Communications monitoring, evaluating and learning toolkit
This toolkit provides a framework to think about communications monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), and provides example questions, indicators and tools to do...
Featured Manuals
Manual de los Gobiernos en Twitter
¡No os perdáis el Manual de los gobiernos en Twitter del Gobierno de Cataluña! Twitter y el Gobierno de Cataluña han publicado conjuntamente el Manual de los gobiernos en Twitter, una guía de referencia que...
Twitter Manual for Governments
Be sure to read the Government of Catalonia’s Twitter Manual for Governments! Twitter and the Government of Catalonia have jointly published the Twitter Manual for Governments, a reference guide that provides...
IFAD’s approach to policy engagement
This publication by IFAD provides guidance for developing policy engagement strategies. These are mainly directed at their country offices but offer useful advice for agencies interested in incorporating policy...
Style Guide: how to write one?
A style guide helps your organisation use a consistent voice – and you should seriously consider creating one All think tanks need a style guide: Here’s how to write yours If you work in a policy, research...
Review Process for Quality Management
As a policy research organisation, CSTEP is in the business of producing large amounts of written communication. In order to improve the quality of its research products, such as reports, policy briefs, articles,...
Featured Videos
Simon Maxwell, former executive director of the Overseas Development Institute
Simon Maxwell, former executive director of the Overseas Development Institute, talks about future think tank leaders and how think tanks continue to evolve.
Simonida Kacarska, Director, European Policy Institute
Simonida shares her thoughts on the think tank culture in the western Balkans, the growth of these organisations in the region and what it means, and the challenges they face.
Donald Abelson, professor and chair of political science at The University of Western Ontario
Do think tanks matter? Donald talks to us about his work with think tanks over 30 years, what he finds so interesting about these organisations and how they have evolved, and their role...
Salvador Sánchez, Vice-ministro de la Presidencia de Panamá
Salvador habla del rol de SENACYT buscando el apoyo ciudadano a la inversión que hace el gobierno nacional a la investigación. Nos habla además de los caminos que pueden tomar los...
Salvador Sánchez, Vice-Minister of the Presidency of Panama
Salvador talks about the role of SENACYT in Panama and their support of the think tank community in the country to promote the use of evidence to inform policy.
Ruth Levine, Programme director, Global Development and Population Hewlett Foundation
Ruth shares her thoughts on the role of think tanks and research in society and the policymaking process. She talks about the evolution she has seen in the world of think tanks over the...
Other featured resources
Funding for a healthier civil society – Lessons from an OSF program
The Economic Justice Program (EJP) of the Open Society Foundations ran from 2018 until the end of December 2021. During this time, and building on the work of its two parent programs (Fiscal...
Authorship assignment: Recognising the contributions of individual authors of multi-authored reports
Raymond Struyk, author of Improving Think Tank Management, writes about the key empirical facts on the shift from solo-authored papers to team production, introducing couple of options for...
Think tanks and impact investing: a guide for greater engagement
How can think tanks play a role in contributing to solutions to address the challenges in the impact investing sector in emerging markets? Consolidate, communicate and facilitate...
Did COVID-19 change think tanks’ annual staff assessments?
Raymond Struyk, author of Improving Think Tank Management, writes about how two recent developments may be having significant effects on the way think tanks are structuring their staff...
Transición de liderazgo en la Dirección Ejecutiva de un centro de pensamiento: Análisis, lecciones y recomendaciones de un estudio de caso
Esta publicación fue elaborada por Leandro Echt sobre la base de un documento de reflexión elaborado por Martha Farmelo, consultora independiente en fortalecimiento de ONGs, en base a su...
The significant evolution in staff assessments: a good fit for think tanks?
Raymond Struyk, author of Improving Think Tank Management, writes about the evolution in staff assessments for think tanks. There is an ongoing, comparatively quiet evolution in the...