A crowd-powered community action platform
Founded: 2008
Status: Commercial
Processing Fee: None
Website: http://www.policypitch.com
In their words:
Policypitch is a crowd-powered community action platform. People bounce ideas for community action and local policy change, we help them gather resources and collaborate with others, and then transform that online communication into real world action.
By using new technologies to bring the power to the people, we hope to challenge the current thinking on where local policies come from and how citizens can take action. Local policy and progressive change should be a bottom-up approach, not top down. The ideas should come from the people. We are here to make that happen. The idea is simple: Bring the power to the people.
policypitch.what
You come up with the idea for social change, we provide the collaborative tools to take action. A mix of neighborhood hangout, social network, and interactive index of community issues, campaigns, and causes, Policypitch.com is a geographic community action platform that facilitates action and entertains. Encourage the establishment of a neighborhood coffee shop, increase civic participation in a vote for a new senate bill, endorse or oppose that new condo in your neighborhood.
Pitch ideas to change your community for the better. Test the market, engage local citizens, and build support for your concept. Inspire change, instigate action, and make something happen. Change your city.
policypitch.why
Our purpose is to bring the power and ability to change your surroundings to the everyday person. Our mission is to increase citizen and civic engagement by bringing the power to the people.
policypitch.how
We provide the action tools to make it happen. Personal pitch pages, fundraising, viral promotional tools, create petitions, gather endorsements, monitor your goals, communicate with your supporters, post photos and videos.
Coming Soon: comprehensive database management suite; customized pitch pages and concepts, email marketing system, personal ecommerce store, volunteer coordination system, event promotion calendar, social network integration (Facebook, MySpace), increased privacy controls and much more!
policypitch.who
Policypitch.com is a little company with big dreams based in New Orleans – one of the greatest cities in the world. Policypitch.com was created and developed by Barbarian Enterprises -- A New Orleans based venture development company.
