Writing

Mark Robinson is a writer. It’s what he does, pretty much everyday – be it business plans, evaluation reports, strategies, blogs, provocation pieces, reports, poems, literature reviews, book reviews, academic articles, or original cultural thinking. You can find some examples in the Publications section. This includes the serious policy thinking for which Thinking Practice has become known. He likes to think he can write things people enjoy reading.

Mark is keen to write more and likes nothing better than a creative brief that also involves some ‘policy’ thinking. A great example of this is the book 21 Ways of Looking At The Sponsors Club, which he wrote for the Tyne & Wear Community Foundation. The book combines lists, data, stories gathered from extensive interviews, poems, and playful typography. 

Adam Lopardo, Director of The Sponsors Club describes it thus:

‘I commissioned Mark to write what became ’21 Ways of looking at The Sponsors Club’ because I knew he’d get what we needed to mark our 21st birthday and point to the future. As a self-confessed ‘policy-wonk’ and a published poet, I knew he’d understand the intended audience of partners and stakeholders and that it needed to fit our ‘style’. When the work arrived I loved it, as did our staff, designer and printer. Above all the reaction from our audience has been tremendous. Everyone has said the same thing, the work celebrates The Sponsors Club in the style of The Sponsors Club. Brief fulfilled.’

Why not talk to Mark about what he could write for you?