Latest revision as of 03:52, 8 August 2014

Introduction

The Citizens Media® (CM) is a Global Investment Co-operative connecting and supporting people and communities in the design and distribution of tools that increase their livelihoods.

As members, how it invests and evolves is up to you. Together we can change the world!

Note: CM adheres to the practices managed and maintained through it's partner organization, The P2P Foundation.

Why We Began

We're living in a world where working together is hard to do.

Why is this? Our economy depends on systems where the more you have the easier it is to get ahead, which makes reducing the wealth-gap impossible to do. As a result 8 out of every 10 of us live on less than $5,000 a year; 2.7 billion on less and $2 a day, which is more than the world's population just 60 years ago.

The good news is these systems haven't been in place all that long, and since they began, a whole host of alternatives have stepped up. What's more, most of today’s economy came about by designing solutions for the wealthiest 10% of us, leaving the rest of us underserved. This is a huge opportunity.

What can we do? What if we use this market to replace old ways of doing business with new ways of working that mean the more we come together, the more we can do, be and create?

Video: Why We Began

How It Works

CM invites people throughout the world to invest in sustainable solutions that us the means to increase our own livelihoods. Minimum contribution $10.

Our method incorporates:

Communication
To serve the underserved, we need to connect. Yet only one in three are online, and the platforms we use vary throughout the world. Then there’s language, resource and literacy skills. It's time to bridge the gap.
Collaborative Investments
By making investments a co-operative effort, united interest in businesses we support will increase discussion on issues that relate to their success. We’ll make progress because co-operation and competition work hand in hand.
Local Engagement
Most world aid goes to large scale solutions that fail to address the people so don't work. If we are to reduce the wealth gap, we need to invest in sustainable solutions that give people the tools they need to help themselves.
Mobile Exchange
Only half the world's adults have a bank account, and their control on the marketplace means we need the ability to transact without.

All profits made go to those who invest.

Learn More

Reasons To Invest

The Coop: Governance + Operations

About The Platform

Platform Tutorials

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+=Introduction=
+==== [http://thecitizensmedia.com The Citizens Media® (CM)] is a Global Investment Co-operative connecting and supporting people and communities in the design and distribution of tools that increase their livelihoods. ====
-"The Citizens Media® (CM) is a platform and collaborative environment to create new systems that enable real change to occur, by integrating complex technologies into an integrated, mobile-enabled interface. By coupling The Citizens Media's® platform with a peer-to-peer development group we are able to deliver the technology driven by the needs of people on the ground within the communities we serve in Africa and in other developing and developed communities around the world.
+As [https://thecitizensmedia.com/invest/start members], how it invests and evolves is up to you. '''Together we can change the world!'''
-The first priority for Citizens Media® is to give voice to rural poor from both within and across communities nationally and further afield. In so doing, we will enable them to communicate, share experiences and gain expertise that results in the creation of value and the development of best practices centered around small-scale (primarily agricultural) enterprises.
+'''Videos:'''
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivFzA_DZyNg Introduction]
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ypyYWr-E5c Extended]
-CM will not only support the sharing of experiences, but provide a direct means to create value and revenue flow as achieved through the transfer of skills, experience-based expertise, the sharing of data and by making products available through mobile-enabled exchange. Connecting connected and unconnected worlds, CM is essentially about creating systems that facilitate and inspire collaboration for giving people the tools they need to help themselves.
+''
+'''Note:''' CM adheres to the [[Why_We_Need_a_New_Kind_of_Open_Cooperativism_for_the_P2P_Age|practices]] managed and maintained through it's partner organization, '''The P2P Foundation'''.''
-'''Partners:'''
+== '''Why We Began''' ==
-iDE (International Development Enterprises [http://www.ideorg.org/]
+==== We're living in a world where working together is hard to do. ====
-My Arms Wide Open [http://myarmswideopen.org/]
-Waters Edge [http://imaginezambia.org/] [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1p6m4-yxVUdyJL_gZmOXhYAQfuKdR-xB_zpDjqz7sRqg/edit#slide=id.p4]
-'''CM Project Networks:''' [http://thecitizensmedia.com/pub/section/active-projects?id=908]
+Why is this? Our [http://thecitizensmedia.com/pub/blog/kiss-ii-the-humane-economy?id=2477 economy] depends on systems where the more you have the easier it is to get ahead, which makes reducing the wealth-gap impossible to do. As a result 8 out of every 10 of us live on less than $5,000 a year; 2.7 billion on less and $2 a day, which is more than the world's population just 60 years ago.
-'''Associated Videos'''
+The good news is these systems haven't been in place all that long, and since they began, a whole host of alternatives have stepped up. What's more, most of today’s economy came about by designing solutions for the wealthiest 10% of us, leaving the rest of us underserved. This is a huge opportunity.
-. About CM [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z8hAbVcjKA]
+What can we do? What if we use this market to replace old ways of doing business with new ways of working that mean the more we come together, the more we can do, be and create?
-. Water's Edge Project [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqoR4CmNYEM]
+'''Video:''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFFUVGpwxdE Why We Began]
-'''For further information, please visit TheCitizensMedia.com''' [http://thecitizensmedia.com/]
+<h2>
+	<strong>How It Works</strong></h2>
+CM invites people throughout the world to invest in [http://thecitizensmedia.com/pub/question/whats-a-sustainable-solution?id=99 sustainable solutions] that us the means to increase our own livelihoods. Minimum contribution $10.
+<p>
+	<strong>Our method incorporates:</strong></p>
+<ol>
+	<li>
+		<strong>Communication</strong><br />
+		To serve the underserved, we need to connect. Yet only one in three are online, and the platforms we use vary throughout the world. Then there’s language, resource and literacy skills. It's time to bridge the gap.</li>
+	<li>
+		<strong>Collaborative Investments</strong><br />
+		By making investments a co-operative effort, united interest in businesses we support will increase discussion on issues that relate to their success. We’ll make progress because co-operation and competition work hand in hand.</li>
+	<li>
+		<strong>Local Engagement</strong><br />
+		Most world aid goes to large scale solutions that fail to address the people so don't work. If we are to reduce the wealth gap, we need to invest in sustainable solutions that give people the tools they need to help themselves.</li>
+	<li>
+		<strong>Mobile Exchange</strong><br />
+		Only half the world's adults have a bank account, and their control on the marketplace means we need the ability to transact without.</li>
+</ol>
+<p>
+	<strong>All profits made go to those who invest.</strong></p>
+==== [http://thecitizensmedia.com/pub/section/building-solutions?id=1170 Learn More] ====
+[http://thecitizensmedia.com/pub/section/reasons-to-invest?id=1163 Reasons To Invest]
+'''The Coop:''' [http://thecitizensmedia.com/pub/section/cm-business?id=1074 Governance + Operations]
+[http://thecitizensmedia.com/pub/section/the-platform?id=1119 About The Platform]
+[http://thecitizensmedia.com/pub/section/video-tutorials?id=1121 Platform Tutorials]
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