Building a think tank: why, what, who, how, when?
If you’re thinking about setting up a new think tank, you probably have a lot of questions. Like: Where do I start? How do I fundraise for it or budget operating costs? How much weight...
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Build a think tank: A guide for policy entrepreneurs
This guide is not a recipe to set up a think tank – there is no such thing. Think tanks are all different and all respond to their contexts. This guide is framed around a series of...
Luminate organisational strategy consultation process
OTT Consulting is facilitating a partner and stakeholder consultation and engagement process to inform the implementation of the Luminate Foundation´s organisational strategy refresh...
Introduction to Facilitating and Producing Participatory Virtual Events
This introductory course to Facilitating & Producing Participatory Virtual Events will help you to make the best use of virtual opportunities to engage with people, explore issues creatively,...
Survey Think Tank State of the Sector 2020-2021
The On Think Tanks sector surveys help gain an understanding of how policy research centres, think tanks and those related to think tanks and evidence-informed policy see the current context,...
Think Tank State of the Sector 2020-2021
Drawing on data from 3,107 think tanks worldwide registered on the Open Think Tank Directory, the State of the Sector report offers evidence-informed policy community data and analysis on...
Echidna Giving Africa Education Research Consortium Symposium
OTT Consulting is developing, designing and facilitating a symposium to help shape the implementation of a new consortium of research organisations in East and Southern Africa, supported by...
School for Thinktankers 2022
The School for Thinktankers 2022: a three-week programme 24 January - 11 February. Participants join the learning space daily from 12:30 GMT to 14:30 GMT. The programme is designed to deepen your think tank...
What makes a policy work and how can think tanks support this?
This is an important question given that policymaking is a critical activity of governments and impacts the lives of all people across the globe. Think tanks play an...
Six takeaways from six years as Director of Communications at On Think Tanks
I have been part of small and large organisations, each with their own complexities, challenges and advantages. By 2016, I thought I’d done the communications rounds:...
Three lessons on evaluation: why thinking about usefulness, communication and learning matters
The article by Ajoy Datta from OTT covering lessons on devising, revising and evaluating strategies for funding organisations inspired me to pull together three critical...
Taking complexity seriously: helping officials to use evidence more skilfully in the Zimbabwean government
Evidence can be used as a resource by government officials (both ministers and civil servants) in an environment which is usually characterized by debate, competition...