OTT Podcast

Can small and mid-sized think tanks survive the mounting challenges they're facing and the increasing costs of overcoming them? OTT Talks to Simon Maxwell about alternative think tank models and markets. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onthinktanks/message

OTT Talks to Dana Schmidt, Programme Director at Echidna Giving about her role - the skills and values needed to be a funder, the power dynamics between grantees and funders, and the personal impact of the role. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onthinktanks/message

OTT Talks to Liliana Alvarado, Executive Director of Mexican think tank Ethos, on what happens when think tanks have to take on a government watchdog role. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onthinktanks/message

OTT Talks to Dr. Damien King, Executive Director of the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI), to explore the think tank sector in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean region. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onthinktanks/message

OTT Talks to Dr. Abraham Ibn Zackaria, Deputy Director of Research in the Parliament of Ghana, shedding light on how evidence is used in Ghanaian policymaking. [Please note that the sound quality in this episode is not optimal. Nonetheless, we believe the insights shared by Dr. Zackaria make it well worth listening to!] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p

OTT Talks to Grant Dalton, researcher at the Institute for Government (IFG), a leading British think tank, about the findings of a diversity and inclusion sector report he co-authored and published last year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onthinktanks/message

Guests: Kuranda Morgan, Evidence Lead in the evidence and experimentation team at Nesta; Mohammed Awal, Team Leader - social accountability and SDGs workstream at the Ghana Center for Democratic Development; and Abeba Taddese, Senior Program Director - evidence for decision making at Results for Development. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onthi

On Think Tanks Director, Enrique Mendizabal talks to David Sasaki, Program Officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation about the need for more accountability in the philanthropic sector; what the job involves; and what it takes to do it well.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onthinktanks/message

Luis Orlandi, OTT Growth Manager, talks to Enrique Mendizabal, Founder and Director of OTT, about the challenges and opportunities for think tank fundraising. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onthinktanks/message

Julia Pomares, Chief Advisor to the Government of the City of Buenos Aires and former CIPPEC Executive Director, talks to Emily Hayter, OTT Associate, about the shift from generating to using evidence and share recommendations to inform decision-making. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onthinktanks/message