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CSCCE CiviCRM Tools Trial interest form This form is for letting the CSCCE team know more about your interest in joining or presenting at a community Tools Trial to explore the open-source platform CiviCRM. The event will take place on Wedn...

If you’re interested in joining, let us know using this short form - you can add a note about the topics you would like our speakers to cover, as well as ensure we send you calendar invite: forms.gle/jXBLMrJyCwwd...

If you’re considering how to better manage your member data, or you’re curious about what it takes to stand up this open-source platform to support your community management work, then this is the call for you!

Tools Trials 2026: Join us to learn more about CiviCRM - CSCCE Join us on 25 March 2026 for our second Tools Trial of the year, when we'll continue our theme of open-source platforms and explore CiviCRM!

We’ve just added another Tools Trial to the CSCCE calendar - on Wednesday, 25 March we’ll be spending some time with Lauren Collister and Yo Yehudi to learn more about CiviCRM: www.cscce.org/2026/02/12/t...

CSCCE Book Club: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is a short book by Patrick Lencioni that explores a model for teamwork through a short business fable, split into chapters. The fable follows a new CEO, Kathryn, as she...

If you’d like to participate, please register via Zeffy (and consider making a donation to CSCCE to support future community events like this one): www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

These themes don’t just apply to work teams - we also see this model in action in healthy communities, and that’s the connection we’ll explore during the live book club session!

This short book explores how trust is the foundation of a healthy team, making it possible to work through conflict, encourage commitment and accountability, and ultimately achieve results.

CSCCE Community Book Club: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - CSCCE Join CSCCE community member Jody Peters on Wednesday, 11 March 2026 for a conversation on building healthy teams.

Join us for a 90-minute community book club session on Wednesday 11 March at 11am EDT / 3pm UTC to discuss The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, co-hosted by Jody Peters! www.cscce.org/2026/02/10/c...

Or, if you’d like to discuss our full range of consultancy (e.g., member research, community strategy development, or program evaluation), send us an email: info [at] cscce [dot] org.

You can find out more about CSCCE Mini-workshops, all of which can be offered as private trainings, on our website: www.cscce.org/trainings/cs...

This week’s client work includes running a series of private Mini-workshops - which is something we love to do with our clients, either for them and their colleagues or as a complement to their community programming.

Infrastructure update: CSCCE switches to Zeffy for training sales - CSCCE We’re pausing our use of Eventbrite for handling registration and payment processing for our trainings and switching to Zeffy.

You can sign up for both of these courses via Zeffy, a new ticket sales platform we’re trialing in the first part of 2026. You can find out more about this platform change on our blog: www.cscce.org/2026/01/30/i...

This course introduces a CSCCE-developed framework for designing community-engaged content that effectively shares information while also cultivating connection and a sense of belonging.

Content Design (CODE) - CSCCE Content Design (CODE) is an online training from the CSCCE for community managers and part of our certification program.

Or if your job is more communications-focused (but you’re still nurturing connections or collaboration), consider signing up for Content Design (CODE), which starts in mid April: www.cscce.org/trainings/co...

…and dig into the skills that make your job essential for building and maintaining vibrant STEM communities and productive collaborations.

In this 8 week course, you’ll join two live sessions a week and work alongside a cohort of your peers on getting to know your members, building content and programming that meets them where they are…

Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals - CSCCE Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals is an online modular training from the CSCCE for scientific community managers.

If you’re just starting out as a community manager (job titles vary!) in STEM, or you’re looking for inspiration as you update your content strategy for 2026, consider joining Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals (CEF) in March: www.cscce.org/trainings/cef/

This week at CSCCE, we’re welcoming new registrants to not one but TWO CSCCE training courses now open for registration, and behind the scenes we’re working on some exciting client projects.

Infrastructure update: CSCCE switches to Zeffy for training sales - CSCCE We’re pausing our use of Eventbrite for handling registration and payment processing for our trainings and switching to Zeffy.

You can find more information about CSCCE’s recent switch from Eventbrite to Zeffy here: www.cscce.org/2026/01/30/i...

Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals (CEF26W) Course DescriptionThis eight-week course is for new or existing community managers who are looking to learn about core frameworks and vocabulary to describe their community and their role within it. W...

Our next cohort, CEF26W, will run on Mondays and Thursdays beginning Thursday, 19 March until Thursday, 7 May 2026, and you can register (deadline: 5 March) via Zeffy: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

CEF is designed for community managers in STEM who are looking to enhance their engagement strategy, develop engaging content and programming, and want to find a community of like-minded professionals for ongoing peer support.

Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals - CSCCE Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals is an online modular training from the CSCCE for scientific community managers.

Registration is now open for CSCCE’s foundational training course: Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals (CEF)! www.cscce.org/trainings/cef/

If you have any questions about CODE, the CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program, or our switch to Zeffy, please send an email to training [at] cscce [dot] org.

Infrastructure update: CSCCE switches to Zeffy for training sales - CSCCE We’re pausing our use of Eventbrite for handling registration and payment processing for our trainings and switching to Zeffy.

You can read more about our transition from Zeffy to Eventbrite in a new blog post on the CSCCE website - please note the section on Zeffy’s optional platform fee! www.cscce.org/2026/01/30/i...

Content Design (CODE26Sp) Course DescriptionContent Design (CODE) is a six-week course that introduces a strategic approach to designing and creating community-engaged content that energizes and inspires your community members...

You can register for CODE today via Zeffy - a new platform for CSCCE (see the next post in this thread for more info!): www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

It’s also a required course in the CSCCE Community Manager Certification Program, which you can enroll in at any time and pay-as-you-go! www.cscce.org/trainings/cs...

CODE is perfect for anyone working in a community-facing role that requires them to regularly generate content – think blog posts, member resources, newsletters, and more.

Content Design (CODE) - CSCCE Content Design (CODE) is an online training from the CSCCE for community managers and part of our certification program.

We’re gradually getting our training calendar sorted for 2026! First up, Content Design (aka CODE, a community-engaged comms training for STEM community managers) is back for a third cohort in late April: www.cscce.org/trainings/co...

An update to CSCCE's Project Management for Scientists Bootcamp (PMB) - CSCCE In 2026, we’re combining PMI + PMB into a single training offering (that also includes a new orientation option!)

We’ve outlined all of this and more in a new blog post on the CSCCE website (www.cscce.org/2026/01/28/a... ), but if you have any questions please reach out to training [at] cscce [dot] org.

This will apply both to our general registration cohorts (more soon on when PMB will be available) and private trainings (let us know if your org or community would be interested, our calendar is already filling up!).

So, in 2026 we’re combining the Mini-workshop and 6-session bootcamp into a single multi-week course, and adding an optional 30 minute orientation session to help new learners get acquainted with our online training environment.