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Telling a story AND demonstrating AI's "ability" to stereotype AT THE SAME TIME? Meet Alex, a think tank communications director (sound / captions on).

At our joint @WonkComms breakfast today in the premises of @merics_eu, we welcome @Anja_WS from @Tagesspiegel to discuss the challenges of leveraging the news cycle for think tanks, hosted by our head of communications @WiebkeEwering. 📰🥐

The Generative AI for Policy Communicators takes place online, over 5 weeks, starting 28 October. Sign up here 👉 castfromclay.co.uk/course/generat…

@nicknet sat down with @tomhashemi of @castfromclay to talk about generative AI's impact on our WonkComms landscape. His take? There's a lot of change coming, but if we lean into our human value and seek to understand AI, we can come out on top. 👉 castfromclay.co.uk/how-to/are-you…

Work in #wonkcomms and wondering what to do about generative #AI? WonkComms original @nicknet has just launched an online course that may be just the ticket: Generative AI for policy communicators.

looks like a super-interesting job in a super organization @WonkComms @onthinktanks #thinktanks

📢 Hey @WonkComms crew—do you like eating pastries, drinking coffee and saving 💰💰💰? Join our DC Breakfast Club @CNASdcon, July 24, all about "think tank comms on a budget". Today we're excited to introduce our 2nd speaker: @BGPublic SIGN UP: bit.ly/3WmH02e

Looking for maximum bang for your communications buck? Then join our @WonkComms DC Breakfast Club @CNASdc on July 24 where we'll be discussing think tank comms on a budget. And we're excited to introduce our first speaker (🥁) – @ApAnnagator from @CNASdc eventbrite.com/e/wonkcomms-br…

If there are two things DC #wonkcomms people love, it's saving money and eating pastries. This one should be a classic ...

We’re heading back to DC for our next @designbysoapbox @WonkComms Breakfast Club. We’ll be talking think tanks comms on a budget. 📍 @CNASdc 🗣️ @ApAnnagator (@CNASdc) @BGPublic (@RSI) 🗓️ Weds July 24, 9 - 10am Sign up via Eventbrite👇 eventbrite.com/e/wonkcomms-br…

👋 Hello Berlin! We're at @CentreMarcBloch for this morning's @WonkComms Berlin Breakfast Club. We've got Julia Reger (@BoellStiftung) & @Electorallemand (@CentreMarcBloch) with us talking think tanks and podcasts, with @WiebkeEwering (@DGAP) in the moderator seat. #wonkcomms

Right now, our head of communication @WiebkeEwering is kicking off the next edition of the @WonkComms breakfast series in Berlin. At the wonderful premises of @CentreMarcBloch, we will talk about #podcast formats for think tanks with coffee & croissants.

Finally a massive thanks to @onthinktanks @castfromclay @designbysoapbox @SmartThinktanks @sociopublico @parsonstko Joscha Wirtz and @ericaschoder for their support in getting this survey prepared and distributed

Do you work in think tank communications and want to raise awareness of how AI is being used and what your peers’ hopes and expectations on AI are? Repost this thread: x.com/wonkcomms/stat…

Telling a story AND demonstrating AI's "ability" to stereotype AT THE SAME TIME? Meet Alex, a think tank communications director (sound / captions on).

Overall the syrvey shows how think tank communicators are using AI and identifies reputational and other risks and a lack of organisational support and training. #Thinktanks

These are people in the early stages of experimentation, with a focus on work. They are hopeful about AI’s potential, but need support to understand how AI can help them. They want training and support from their organisations (who they don’t see as prepared for AI).