PLEASE PAY WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP MAINTAIN AND GROW PCDN

PCDN network has helped impact thousands of individuals and organizations around the world to help connect, inspire, provide sources of funding, scholarships, training and much more. We are now asking you to consider paying what you can in any amount ranging from $1 and up. To date out of our 25,000 members around the world, only 150 (which is less than .006%) have contributed to the network). To sustain our work we rely on your support and would like to increase member support to at least 50% of the entire membership.

If everyone on the network would contribute a few dollars each year, this would easily help PCDN to grow, expand and scale up our impact around the world. The cost of maintaining the network in terms of staff and intern time (the equivalent of three full-time staff), hosting costs, outreach, advertising, product development (see below for some new initiatives we are developing), responding to the hundreds of inquiries each month takes considerable investment (thousands of dollars) and we need your support. Our goal is to keep this network free, but we do rely on members to contribute what you can in any amount. If you can afford more than $1 great, and if you represent an NGO, university or business that uses the network please consider paying more. If you can or cannot contribute for some reason please then please do some of the following:

• Invite your networks to join and inform them about PCDN
• Follow us on Twitter , Facebook, Linkedin
• Contribute New Content to PCDN
• Consider Giving in the Future

Please contact us if you need an invoice or have additional questions.

Upcoming Developments: With your support, PCDN will continue to grow and thrive and work on the following initiatives.

• Expanding interviews with leading practitioners/scholars in the field (To date eight interviews have been conducted with leading practitioners and scholars from around the world) tarted with world renowned artist/peacemaker Emmanuel Jal, more coming soon)
  
• Increasing the number of resource guides in key areas
  
• Soliciting a greater number of job and scholarship postings
• Advancing our outreach to key organizations and individuals around the world
• Developing a stronger PCDN identity (including a logo). Completed
  
• Increasing our interns and staff to help manage the growing site (We are now up to Five interns)
  
• Improving metrics to measure the impact of PCDN
• Examining how to start doing offline, live or streamed events on key topics such as careers in the field
• And many other areas (please feel free to suggest new ideas)

To see the concrete impact the network(and add your own feedback) is having around the world see the member feedback section.

To see why others are supporting PCDN (and add your own reasons), see the supporter feedback page.

WHY PCDN?

The PCDN network has been in existence for over five years since launching in June of 2007. The network has rapidly grown and become one of the leading sites in peace and conflict resolution, development and international affairs. Site membership has reached over 25,000 and is attracting over 300,000 hits per month. PCDN has helped thousands of individuals and organizations around the world network, obtain fellowships, jobs, undertake new research projects and explore development, peacebuilding, social entrepreneurship and related fields.

HOW TO SUPPORT PCDN?

Since starting the network has not accepted any donations nor charged any membership fees despite having many on-going costs related to hosting, site development, staff time, research. We are able to cover some site costs via the advertising presented on the site. However, given the growth in the network, we would now like to ask for everyone to consider paying what you can to ensure our on-going development and growth.

If you have benefited from the site in anyway (gotten a job, a new grant, fellowship, found new information), we would strongly encourage you to consider becoming a member. We recently did a member survey in which over a 1000 responded.  In the survey, approximately 40% of members indicated they would be willing to help financially support the network. However to date, only about 150 out of 25,000 members have contributed which is less than .006%. Please help us reach a much higher rate of support for the network.

Here are two stories of the concrete impact of PCDN:

PCDN is a crucial tool for any organization seeking to communicate and collaborate directly with the global peace community. No other new technology or social networking site even compares to the PCDN, and we, as the global peacebuilding community, are hugely indebted to the site founder for having the vision and passion to unite us under the PCDN banner.  Cameron Chisholm, President, IPSI

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I support this network financially for three reasons: 

1.  The utterly compelling idea of connecting conflict resolution pressionals around the globe in a way that is of value to all.

2.  The superb leadership investment that Craig has shown in getting this going, which I think deserves tangible support.

3.  The very real business opportunities that can come out of this.  I have had two already that have repaid my modest contribution many times over.

 Dr. Mark Young, President, Rational Games

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PLEASE ALSO SEE THE TOP 10 REASONS TO SUPPORT PCDN

Questions and Answers Related to PCDN Membership/Payments:

Is my Payment Secure? Yes, we are using Paypal one of the leading online payment systems in the world. Payments are processed on their network. Of course as with any online financial transaction, users should ensure they have adequate security on their computer (such as a firewall).

What does it mean to become a member? This means that you have made a payment to help support and grow the PCDN network. Your membership is critical to expanding our work.

Is my Payment Tax-Deductible? PCDN is setup as a Limited Liability Company and is not a nonprofit organization, thus your payment is not tax-deductible.

What will my funds be used for? Your funds will be used to support the costs of hosting, maintaining, outreach, product development and initiatives. This also includes staff time, as the PCDN network now requires the equivalent of three full-time staff to keep the site going and the time involved continues to grow.

Will the site ever require payments? Our goal is keep this site open to all and only request voluntary membership.

Why should I make a payment? As indicated above, the PCDN network is providing a crucial service to thousands around the world. We intend to continue to grow and provide new features. This requires greater investments. In addition, if members are willing to provide financial support this shows their commitment to the PCDN network's growth. To learn more about the concrete impact of PCDN see comments directly from members in the feedback section.

How much should I pay? We know that the amounts individuals and organizations can afford vary widely. We ask that you pay what you can, based on the benefit of the network to your work and also what you can afford. If you're representing an organization such as a nonprofit or university we ask you to consider the suggested rates below, but again we ask you to contribute and support the site in any means that you can.

Organization: (NGO, University, Private Company): $200-$500

Any level of payment is appreciated.

Why Should My Organization Consider a Paid Membership?

A paid organizational membership can benefit your organization in several ways. First, financial support helps to support and grow the PCDN network which has become one of the premier international affair networking sites in the world. Second, although posting of jobs and other materials is free, we do recommend organizations consider paying an optional $35 for job postings. For paid members postings are covered and paid members are also eligible to have their job postings sent via a blast email to all 25,000 members.  Third, PCDN can provide some technical assistance if needed in searching and identifying potential candidates for openings. Fourth, for paid organization we will be more responsive to inquiries.  NOTE, we only permit posting of opportunities that fit the PCDN criteria, we reserve the right to not accept inappropriate postings or organizations.

Can you invoice me or my organization: Yes if you or your organization requires an invoice please contact us at info (at) internationalpeaceandconflict.org

How do I make a payment? Click on the donate button that links to the paypal page and follow the steps or you can send us a check.

I live outside the US can I make a payment? Yes PayPal accepts credit card and bank payments from most countries in the world.

Do I need a Paypal account to make a payment? No, once you click on the link you will be brought to the PayPal page. If you have a PayPal account you can login, if you do not, you can click on the bottom left side of the page and indicate you don't have a PayPal account and follow the steps to pay via credit card or bank

Who should I contact for more information? If you have questions feel free to send an email to info (at) internationalpeaceandconflict.org