The Communication Initiative/Drum Beat network and partnership is honoured to support your work. Thank you for being engaged as part of 90,000 in the network (70% non-OECD) and 1 million user sessions the past 12 months (65% non-OECD). We are committed to free and equitable engagement. But where your organisation utlises The CI’s capacities and draws direct benefit we offer the following. These support The CI/Drum Beat to support you and you can support us at the same time! The 5 options:
Become an organisational Partner by supporting a space that advances your priorities – see example at HIV/AIDS Contact Warren with your idea and to explore
Provide lower level financial support by becoming a CI Associate (for example from your publications, communication or other relevant budget line)
Advertise your development jobs in The CI Classifieds
Highlight your revenue-generating events, training courses, conferences, books and other publications and/orconsultancy services in our Classifieds section.
Achieve broader communication of your Requests for Proposals
Associates are featured in a block on The CI home pages. All Jobs and other classifieds submissions appear in the Classifieds theme site and in The Drum Beat Classifieds. And all submissions flow through The CI Facebook page and Twitter account.
As a partnership driven space for social networking, knowledge sharing and peer-support, we seek to support your efforts to improve your effectiveness related to your development priorities. Feedback through network reviews indicates significant effectiveness and potential.
Ensuring that The CI is freely available and equitable for all to share, access, converse and engage each other is vitally important. If your organisation is not a CI Partner and you feel that you gain value from The CI/Drum Beat process, please do consider the options above and below.
With many thanks – Warren
OPTIONS (Key links and core information- details follow for each option)
CI Associates – making a small contribution (a scale from US$100 for individuals to US$5,000 for major organisations) if you feel you gain benefit from The CI for improving your work and wish to contribute. Please discuss in your team.
Job vacancies – prices from US$125. Please ask your human resources staff to review and consider.
Books and other publications – packages from US$200. Please ask your publications staff to consider.
Your consultancy services – fees from US$200. If you are a consultant/consultancy organisation please review.
Requests for proposals (RFPs) – packages from US$200. Please ask relevant staff to review and consider.
Training courses, conferences, events – fees from US$200. Please ask relevant staff to review and consider.
It would be excellent if you and/or your organisation could join theAssociates programme. This provides the opportunity for many organisations to make small contributions that complement the larger investments by a small group of Partner agencies.
If you and/or your organisation wish to join the Associates programme, which provides the opportunity for small contributions from many organisations, that would be excellent. The suggested costs follow, along with examples of present Associates. To join and pay online, please click here or contact Victoria Martin with your proposed payment or any questions you may have – e.g., how many people from my organisation are involved?
Suggested Associates Contribution Levels:
US$5,000 per office – For Country, Regional, and HQ offices of major international development organisations
US$2,500 per office – For Country, Regional, and HQ offices of medium-sized international non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
US$2,000 per department – University Departments – OECD countries
US$750 per department – University Departments – All other countries
US$100 – Small, local NGOs/community-based organisations (CBOs)
US$100 to 200 – Individual
Do feel free to enter your own payment levels – ones you are comfortable with.
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.
High-quality staffing is essential for all local, national, and international development issues. The CI provides agencies with the opportunity to reach highly relevant, potential staff across all development issues in all countries. And as The CI network has such a large percentage of communicators, the initial, direct reach is amplified by people in the network further communicating to their networks, staff groups, and students.
There are two main vehicles for the Job Vacancies service and opportunity through The CI: The Job Classifieds site and a bi-weekly Classifieds newsletter to the network.
You can submit your job vacancies here or contact Victoria Martin to submit the vacancies and/or raise any questions or issues.
The prices are as follows:
Individual Job Ad – US$125
Pack of 3 Job Ads – US$300
Pack of 5 Job Ads – US$450
Pack of 13 Job Ads – US$1,000
3. Highlight Your Training Courses and Events
Many organisations – perhaps yours is one – conduct fee-based training courses, conferences, roundtables, and other kinds of meetings. To be successful, these experiences require relevant people to be aware of them and hopefully to attend and participate. Such events often provide much needed revenue for the organisations hosting and organising them.
The CI provides a venue to advertise and promote these training courses and other events. As this is a network with a significant percentage of communicators and media people, there is good additional coverage as those folks communicate to their networks and staff teams.
You can submit your training courses and other events here or contact Victoria Martin to submit your information, ask questions, or raise any issues. The costs are as follows:
Individual Ad – US$200
Pack of 5 Ads – US$875
Pack of 10 Ads – US$1,500
Pack of 20 Ads – US$2,000
4. Position Your Consultancy Services
Consultants and consulting organisations provide a valuable role in local, national, and international development – with often required specialised skills and always important external perspectives to add to the primary sources of local knowledge and analysis.
The CI provides a venue to highlight, advertise, and promote the qualities and services of consultants and consulting organisations. As this is a network with a significant percentage of communicators and media people, there is good additional coverage as those folks communicate to their networks and staff teams.
There are four main CI activities to highlight consultancy services: a Consultants theme site; the main Classifiedssite; inclusion in the bi-weekly Classifieds e-magazine to the network; and a block that highlights consultants across much of The CI site – click here for an example
You can submit your consultancy services outlines here or contact Victoria Martin to submit your information, ask questions, or raise any issues. The costs are as follows:
Developed-country-based Consultants 3-Month Listing – US$200
Developed-country-based Consultants 1-Year Listing – US$500
Developed-country-based Consultants 2-Year Listing – US$750
5. Market Your Books and Other Publications
Knowledge is essential for improved development action. If you and/or your organisation produce for sale books, training manuals, videos, booklets, or other publications, please consider marketing these through The CI’s books and other publications process.
The CI network provides a venue to ensure that people engaged in international development are aware of your publications and will consider purchasing them. As The CI is a network with a significant percentage of communicators and media people, there is good additional coverage as those folks communicate to their networks and staff teams.
There are three main CI activities to highlight consultancy services: a Books and other Publications theme site; the main Classifieds site; and inclusion in the bi-weekly Classifieds e-magazine to the network.
You can submit your books and other publications here or contact Victoria Martin to submit your information, ask questions, or raise any issues. The costs are as follows:
2-Month Listing – US$200
6-Month Listing – US$400
6. Broaden Communication of Your Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
Organisations issuing RFPs are seeking a broad but relevant group of organisations that will review and respond to their request. In particular, there is increasing pressure and requirement to broaden the base of organisations that are responding to RFPs.
The CI network of 90,000 people and 1 million users per annum across all development issues, strategies, and countries provides a venue to ensure that people engaged in international development are aware of your RFPs and will consider submitting a response. 70% of the network are in non-OECD countries. As The CI is a network with a significant percentage of communicators and media people, there is good additional coverage as those folks communicate to their networks and staff teams.
There are three main CI activities to highlight RFPs: an RFPs theme site; the main Classifieds site; and inclusion in the bi-weekly Classifieds e-magazine to the network.
You can submit your RFPs and other publications here or contact Victoria Martin to submit your information, ask questions, or raise any issues. The costs are as follows:
Individual RFP ad – US$200
Pack of 2 RFP ads – US$350
Pack of 5 RFP ads – US$700
Pack of 10 RFP ads – US$1,000
With many thanks for your support. Please do let me know if you have any questions or queries. Just reply to this email.
Much strength for your very important work
Warren
Warren Feek
Executive Director
The Communication Initiative
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