A Zambian think tank start-up: a possible model
This is the second in a series of blog posts on Zambia that I plan to write about this week. Think tank start-ups follow a number of different paths. Zambia offers a couple of...
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Zambia is the place to be for new ideas on think tanks
This week I want to write about think tanks in Zambia where very interesting new developments are taking place. This first post introduces a new and promising think tank...
Motivating staff for higher productivity -the Managing Think Tanks series
How to motivate staff ranked first in a survey conducted in 2001 by the Urban Institute. Think tanks in nine countries of Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of...
Why pay attention to management? -the Managing Think Tanks series
The title of this blog post is also the title of the first chapter of Ray Struyk's book, Managing Think Tanks. During the following weeks, we will be publishing chapter...
Advice to Think Tank Startup: do not do it alone
Recently I was in touch with a former colleague who is setting up a think tank after successful service in government. He said that the idea behind his new think tank was “to do public...
Communication as Organisation: Implications for Policy Research
In this post we hope to briefly introduce new ways of thinking about communication and working with it to understand human behavior, social change and policy reform. In...
Think Tank Initiative 2012 Exchange: How a digital strategy can enhance think tank management, research and communications
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...
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,...
Labels, frameworks and tools: do they stop us from thinking?
An interesting discussion about labels and frameworks has been going on in the EBPDN, that I think is worth blogging about. A bit of the background: an EBPDN member...
How a digital strategy can enhance think tank management, research and communication
Peter da Costa chaired the session on how digital strategies can enhance think tank management, research and communication: An important consideration for Southern think tanks in figuring...
What social media and digital tools are think tanks using in their work? Views from a short clinic at the Think Tank Initiative Exchange 2012
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...
Digital strategy can support communications in think tanks. But can it also improve their research and management too?
“Digital is not another channel, it is the delivery choice for this generation” - Francis Maude, UK Minister for Cabinet Office, 11 June 2012 What is a ‘digital...