The following is a summary of survey responses from the initial CNTC interest group (June 2008)...

Interested Folks
~25% independent consultants
~25% technology company employees
~25% employees of nonprofits providing services to other nonprofits
~25% employees of nonprofits

Technical Savvy
~75% high
~20% average
~5% low

Preferred Meeting Frequency
~60% monthly
~30% bi-monthly
~10% quarterly

Preferred Meeting Location
~75% Denver
~20% Between Denver and Boulder, or alternating
~5% Boulder

Hoping to Get from the Group (Common)
- Best practices and tools
- Success stories (and failures too)
- Networking with peers and potential partners
- Better understanding of local providers for certain types of services
- Better understanding of NPO needs and the state of NPO technology
- Ways to increase impact
- Case studies
- Donuts!

Interested in Giving Trainings / Presentations
~70% yes
~30% no

Willing to Train On
- Graphic and web design
- Website tools (Dreamweaver, Contribute, Front Page, etc)
- Branding, content, organizational message, storytelling
- Understanding IT value, making the case for IT needs
- Selecting and using content management systems (CMS)
- Network infrastructure and security
- IT planning, budgeting, management
- Records and document management
- Disaster planning and recovery
- Search engine optimization and marketing (SEO/SEM)
- Usability and accessibility
- Email newsletters and marketing
- Data integration
- Online video
- Managing volunteers, donors, and a tech volunteer team

Want to Learn About
- Social media and social network strategies
- Good low-cost and free technologies and services
- Online advocacy
- Web content management options
- Web tools like wikis, blogs
- Email marketing
- Search engine marketing and optimization
- Managing brand identity and consistency
- Ongoing management of websites, SEO, and marketing "after it's built"
- Wireless and mobile media
- Constituent and donor management tools
- Online donations
- Which area organizations fill which NPO tech niches
- Common technology problems and needs of NPOs

Great stuff, as you can see!