Yesterday's regional N-TEN conference (which focused on on "Enabling Technology Funding: Issues for Grantmakers and Grantseekers") was a lot of fun and a great learning experience.  I suggest that you go straight to Beth Kanter's blog to read more about it; she has done a great job of covering it. 

I especially like her summary of the keynote speech by George McCully,  who is president of the Catalogue of Philanthropy and creator of the national Generosity Index.