Fri 8 June 2018, 08:30 – 10:30 Soapbox Communications, 126 Back Church Lane, London, E1 1FH BOOK NOW Comms can be a tricky discipline at the best of times. But what if the policy area you cover is one that the media considers left-field?…
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Five things we’ve learned about blogging
The blog has become a vital – and ubiquitous – part of the think tank’s publishing platform. Offering experts and researchers the chance to convey their insights in a digestible and (hopefully) accessible way, a blog post can be an…
Five Things We Learned about Crisis Communications
Crisis Communications is a lot like fire alarms and seatbelts: you hope you’ll never need any of them, but it would be foolhardy to go without. Responding to a crisis in a timely and honest way could actually raise your…
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Posted in breakfast club, Events, Opinion
WonkComms Breakfast Club: responding a comms crisis
Coffee, croissants and comms. What could be a better way to start your day in #wonkcomms? WonkComms have teamed up with Soapbox to offer the UK WonkComms community a regular opportunity to get together and discuss some of the big…
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Five Things We Learned About Being a Digital Think Tank
Like pretty much everyone else who deals with words and ideas for a living, think tankers have spent the last few years grappling with what it means to move to digital. It’s meant different things to different organizations—some have focused…
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WonkComms DC Breakfast Club: How to Be a Digital Think Tank
9am to 11am Wednesday, 8th November 2017 Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Coffee, croissants and comms. What could be a better way to start your day in #wonkcomms? Over the last few years, think tanks and…
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Five Things We Learned About DIY Data Vis
If you work in communications at a think tank or a research organisation, being able to create data visualisations in-house is a useful string to your bow. At the eighth Breakfast Club, we got together to discuss different types…
Breakfast club: Animations with impact
Coffee, croissants and comms. What could be a better way to start your day in #wonkcomms? WonkComms have teamed up with Soapbox to offer the UK WonkComms community an regular opportunity to get together and discuss some of the big…
Five ways to get your story on TV or radio
Getting your story onto TV and radio is a notoriously tough part of any communications manager’s job. Sometimes it can seem almost impossible, especially for smaller think tanks and policy organisations, to catch the attention of broadcasters. So how can…
WonkComms Breakfast Club: Getting your story on TV or Radio
Coffee, croissants and comms. What could be a better way to start your day in #wonkcomms? WonkComms have teamed up with Soapbox to offer the UK WonkComms community an regular opportunity to get together and discuss some of the big challenges of…
