Expo summary posts and conversations all over the net (just follow the #g2e hashtag or take a look at the news coverage ), however I want to take a slightly different approach by posting up some key takeaways from sessions that stood out for me. Everyblock.com – A news feed of local public information based on open data. DAY 1.

The are not distracted by the news of the economy.  It’s the most ever raised for a healthcare institution.   What kind of money do you want to raise?  Tens of dollars?  Hundreds of Dollars?  Thousands or millions or billions of dollars? You may be part of the group of fundraisers who is blaming the economy for sluggish donations. 

Nieman Lab did a six month experiment trying to get nonprofit news in with the Associated Press. Spectacular stories from various nonprofit news outlets on the high incidence of college campus rape, transportation money for cities, the healthcare lobby and more, did not get picked up. It didn’t work. At all. Facebook.