The Drum Beat 560 - CI Associates
The Communication Initiative (The CI) is honoured to support your work, and we thank you for subscribing to The Drum Beat and being part of this community of practice of people committed to effectively addressing the full range of local, national, regional, and global development issues.
The CI is positioned as a support process to your work. It is a social enterprise funded by agreements with partner organisations - see the list of 28 CI Partners. They share the load of financially supporting The CI.
There are also currently 49 CI Associates that support The CI with their voluntary contribution to the work we do in support of you, The CI Network. They provide support at various levels, and they do so simply because they recognise the value of The CI's activities related to their work. We'd like to encourage your programme, project, office, or organisation to give strong consideration to joining them and becoming a CI Associate.
Over 5,000 organisations - from major funders to small local organisations in economically impoverished locales - make use of The CI process each year - from major funders to small local organisations in economically impoverished locales. Staff and others from those agencies: submit knowledge for sharing with The CI network; access knowledge in support of their work; identify and make contact with people and organisations they identify as being able to support their work; and express, share, and debate their views and opinions on a range of development challenges. That use is growing significantly. In essence, The CI has become a global "public good". Perhaps you have recently made use of this community of practice yourself.
Our present situation involves a very small number of agencies providing the financial support necessary for a process that is utilised by thousands of organisations. It would be great to share that load in response to the growing demand. We are not proposing Associates contributions at the high revenue levels provided by the Partners (though please do also email wfeek@comminit.com if your organisation is interested in becoming a Partner); the levels are comparatively small. We are also not asking for a gift or donation. What we are asking for is a small voluntary contribution to this social enterprise to support its value to making progress with your important work.
We want to avoid charging for access or restricting some parts of the portal site to those who have paid. In many ways, we would rather close our process than go the route of restricting it. But keeping our site open depends increasingly on finding new revenue to meet growing demand and shrinking resources. That requires a more diversified revenue base - diversification that more closely matches access and added value.
I am aware that, given the current economic climate, many of you will be in the same situation as we are. But I very much hope that, in recognition of our added value to your work, if you are not already a Partner or Associate, you will give this full consideration from your publications, research, subscriptions, meetings, or other relevant budget lines. (And please do email Warren at wfeek@comminit.com if you want data and other insights into how your agency is accessing The CI process.)
Suggested Annual Contribution Levels:
USD 5,000 per office - For Country, Regional, and HQ offices of major international development organisations
USD 2,500 per office - For Country, Regional, and HQ offices for medium-sized international non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
USD 2,000 per department - University Departments - OECD Countries
USD 750 per department - University Departments - All other Countries
USD 100 - Small, local NGOs/community-based organisations (CBOs)
USD 100 to 200 - Individual
OR...click here to enter your own Associates payment level.
Thank you for considering this. The more we can share the financial load of The CI/Drum Beat process across a larger number of organisations and offices using this process, the greater our chance of maintaining and growing - in all sorts of exciting ways - this open-to-all, 24-hour-per-day, comprehensive sharing and engagement process.
Thanks, and much support for your vitally important work.
Advocacy Communications International, Inc. - United States/International
Africa Free Media Trust - Kenya
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania - United States
Asian Institute of Public Health (AIPH) - India/Asia
Building Capacities for Better Health in Africa (BCH AFRICA) Cameroon
Center for International Media Assistance - US/International
Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE) - South Africa/Southern Africa
Coady International Institute - Canada/International
Commonwealth of Learning - Canada/International
Communication and Development Studies, Ohio University - United States
Communication and Information Sector of UNESCO (UNESCO-CI) - France/International
CrozzCom - Children's Participation in Action - Spain
Dr Veronica Baxter - Applied Theatre/Drama Practitioner - International
Early Childhood Development Virtual University, University of Victoria - Canada
Enablement - The Netherlands/International
fesmedia Africa - Namibia/Southern Africa
Health Communication Resources Inc. - Australia/South Pacific/South East and East Asia
Human Resources Consulting LLC - United States
ID8 Global Sharing - International
Institute for Philanthropy - United Kingdom/ United States/International
Institute of Development Studies - United Kingdom/International
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) - Canada/International
Joanne Edgar - Communication Consultant - International
Lubuto Library Project - Africa/United States
Media for Development Ltd - International/United Kingdom
Naashon Zalk Media - South Africa/International
Off Ramp Films - Argentina/International
Performing Life, Inc. - Bolivia/United States
Public Conversations Project - United States/International
Search for Common Ground - International
Shirley Ann Sullivan Educational Foundation - United States/Angola, Brazil, Liberia
StepFilms and Communications - International/United States
Strategies for Hope Trust - United Kingdom/Africa/International
UNDP Iraq Media Project - Republic of Iraq
UNICEF Office - Sao Tome and Principe
University of Guelph, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - International/Canada
Winthrop Morgan and Associates (winthropmorgan) - United States/International
Women's Arts Institute Africa (wAi Africa) - Ghana
World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) - UK/Canada/International
World Health Communication Associates (WHCA) - UK/International
World Vision International - Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia Regional Office (MEERO)
WorldReach Communications - United States/International
Ørecomm Consortium for Communication and Glocal Change - Sweden/Denmark/International
Click here for the full list of CI Associates.
Other ways to help sustain and grow The Communication Initiative process:
1. Become a Communication Initiative PARTNER (if your organisation is not already one).
2. Advertise your VACANT JOB POSTS through The Communication Initiative Classifieds.
3. Advertise your FEE BASED TRAINING EVENTS and CONFERENCES through The Communication Initiative Classifieds.
4. Advertise your FOR SALE PUBLICATIONS through The Communication Initiative Classifieds.
5. Have The Communication Initiative build your own, branded SOCIAL NETWORKING space using core CI functionality. Example: ICT for Education.
6. If you are a CONSULTANCY ORGANISATION or INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT share information on your services and skills.
7. Implement a NEWS AGGREGATION process specific to your organisation and its priority issues (scrapes over 15,000 news sites globally). Examples at Malaria and World Bank.
8. Click on a Google ad - sorry - some are not the best but not much we can do - many are appropriate - every little click helps!
Become a CI Associate - fill in the online form OR contact Warren Feek at wfeek@comminit.com to indicate your interest and intended contribution.
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