Chatham House’s world-leading comms are the envy of wonks everywhere. Comms Director Keith Burnet talks us through his #RouteToTheTop. 08:30-10:00, Weds 25 March 2020 Sign up HERE Keith Burnet has been Director of Communications and Publishing at Chatham House since…
The WonkComms #BreakfastClub Spring Collection has arrived! COP is Coming: Think Tank Comms and the UN Climate Change Conference (Monday 2 March) – Book your place here #RouteToTheTop: Keith Burnet, Communications Director, Chatham House (Wednesday 25 March) – Book your place…
Amid all the headlines about the historic nature of the 2019 election result, campaigners in charities and think tanks would be forgiven for missing just how radical it might turn out to be for the story of their careers. You’d…
“Umbrella bodies are the unsung heroes of the charity sector,” said the keynote speaker in the opening address. “Amen,” I tweeted. I’d been asked by New Philanthropy Capital to speak in a breakout session at their #NPCignites conference: an annual…
“Oh yeah, what you’re talking about is ‘pluralistic ignorance’.” That’s the first thing I’m told by the first academic I meet. It’s nine AM, I’m sat in the a professor’s office in the Department of Psychology at the University of…
You’re invited! Tuesday, 19 March 2019, 18:30 – 21:00 34 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HL RSVP HERE WonkComms is delighted to be partnering with Ellwood Atfield – the communications and advocacy headhunters – for our spring social event. This is the latest in…
Thursday 7 February 2019 (08:30 – 10:00) Soapbox Communications, 126 Back Church Lane, London, E1 1FH BOOK YOUR TICKET NOW Are you a better think tanker because you worked in Westminster and Whitehall? Or were you more effective at navigating the coridoors of…
If you missed our #BreakfastClub event last month, don’t worry because you can catch up on the latest episode of our podcast series. Recorded live at Soapbox in London last month, we discuss with Danny Sriskandarajah his #RouteToTheTop, ahead of…
We might have launched a podcast series much sooner but WonkComms is still a collaboration of professionals who all have busy day jobs. We’ve been inspired by people like Jonathan Tanner, who was a major player in the early days…
Martha Mackenzie is Head of Government Relations at Save the Children and has been taking part in the British Council’s Future Leaders Connect Programme. These are edited highlights of her blog series, which WonkComms is publishing as part if our…
