To use social media effectively, think tanks have to behave differently
Related to the subject of digital strategies, Michael Harris from Guerrilla Policy in the UK has published this very interesting post on how to use social media. Michael...
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Explaining controversial issues to the media and to the public: a practical guide.
Robert Ward has published a quick practical guide (in Spanish) on the Science and Development Network (SciDev.Net) on how academics and scientists can explain controversial issues to the...
Celebrity academics: they do more than just advertise their own work
One of the things that I like most about British television (and radio) is that not a day goes by without a show written and presented by academics. These shows range from...
How can we make research communications stickier? Reflections from the Institute of Development Studies
News or blogs on development research are highly unlikely to compete with viral YouTube sensations involving celebrities or pets that reach millions in hours. But a quick...
Think Tanks, politics and the media in Latin America (in spanish)
On the 11th-12th August, onthinktanks, CIES, ODI, the Evidence based in Development Network, CIPPEC, Grupo FARO, GDNet, and IDRC's Think Tank...
Information Dissemination: Think Tanks, the Media, and the Future of Ideas Distribution
Courtesy of Stephen Yeo, a comment on two posts on the future of how think tanks could communicate in the future. Raymond Pritchett from the Information...
How to influence difficult publics? Lessons from the Chilean media
In any planning process, a significant proportion of the effort is dedicated towards developing influencing strategies for the most difficult publics. If you were using a...
Observations: The line between science and journalism is getting blurry….again
I should be going bed now but could not wait until tomorrow morning to post this fantastic article by Bora Zivkovic about the history of science and journalism told...
on the definition of think tanks
I have yet to be able to get through a presentation or debate about think tanks without the issue of their definition getting in the way of what would have otherwise been a thoroughly...
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