The 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report was released at 12NTC yesterday and it’s already stirring up discussions about how nonprofits are leveraging social networks as part of their fundraising and communications strategy. I’m sure you’ll find all twelve insights interesting on some level. Facebook Pages and 1.2 MORE >>

Aaron Wolowiec (who’s recently launched EventGarde LLC , a brand new consulting firm for meetings and educational strategy) has a MUST READ post on adult learning principles  and andragogy (which “places value on the  process  of learning. ”). In a nutshell: 1. Adults are internally motivated and self-directed.  See what you think. MORE >>

NTC 2012: Data Visualizaiton Panel. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. m here at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Francisco this week. I am on a panel about measurement: Picturing Your Data is Better Than 1,000 Numbers:Data Visualization Techniques for Social Change. Then this is the session for you! What are the go-to tools? MORE >>

I have been waiting to get my hands on the latest 2012 Social Networking Benchmark Report because it’s one of the only comprehensive surveys that provides a good overview of how nonprofits are utilizing social media to brand themselves online, connect with new supporters, and raise money. Check out some of the social media highlights below. MORE >>

Every fundraiser knows the role that social media users played in delivering dollars to the American Red Cross for disaster relief in Haiti and to Planned Parenthood for mammogram screenings in the wake of the Komen Foundation’s withdrawal of funding, but actually how social media delivers such results has been a bit of mystery. MORE >>