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Sona Partners
is committed
to making
ideas matter. 

We work with thought-leaders to develop and communicate ideas through editorial, design, and research services. 

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Who
We
Are

CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE PARTNER

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Tim is co-founder and Executive Partner of Sona Partners. He is the Managing Director of the Financial Access Initiative, a research center focused on financial services for low-income households housed at NYU-Wagner, and of the US Financial Diaries project; and a senior fellow of the Aspen Institute’s Financial Security Program. Tim writes and speaks frequently on topics of financial inclusion, financial services innovation, social investment and philanthropy. Ogden serves as a contributing editor of Alliance Magazine, vice-chairman of GiveWell and as president of the BBS Foundation. He has developed and edited more than 20 books, and is co-author of Toyota Under Fire. His most recent book is Experimental Conversations, a collection of interviews of leading economists on the use of randomized control trials in development economics and is currently at work on Financial Inclusion: What Everyone Needs to Know.

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How can we help?

If you’d like to learn more about SonaPartners’ services or discuss how we can help you make your mark, please contact us. 

What
We
Do

EDITORIAL

Clients turn to us as partners to help develop their ideas and communicate them in a compelling way. We offer full ghost-writing services and collaborative development of books, articles, white papers, policy briefs, and digital media, as well as more traditional editorial and writing services. We bring to the table uncommon intellectual engagement and deep knowledge of context and issues in a wide variety of fields. 

CREATIVE

Some ideas are best communicated through prose; others through static visuals; still others through video or animation. We work in the medium that best fits the idea, providing graphic design, layout, Infographic, and animation design to help our clients serve their audience where they are. 

RESEARCH

New ideas backed up by evidence have a far bigger impact than theory. Our experience designing surveys, managing research, and conducting data analyses pairs with our editorial and design services to allow clients to share meaningful findings through compelling narratives and graphics. 

Our
Work

Our editorial, creative, and research work drives policy change and corporate strategy. Ideas we’ve shaped have been shared through major publications like the New York Times and the Washington Post, and our books and papers have been made essential reading in corporate boardrooms and foundation strategy sessions. Our work has won the Shingo Prize—awarded for outstanding contributions to the field of organizational excellence—three times.

Small Firm Diaries

Small Firm Diaries

Toyota Under Fire

Toyota Under Fire

IPA Annual Report

IPA Annual Report

Financial Diaries

Financial Diaries

The 24-Hour Customer

The 24-Hour Customer

Innovation Prowess

Innovation Prowess

Not For Free

Not For Free

Clarity First

Clarity First

All Business is Local

All Business is Local

Resurgence

Resurgence

The Self-Made Billionaire Effect

The Self-Made Billionaire Effect

Strategy from the Outside In

Strategy from the Outside In

IPA Annual Report

IPA Annual Report

The New Supply Chain Agenda

The New Supply Chain Agenda

Experimental Conversations

Experimental Conversations

Earth, Inc.

Earth, Inc.

IPA Annual Report

IPA Annual Report

SERVICES
Projects
ABOUT

“With Tim Ogden and Laura Starita, we always knew we were dealing with not simply fellow writers but thinking partners who had the courage and patience to delve into the ideas, roll them around in the baths of data, compare them with other relevant research, and take the time to get both the thinking and the argument right.”

John Sviokla and Mitch Cohen,
The Self-Made Billionaire Effect

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