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PASOS/OSI communications workshop 24 th May 2010 Tim Finch, Director of Strategic Communications, ippr

PASOS/OSI communications workshop 24 th May 2010 Tim Finch, Director of Strategic Communications, ippr .

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PASOS/OSI communications workshop 24 th May 2010 Tim Finch, Director of Strategic Communications, ippr

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  1. PASOS/OSI communications workshop 24th May 2010 Tim Finch, Director of Strategic Communications, ippr

  2. “We pride ourselves on a track record of coming up with smart ideas and practical solutions based on sound evidence, using these to stimulate debates at all levels of society around the most important policy areas, and engaging with those holding power and influence so that new thinking can be put into practice.”

  3. who are we talking to?

  4. The role of the Communications Strategy • to stimulate debates at all levels of society • and engage with those holding power and influence so that… • new thinking can be put into practice

  5. Think Tanks and communications “A good think tank is a mixture of nerds and hacks”

  6. What have busy policy makers got time to read and digest? Or this? This? Or even this?

  7. The public discourse in the UK around net migration is increasingly polarised There’s a huge row in Britain about immigrant numbers

  8. The communications strategy is owned and lived by all in the think tank • We don’t start a research project without thinking about the communications outputs • The communications outputs don’t all need to come at the end of the project

  9. ippr – the first 21 years • Closely associated with the dominant political project • A ‘revolving door to power’ • New Labour’s favourite think tank • Ideas clearly influential • Importance to external audiences obvious

  10. Where we want to be

  11. Independent, radical, progressive • It is underpinned by the following principles: • Combating inequality • Empowering citizens • Promoting social responsibility • Creating a sustainable economy • Revitalising democracy  

  12. a space for new thinking Coalition New politics

  13. Two big figures but throughout the project they were invisible and silent

  14. NEW ERA ECONOMICS • The new ippr flagship project

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