in 2026. These may include Community Engagement Fundamentals (CEF), Content Design (CODE), Creating Commun...
docs.google.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We’ll also continue creating playbook content, specifically materials that refer to “who” is involved in a project. This is also a training that you can take through CSCCE (PBK): www.cscce.org/trainings/pbk/
Creating Community Playbooks (PBK) - CSCCE
Community Playbooks is an online modular training from the CSCCE for scientific community managers, and is part of our certification program.
www.cscce.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This week, we’re focusing on developing a sustainable maintenance plan for community documentation (e.g., by empowering community contributors to help with playbook updates).
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM