Hello to The Connectory Exchange (TCE) Community Coordination group, DECEMBER METRICS (see attached) Things to note: * Programs continue to increase (32+ in Dec) * Active opportunities continue to increase. States with highest increases in opportunities: AZ (10), NJ (22), NC (38), TX (15), WA (10) * Pageviews and Users are down. December is historically slower. * Top 10 Categories: #1 was Coding/Programming due to CSEdWeek in early December. NEXT MEETING: Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 11:00 AM Pacific (2:00 PM Eastern). We are meeting via Adobe Connect: http://connectpro35337274.adobeconnect.com/tcexchange. You will also need a phone line to participate: US (Toll): 1-719-387-8317, US (Toll Free): 1-866-642-1665 Participant Code: 596741 * Please send along your agenda items. * Agenda item: How does your Exchange/The Connectory figure into your organization's 2019 goals? How can we help support that goal or individual initiatives? * Agenda item: What conferences are you attending in the next six months and how are you doing outreach? We are here to help support you. Let us know how. * Agenda item: TCE Community Twitter Chat. Would your organization support/participate in a 2019 Twitter Chat? What are your ideas for chat topics? UPCOMING EVENTS: Does your organization have any upcoming events or campaigns you would like us to help promote? The Connectory will be participating in an upcoming Twitter Chat and would like to invite the TCE community to join us. Here are the details: The STEM Effect Twitter Chat January 16, 2019; 11:00 AM Pacific (2:00 PM Eastern) Join the conversation, using the hashtag #STEMEffect, to increase understanding of the long-term impacts of STEM programs on girls. The STEM Effect<https://sites.google.com/view/thestemeffect/home> project is a collaboration between the Intrepid Museum<https://www.intrepidmuseum.org/>, the Education Development Center<http://www.edc.org/>, and the National Girls Collaborative Project<https://ngcproject.org/>, funded by the National Science Foundation. We hope your 2019 is off to a good start and look forward to discussions at our next meeting on Jan 24th. Kathy Thomas The Connectory Program Manager Pronouns: she/her National Girls Collaborative Project<https://ngcproject.org/> | The Connectory<https://theconnectory.org/> | FabFems<https://fabfems.org/>