{"id":2850832,"date":"2025-04-18T02:48:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T07:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/?p=2850832"},"modified":"2025-05-20T08:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:47:01","slug":"chapter-8-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/articles\/chapter-8-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 8: Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The biggest and most common challenges student-led think tanks face include:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fundraising\u202fand\u202ffinancial sustainability\u202fdue to limited resources and lack of expertise.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Maintaining motivation\u202fand long-term engagement of members who are unpaid volunteers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Measuring impact and defining success\u202fdue to the nature of their work.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Building a strong network and recognition\u202fto amplify their influence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Student-led think tanks are resourceful and dynamic organisations, led by passionate students and recent graduates looking to contribute to public policy discussions, and impact public policy in their communities. They manage financial difficulties by collecting small fees from members, and event participants, seeking in-kind support from organisations and experts, and building their teams with volunteers. They attract new members, and motivate existing members by building capacity building and networking opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Measuring impact and defining success pose challenges for student-led think tanks as they have high turnover rates for leaders, and team members, however they can begin to tackle these by strengthening their institutional memory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Building a strong network of partners is essential in amplifying student-led think tanks\u2019 influence. Many student-led think tanks have partners in NGOs, civil society, think tanks, research institutions, and the private sector. If you are creating a student-led think tank, collaborating with different, well-established student-led think tanks in the beginning can help you access potential partners in different sectors.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest and most common challenges student-led think tanks face include:\u00a0 Fundraising\u202fand\u202ffinancial sustainability\u202fdue to limited resources and lack of expertise.\u00a0 Maintaining motivation\u202fand long-term engagement of members who are unpaid volunteers.\u00a0 Measuring impact and defining success\u202fdue to the nature of their work.\u00a0 Building a strong network and recognition\u202fto amplify their influence.\u00a0 \u00a0Student-led think tanks are resourceful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[3563],"class_list":["post-2850832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-student-led-think-tanks","article-types-research","people-selenge-dima","series-build-a-student-led-think-tank-guide","theme-communications","theme-funding-and-support-think-tanks","theme-governance-and-management","theme-research","theme-understanding-think-tanks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2850832"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2850863,"href":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850832\/revisions\/2850863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2850832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2850832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}