Hello to The Connectory Exchange (TCE) Community Coordination group, MARCH METRICS (see attached) Things to note: * Programs continue to increase * Active opportunities continue to increase. States with highest increases in opportunities: CA (16), NJ (17), NC (395 - majority from NC Science Festival bulk upload), OH (13) * Pageviews and Users are up for the month of March. * Top 5 Entry include three opportunities that were promoted on social media. * Top 10 Referring Domains included Bay Area Teen Science and NCWIT Aspirations pages that promote finding STEM opportunities for youth. * Enews subscribers received a boost from the addition of Leap into Science educators (+440). IF/THEN INITIATIVE: NGCP is thrilled to announce a new grant from IF/THEN<https://www.ifthenshecan.org/>, an initiative of Lyda Hill Philanthropies supporting women in STEM. We will work in partnership with Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) to host a digital asset library that features women scientists on the FabFems<https://www.fabfems.org/> platform so nonprofits can download content to leverage on their own media, websites, and other publications. See the press release<https://ngcproject.org/sites/default/files/if-then_pressrelease_ngcp_030419_final.pdf> for more details. TWITTER CHAT RESOURCE: In order to build the capacity of our initiatives and NGCP Collaboratives, we have recorded a Twitter Chat Orientation. This how-to resource includes Key Elements of a Twitter Chat, Identifying and Preparing Partners, Planning, Promotion, Tips for Graphic Images, and Execution. Here is the Adobe Connect recording: http://connectpro35337274.adobeconnect.com/p68pa0fhxyze. Note: The Connectory is still planning to conduct a Twitter Chat in the near future. We will keep you posted. MEETING REMINDER: Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 10:30 AM Pacific (1:30 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 We will send out a calendar invite shortly. Please send along your agenda items. 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/>