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Are you 'banking' on online campaigns building?

amysampleward — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:10:09 -0400

I recently had the opportunity to interview Heather Cronk of PledgeBank to ask her about the campaign building site before her visit here to Portland to present at Net Tuesday about online campaign building. We'd love to have you join us for the event!

What IS PledgeBank?

Everyone Can Be An Organizer: An Interview with Heather Cronk of PledgeBank

Britt Bravo — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:04:29 -0400

The folks at PledgeBank believe that you can be an organizer in your community and hope that PledgeBank's tools will make your work a little easier. Heather Cronk, the US Outreach Officer for Pledgebank talks about how PledgeBank works, how you can use it, and other bells and whistles in this transcript of an interview from the NetSquared Podcast.

Video Profile: Yoz Grahame

Eddie Codel — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 18:01:36 -0500

During MashupCamp, Yoz Grahame, of MySociety.org and Ning, demos a few projects he's helped build including WriteToThem and PledgeBank. WriteToThem empowers citizens in the UK to hold their elected officials accountable while PledgeBank is a resource for creating and pledging support for any idea, if enough people also support that idea. Yoz explains while giving a demo.

This video is part of NetSquared's video profile series. You can subscribe to this RSS feed with your favorite video catcher, such as iTunes, Democracy or FireAnt.

Fundraising: Connecting Pledgebank and the Committee to Protect Bloggers

marshallkirkpatrick — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:02:37 -0500

Today I was asked by the Committee to Protect Bloggers (where I'm a technical adviser) if I knew anyone who was a good source of fundraising support. The Committee raises awareness and support for people around the world facing government repression because of the contents of their blogs. (See their profile in the case studies section.) The group just secured its 501c3 status and currently has an operating budget close to zero. That makes it hard to sustain the kind of support work that the bloggers in danger world wide deserve.

PledgeBank

Deborah Elizabeth Finn — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:01:53 -0400

Project Screenshot

Supporting organization

MySociety.Org

URL

www.pledgebank.com

Project Description

This is a tool for citizens and organizers who are willing to take action to make a difference if a certain number of others will also agree to take action. PledgeBank holds these commitments in a sort of moral (but not legally binding) escrow until the necessary number of pledges have been collected online, and then notifies the organizer and the pledgers of the outcome. Examples of commitments range from donating money to start a new nonprofit organization to volunteering time to a community project to purchasing a hybrid automobile. Pledgers can choose to become involved in both global and local initiatives.