PledgeBank

PledgeBank

PledgeBank is a website which runs pledges on all topics, of the form: "I will do x if y number of people agree to do the same." Such public commitments are a non-coercive way to solve problems of collective action, especially when the goal is a public good. PledgeBank was founded by mySociety and went live June 13, 2005. Though hosted/run by a UK-based nonprofit, PledgeBank has been translated by volunteers into 12 languages in addition to English. The Omidyar Network has funded outreach efforts for PledgeBank in the U.S. [ [http://www.ukcod.org.uk/Finances UK Citizens Online Democracy - Finances ] ]

Notable organisations promoted or started by pledges on PledgeBank include the seed funding for the UK Open Rights Group and publicity and legal funding for the NO2ID campaign.

Other creative efforts to raise money for charity are presented. For example, 1,000 people in India [http://www.pledgebank.com/Bakul-Library donated books] to set up a library. [http://www.pledgebank.com/saveachild Another] is looking for small-scale donations for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Pledges in the U.S. have been created to bolster individual efforts, such as [http://www.pledgebank.com/MayDayGifts saving books from landfills] and [http://www.pledgebank.com/donate-blood donating blood] , and organizational efforts, such as [http://www.pledgebank.com/WIPTIntern raising money for an intern] and [http://www.pledgebank.com/RonPaul1000 presidential campaigning] .

Furthermore, it has been utilized to drum up global support for online protests, most recently by Freeculture.org to boycott CDs with DRM.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair started a pledge himself, to become patron of a community sports club if 100 notable figures will do the same, which succeeded. [cite web | title = Ideas for web activism sought out | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4877598.stm | accessdate = 2007-08-10 ] .

Examples of successful pledges include the [http://www.pledgebank.com/nomedia current NOMEDIA campaign] started by Graham Woods. He pledged to completely boycott all forms of media for two weeks as long as 10 other people do the same, and the textbook for Africa project started by [http://www.darrengrover.co.uk Darren Grover] . Another overwhelmingly [http://www.pledgebank.com/Nobags successful pledge] was run by "Big Ed" to stop unnecessarily using plastic grocery bags.

References

External links

* [http://www.pledgebank.com/ PledgeBank]
* [http://www.pledgebank.com/textbook textbook for Africa on PledgeBank]


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