Here are some of latest blog items and opinion pieces on the nonprofit world worth noting:

• Writing on her smArts and Culture blog, Maryann Devine lists “eight signs that your arts organization isn’t quite ready to use blogging to connect with your patrons.”

• What’s the difference between a “high-performing” and a “high-impact” nonprofit group? Sean Stannard-Stockton, a donor adviser and columnist for The Chronicle of Philanthropy, discusses that question on his blog Tactical Philanthropy.

• On the New Philanthropy Capital blog, John Copps writes about why more charities don’t acknowledge that their ultimate goal should be to put themselves out of business.

• The Nonprofit Technology Network’s NTEN blog offers a long list of resources for nonprofit groups that want to put technology to use for their cause.

• Beth Kanter blogs about why Planned Parenthood has been successful in using social media to advance its mission.