Nick Scott

Head of Communications (Interim), Communications

n.scott@odi.org.uk

http://uk.linkedin.com/in/nicholasmscott

Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/nicknet

Nick focuses on ways digital tools can support the communications, research and management processes of think tanks. He developed ODI’s online communications strategy, awarded Online Strategy of the Year 2012 in the Digital Communications Awards.

Nick has broad experience of all aspects of the marketing and communications mix and works across the organisation to communicate research, providing advice on strategic communications to a number of ODI's programmes.

Before ODI, Nick supported online projects at a range of organisations, including ODI, Guardian Unlimited (the UK’s largest and most internationally popular newspaper website), and The Metropolitan Police.

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Participant at Kstar 2012 uses Twitter to join in the debate online

The future of think tank communications

Event - Public event - 26 April 2013 10:30 - 12:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

How can think tanks adapt to an ever changing communications environment? How do we ensure that ideas continue to cut through despite stiff competition and scarce resources? This Social Market Foundation event hosted by ODI offers you a chance to share ideas and discuss how think tanks can develop and strengthen our output to adapt to an increasingly digital future.

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Using social media: research communications and the development dialogue

Opinion - Podcasts and audio - 15 April 2013

'We know that we are reaching people through social media that we weren’t reaching a couple of years ago… That’s helping us to broaden the conversation and awareness of development issues.'

In this interview, Jim Rosenberg - Head of Online and Social Media at The World Bank, Jonathan Tanner – Media and Public Affairs Officer at ODI and Nick Scott, Digital Manager at ODI, discuss the use of social media channels in development and research communications.

The discussants explore the following issues:

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An introduction to digital research communications

Opinion - Films and videos - 21 February 2013

In this presentation, ODI's Digital Manager Nick Scott introduces digital research communications. He focuses on the challenges facing researchers trying to communicate their work in the face of digital disruption, and the opportunities digital tools offer for maximising research messages at low cost.

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The 2012 ODI online awards – and some insights they offer into ‘success’

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 8 January 2013

As inexorable as the New Year is the set of retrospectives on the year before that will accompany the calendar change. A new short-hand for the digital age in this arena seems to be the top 10 blog posts of the year, based on the number of views.

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