Appendix 13: Topics of Research Manager Community of Practice Meetings
Meeting topics focused on community:
- Share your research manager “superpowers”
- Share what you would like to learn from your colleagues
- Brainstorm ways we can share practices with each other
- Share something you have learned from a colleague in this community of practice (CoP)
- Reflect on lessons learned from your participation in this CoP
- Share feedback to inform future CoP meetings
- Reflect on your takeaways from a professional development opportunity (e.g., conference)
- Identify how these CoP meetings could support you in grant year X
- Discuss how to navigate the final grant year and “end strong”
- Explore networking and relationship building opportunities within this CoP
- Provide opportunities for less experienced research managers to connect with more experienced research managers
- Provide opportunities for community members to build interpersonal connection and support one another with real time challenges
- Celebrate the CoP that was built and the work that was accomplished during the grant
Meeting topics focused on practice:
- Explore examples of effective data visualizations, discuss intersect between data visualization and storytelling, and consider how audience influences data visualization
- Discuss project management tools, strategies, challenges, and successes
- Share strategies for developing and coordinating content for reporting purposes
- Identify strategies for disseminating data
- Discuss strategies for work-life integration
- Explore the grant life cycle and the role of the research manager
Meeting topics focused on domain:
- Discuss how to set goals personally and professionally
- Share your typical day as a research manager and lessons you’ve learned
- Explore professional development opportunities including professional organizations and conferences in your field
