Increasing collaboration and
connection between think tanks

Smart Thinking's Membership Network hosts multiple training sessions, webinars and networking events throughout the year to help build the UK think tank community and enable knowledge sharing, pooling of resources and peer-to-peer support throughout the sector.

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Upcoming training

Being a strategic fundraiser (part 2)

4 November 2026
9.00am - 1.00pm

Interested to find out how to turn your fundraising priority or project into a compelling, fundable, multi-year case? Want to learn how to translate strategic intent into practical skills that enable you to tell a story, persuade funders and steward a successful donor relationship? This training is for you!

Members £295 (+VAT)
Non-members £395 (+VAT)

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Writing for impact training (Part 1)

26 November 2026
9.00am - 1.00pm

This session will be a deep dive into the mechanics of good writing, how to make your writing accessible to various audiences and how to incorporate data and statistics into your work in a way that enhances rather than detracts from your argument.

Members £220 (+VAT)
Non-members £395 (+VAT)

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Upcoming webinars

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Think tanks and public affairs - how to engage effectively

24 November 2026
11am - 12pm

How can think tanks more effectively work with public affairs? What do they need and how can you help their clients? Join us as Ella Fallows, co-founder of the Women in Public Affairs Network, dives into the relationship between public affairs professionals and think tanks.

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Enabling AI in your think tank - with Louise Dunsby

10 December 2026
11am - 12pm

Are you looking to be more systematic in your AI enablement work? Louise Dunsby will be sharing the lessons from her work with CLTR on how other think tanks can best undertake a similar change, including how to get started with limited resources.

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AI and think tank comms webinar

We’re now more than three years into the AI revolution, and most think tank comms teams have got the basics down. But some are streaking ahead. What are they doing differently? John Schwartz, CEO of Soapbox, took us through some of the key areas that think tank comms teams need to be thinking about.

September CEO lunch

Ahead of party conference season we gathered the think tank CEOs for our biannual private lunch, hosted in the beautiful RUSI building looking out across Whitehall. We had a fascinating discussion on everything from the current political climate, engaging with government, how to effectively reward staff and much more.

New panels training

New training session launched! We ran our first Panels and Q&A in-person training session aimed at those who would like to understand and practice appearing on and chairing effective and competent panel events. The training covered all the stages in creating and running a panel from first idea to how to best prepare your panellists, starting the session, answering questions well, managing the audience and handling the Q&A.