Raising Nerd’s Best of 2016 STEM/STEAM Nerdtacular

Posted on December 31, 2016

It’s been a blur. What a wild, exhilarating, challenging, Nerdy year, huh? However heart-pounding, heartening or heart-breaking 2016 has been, Raising Nerd is thankful for all the Nerd parents who have joined us to help inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, and creative problem solvers. In just six months, our staff grew five-fold from just one Clueless Dad toiling in obscurity, to a virtual team of writers, designers, and social marketers working hard together to crank out enough useful content to get friends, family, and colleagues to share so others would notice.

And, boy, did they ever!

As 2016 draws to a close, Raising Nerd has passed 5,000 Instagram followers, approached 1,000 Facebook faithful, and garnered a combined 3,500 Twitter peeps! All that, thanks to some amazing work by our dedicated and talented Raising Nerd staff of five.

In our short time Nerding together, we’ve not only created a sizeable following, but also: a new Bot mascot, a semi-regular newsletter, a revamped website, a few budding blog partnerships, three awesome STEM toy giveaways, and a couple practical posts per week (give or take).

We have so much more planned for next year. More Career Nerd profiles, more giveaways, more website features, more video, more Bot merch! And, most importantly, more original posts to help parents stoke their kids’ passions and keep them engaged in whatever kinds of science, math, and creative making excites them most.

In short, next year, all of us at Raising Nerd have but one resolution: Nerd on!

But before we launch into 2017, we (like everyone else) thought we’d take a moment to review all the cool STEM/STEAM stuff that rocked our Bot these past 12 months. Enjoy our Best Of lists, and Happy New Year to all of you. Thanks again for all your support!