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on how to organise and present a think tank’s research
I had a very interesting conversation with Andrea Ordonez from Grupo FARO today. We were talking about how to organise the research programmes of the think tank and it occurred to us that there is...
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Online Course: How to build a policy influence plan
This is a final call for an Online Course: How to build a policy influence plan, organised by CIPPEC. If you are not a member of the site you might need to sign-up to the EBPDN (but it should be easy):...
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For the 21st Century think tank: mobile data collection and research tools
(Not necessarily; but we should at least be aware of these tools). This is courtesy of a discussion on the Outcome Mapping Learning Community and compiled by Nate Barthel and Mohini Bhavsar. Here is...
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ICT-KM Program of the CGIAR
An excellent source of very useful information and resources for think tanks on online communications and knowledge management. CGIAR’s ICT-KM program has put together a very good page: ICT-KM Program...
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To go public or not to go public… How to decide if it is time to adopt a new...
Many think tanks face the difficult decision over what to do about these new ways of communicating that seem to be all the rage with their funders and other competing organisations; media exposure,...
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In praise of Twitter: 5 ways in which it can help think tanks (filter,...
I resisted Twitter for over a year. ‘You tw*ts’ was my most frequent comment to the sudden appearance of an ODI twitter account. You cannot possibly communicate an argument in less than 140 characters!...
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Making the most of social media: Liz Carlile
Liz Carlile, Director of Communications for the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), has published a briefing on making the most of social media for international development...
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A blast from the past: Open innovation and being there communications
A discussion on the ebpdn online community reminded my of this blog (written back in 2008 for ODI): Watch YOUR space (I have made a few edits and added new ideas.) The world is not, as they say,...
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Digital disruption: the internet is changing how we search for information
Nick Scott has written quite a lot about digital disruption and what it means for think tanks. I was sent this very interesting info-graphic produced by Online Graduate Programs by Tony Shin...
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Think tanks are neglecting cheap and easy social media
Reblogged from Guerilla Policy: Social media is disrupting traditional media and conventional approaches to public communication. Platforms such as Twitter offer a timely and low-cost way for think...
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What social media and digital tools are think tanks using in their work?...
Alongside Enrique Mendizabal, Vaqar Ahmed and Peter Da Costa, I presented a session on digital strategy at the Think Tank Initiative Exchange 2012 in Cape Town yesterday. My presentation drew on a...
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ODI’s award-winning online strategy explained
The ODI digital strategy, which I first outlined in a series of blogs for onthinktanks.org, was awarded Online Strategy of the Year 2012 at the prestigious Digital Communications Awards, held in Berlin...
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Minority Education Think Tank to Launch Online
The American Education Think Tank (AETT), with the help of a Maryland business executive long associated with historically Black colleges and universities, is going to launch a new online education...
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Think Tank Initiative 2012 Exchange: How a digital strategy can enhance think...
These videos are part of the June 19th Workshop A of the Think Tank Initiative Exchange. This workshop was about digital strategy plays a role in think tank management, research and communications. The...
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The Power of Film: Turning your talking head video into a story
[Editor's note: This post has been written by Caroline Cassidy who specialises in communications for the Research and Policy in Development programme (RAPID) at ODI and comes from a media and film...
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Is it wrong to herald the death of the institutional website?
[Editor's note: This blog is written by James Georgalakis, Head of Communications, at the Institute for Development Studies in the UK] I recently facilitated a workshop for junior researchers on...
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The Renaissance of the Corporate Website
[Editor's note: This post has been written by Mallory Clyne, Communications Manager at The North-South Institute. It is in response to a post by James Georgalakis that in turn followed a post by Nick...
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