City of Seattle Community Technology Publications

Brainstorm: The community technology monthly Ezine that celebrates success and helps share resources.  

Technology Matching Fund Evaluation
An evaluation report on the city's grant program for the first seven years. Looks at effectiveness of the city fund on individuals, organizations, and community capacity building. Executive Summary (pdf)
Complete evaluation report, including survey. (pdf)

Community Wireless: The Potential to Transform Nonprofit Service Delivery (powerpoint presentation) Presentation framing community wireless and how community/municipal wireless can change service delivery for nonprofits and how non-profits can influence the outcome. Also discussion of the City of Seattle wifi project. Presented along with the Community Partners' Portable Electronic Enrollment Project (PEEP), a wireless project providing health services. This was presented at the March 23, 2006 NTEN national non-profit technology conference.   [Powerpoint download is 1.7 Mb] 

Community Technology Overview powerpoint presentation Overview of community technology in the Puget Sound region and elsewhere with data on residential technology use. This was presented at the March 8, 2005 Building Bridges of Opportunity Community Technology Conference sponsored by the City of Seattle, PSACT and Microsoft.  [Powerpoint download is 1.6 Mb] 

The Information Technology Indicators Project Reports: These present a set of measurements describing the state of information technology as it impacts the social, economic and cultural health of Seattle. Reports include:

• Goals for an Information Technology Healthy Community
• The 2004 Information Technology Residential Survey Results
• The 2000 Information Technology Residential Survey
• The first full indicator measurements (2000)
• Original set of indicators
• Small Businesses and Technology A 2003 report on small businesses' information technology use and needs. The survey and report was produced in conjunction with Community Capital Development
• Technology Usage in Non-Profit Organizations
• Technology Usage by Community and Neighborhood Groups

Sustainability of Community Technology Centers: The Department of Information Technology collaborated with the Environmental Health & Social Policy Center on this research project looking at the factors that influence the sustainability of community technology programs. 

Senior Technology Literacy and Access Project: Recommendations for Project Options

Other Reports

Computer Power Learning System Learner’s Workbook & Tutorial Guide by Intergenerational Innovations.