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The theory of ‘framing’: useful for think tanks?
The conservative right study cognitive science and work in advertising, they understand the role of emotion in generating values. The progressive left study political science and are stuck in a phony...
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Just. Do. It.
As soon as we at the Chartered Institute of Housing started planning the launch of our latest report– on the impact of the government’s benefit cap in Haringey – I knew I wanted to do something a bit...
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EVENT: Wonkcomms teams and skill sets: what does the future hold?
Chatham House, 3.30-5PM GMT, Friday 6 December 10 St James’s Square London SW1Y 4LE REGISTER TO ATTEND OR WATCH ONLINE After setting the scene on the future of think tank communications in our first...
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An engineering PR campaign unlike any other
By Erica Herrero-Martinez, Media Manager at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers The Institution of Mechanical Engineers prides itself in having an excellent media profile. In the past our reports...
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Powerful storytelling: how comms stole the show
“For me, it was the most powerful presentation of my very rich experience of presentations, discussions and exchanges here. It brought a very real sense of the vulnerability, the suffering and the...
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EVENT: Storytelling in Research Communications
Invitation to a ‘WonkComms Practicals’ webinar on 28 May 2014 ECDPM is pleased to announce the next WonkComms event, a ‘WonkComms Practical’ webinar, being broadcast and livestreamed on 28 May 2014...
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Prize Question: Why do UK Think Tanks not Communicate Who Funds Them?
If you think you will find the answer to this simple question in the blog below, you will be disappointed. All I’m trying to do is to get you to appreciate the depth of the puzzle, and share your own...
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From comms chaos to calm: my year-long journey
The line between freedom and chaos is astonishingly thin, I’ve recently discovered. Handed the mandate to set up a communications function for The Social Innovation Partnership, I’ve occasionally...
View ArticleCommunications professionals: fight back with evidence
When was the last time you had to push for communications budget? Or convince colleagues that trying a different – or heaven-forbid innovative – format was a good idea? Being a communications...
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Change the story, change the world
This is a guest post by Kate Stanley of FrameWorks Institute. Winning over hearts and minds is possibly the hardest thing we can do. Often, when we’re trying to create social change, it’s something we...
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