CATEGORY D – COMMUNITY BUILDING
One of our local goals and priorities
is the strengthening of neighborhoods and community
organizations. There is potential for IT to both benefit
and harm efforts to build community. The Internet and
computers are changing the flow of community
communications. The non-profit sector increasingly needs
sufficient information technology capacity to deliver
services. This category measures the extent to which IT is
being used in community building activities.
a) Electronic
Participation in Local Communities
Are
local community groups incorporating electronic
participation
into their
activities?
INDICATOR
Graph showing the percentage and types of
local community groups that have incorporated
electronic participation based on a household
residential survey.
b)
Neighborhood
Internet Presence
Are
local communities providing information online and are
people
aware of the
resource?
INDICATORS
- Percentage
of neighborhoods online based on data from the
Department of Neighborhoods and/or Seattle
Community Network and the percentage of these
sites that include important local content on
services, local activities, local businesses,
schools, social service, and neighborhood
discussion or email lists.
-
Percentage of residents
who are aware that their neighborhood has a
website based on a survey
c)
Technology
Usage By Community Institutions (NPO’s)
Are
non-profits making effective use of technology?
INDICATORS
A graph
showing the percentage of local non-profit
organizations using technology for the following
functions and the level of importance technology
holds for these functions:
- Communication with
organizational contacts
- Communication with
clients
- organizational documents
- Financial Management
- Information and
Referral
- Purchasing
- Fund-Raising
- Publicity
- Volunteer
and / or Membership Recruitment
- Graph
showing the percent of employees in non-profit
organizations who could use a computer for their
work and have one and the percent of those
computers that are updated.
The Information Technology Indicators Project is part of the City of Seattle Department of Information Technology Community Technology Program in cooperation with the volunteer Citizens Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Board (CTTAB).
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