{"id":3633,"date":"2016-12-20T15:31:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T20:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/articles\/\/"},"modified":"2016-12-23T10:31:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T15:31:14","slug":"on-think-tanks-end-of-year-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/articles\/on-think-tanks-end-of-year-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"On Think Tanks End of Year 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been a year of great change at On Think Tanks. And as we come together to plan even more services and resources for think tanks in 2017, let us take some time to reflect on what\u00a02016 brought us.<\/p>\n

And, if you like what you see, why not support us in 2017<\/a>?<\/p>\n

A new\u00a0home<\/h2>\n

On Think Tanks launched a new website in early 2016. The site, developed by Soapbox<\/a>, has transformed the OTT blog into a portal which offers a range of services to its users: a jobsboard<\/a>, an events calendar<\/a>, a Newsletter<\/a>, and organises our content through various categories including themes and series.<\/p>\n

The new website has boosted On Think Tanks\u2019 visibility.\u00a0Between January\u00a0and November 2016 the site received: 380,000 page views and our\u00a0Newsletters now reach over 3,600 people every two weeks.<\/p>\n

In many ways, this new virtual home reflects the consolidation of On Think Tanks physical home. Since 2015 OTT has been hosted by Universidad del Pacifico, in Peru, and mainly supported by a grant from the Hewlett Foundation -which has been kindly renewed for two more years. The relationship with the university establishes On Think Tanks as a truly global effort with a very strong foot in the south.<\/p>\n

New content, new channels<\/h2>\n

On Think Tanks published articles, resources and series on various themes, topics and regions. This has come in the form of:<\/p>\n

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  1. Online Series<\/a>: After the launch of the new website in March OTT has produced a series per month, including: Communication as an orchestra<\/a>, Doing Policy Relevant Research<\/a>, How to attract and retain young talent<\/a>, Think tanks and transparency<\/a>, Think tanks and video<\/a>, Think tanks: definition and terminology<\/a>, and Think tanks\u2019 governance and management<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Digital publications<\/a>: Some of the new series and some older ones were repackaged into of digital publications: On Think Tanks and Elections<\/a>, Peer Review for Think Tanks<\/a>, Think Tanks and Universities<\/a>, Women in Think Tanks<\/a>, and A Different Look at Transparify Results; <\/a>and videos: Women in Think Tanks<\/a>, Think Tank Definitions<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. We published the results of the 2-year Exchange<\/a> programme which saw thinktankers from Latin America, Europe and Indonesia work on a collaborative project:\n
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    1. Business models: cases from Latin America and Indonesia<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. Communications for sensitive policy issues: comparative approaches from Latin America, Europe and Indonesia<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. Performance self-assessments for think tanks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    4. Individual articles and resources<\/a>, including more than 70 articles and more than 15 resources.<\/li>\n
    5. In total, OTT has published 61 interviews<\/a> including a series on Latin American Leaders<\/a> and African Executive Directors<\/a>; with one on South Asian Directors to be launched in 2017.<\/li>\n
    6. In 2016, On Think Tanks launched\u00a0On Think Tanks TV<\/a>\u00a0with 5 double videos of US based think tanks (one video on a policy issue the think tank works on and another on an organisational practice). The videos provide a template to extend these videos to other countries and regions (check one out below).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n