Marvel—and a dash of literary theory—point the way to a new approach to research comms outreach.
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WonkComms and the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Tagged with: digital communications, digital content, digital publishing, digital strategy, research communications, strategy
Posted in Opinion
Posted in Opinion
Coffee, croissants and comms. What could be a better way to start your day in #wonkcomms?
We’re very pleased to announce the first in a new series of small London-based events for the policy communications community. The first session ‘Targeting Parliament’ looks at how to reach MPs and peers given the changing party political makeup of both Houses, with particular reference to APPGs and select committees.
Tagged with: breakfast club, government, media, mps, parliament, politics, public affairs, research communications, think tanks
Posted in Events
Posted in Events
The battle over NHS reform: many shades of grey
This post first appeared on The King’s Fund’s website When we published an audit of the coalition’s health reforms recently, we expected it to generate plenty of interest as health has become such a central and bitterly fought issue in this election –…
Never mind the X Factor this is the So What Factor
Why we shouldn’t let them kill the policy brief like they did the press release.
Tagged with: business change, digital content, digital publishing, media, PDF, policy brief, policy briefs, research communications
Posted in Opinion
Posted in Opinion
Why Think Tank Review?
Think tanks exist to find the best ideas for the good of society. How can they do that if no-one reads what they are producing? Or if their only metric of success is the amount of coverage they generate? Think tanks are much more than publishers, but reports are one of their principal outputs – and right now they are not working. This is the problem Think Tank Review was created to solve.
Tagged with: communication, publications, reports, research, research communications, think tank review
Posted in Opinion
Posted in Opinion
Find Policy: Why Institutional Websites And Search Still Matter
Find Policy targets the search specifically to policy research organizations, and thus can offer more rewarding results. Ideally we hope that we can contribute to more prominence of think tank research. It’s thus a complement to some of the issues discussed in WonkComms: in addition to highlighting particular research pieces, or the work of an institution, this search engine ideally helps make the work of the entire sector more accessible.
Tagged with: digital content, research, research communications, search, think tank, websites
Posted in Opinion
Posted in Opinion
An engineering PR campaign unlike any other
While accustomed to the media spotlight, it is fair to say none of us at The Institution of Mechanical Engineers had experienced the the full blown media storm we caused in January 2013 with the launch of the Global Food: Waste Not, Want Not report.
Tagged with: awards, communications, media, messages, press, publications, research communications, strategy
Posted in Opinion
Posted in Opinion
EVENT: What can science learn from the cutting edge of think tank communication?
A quick notice that WonkComms is on the road again – this time running a session at SpotOn London, an annual conference for anyone interested in how science is carried out and communicated online. Find out more or register to…
Tagged with: digital communications, digital strategy, events, publications, research, research communications, science communication, think tanks
Posted in Events
Posted in Events
VIDEOS: Research in the digital age: wonk or comms?
Videos from last week’s event are now available. The event considered the following questions: Is there is a danger in modern think tanks that the communications tail wags the research dog? Is there value in preserving the traditional think tank publication? Should communications be seen as a means to an end or as an end in itself? And is the nature of research changing because of the rapidly changing communications environment?
