Tech for non-profits

My first blog today is from the tech for non-profits panel. Seems perfect for me.
I realized I can't attend the tech for presidents panel tomorrow cause I'll have to be at the airport : (

Question: Can an emoticon replace puntuaction or does the previous sentence still need a period?

Also I wish I had a Mac laptop.

Umm for some reason this is starting as an advertisement for the American Cancer Society.

73% of all adults in the US go online.

Fundraising Fundraising Fundraising

Advocacy, The Buzz, Blogging.

8% of US internet users keep a blog.

Wal-Mart across America, Edelman got burned for astro-turfing.

Meeting needs:
Del.icio.us - used as Web Glossary
Flickr - have volunteers post photos, with out having to deal with the legal ramifications.
MySpace - Support people who promote you on the site
Blogs - "Why Typepad?"???? "Cause it was super easy to use"
Gootube - blah blah blah I should be on this panel, these are not experts, they don't seem to have any "new" ideas
Google Labs, Cancer.org Labs

He's talking up Convio, and Kintera.

Its funny how many online communications directors don't seem to know much about the web.

LOL He just asked people to sign up to be volunteers.

Well they are using Drupal so they seem to know something. So this lady just admitted she is non-technical. So then why is she here???

RelayForLife.org is the drupal site.

Hmmm using Second Life, and now this part of the panel is virtual. They raise money on Second Life in the virtual currency and then convert it to real money.

Virtual date auctions. Wow well their second life presence seem pretty cool.

LindeX

Well this started slow but the second life thing was fun.