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Now that most people have returned from Annual Meeting and caught up on sleep, I'm seeing some great posts sharing takeaways from education sessions and other parts of the conference:

- Elizabeth Weaver Engel has a great post that begins with the "Meet the Association Community Bloggers" Learning Laband a more informal discussion among association bloggers, but moves on from there to tackle bigger issues. Her post ends with a great question for all of us in associations: "What would your organization look like if your individual staff members didn't focus specifically and exclusively on your journal, or getting out the renewal notices on time, or managing the membership database, or creating press releases, or your legislative fly in day, but instead worked as fluid team of engagement specialists on increasing engagement in your organization, your industry, your profession, for your entire universe of constituents? What would that world be like?"

Elizabeth also posted some thoughts on the Expo, a conversation she had about travel to and from meetings, and her experience as a volunteer during the meeting.

- Kevin Holland shared five things he liked and five things he didn't like at Annual.

- Peter Turner posted the slides from two Learning Labs he participated in, one on crowdsourcing and one on open innovation.

- Matt Baehr lists what he saw as the good, the bad, and the ugly in San Diego, as well as his thoughts on the importance of the social aspects of the conference.

- Caron Mason talks about the ideas she got out of the conference.

- Cindy Butts uses the "secret session" at Annual as a case study on building buzz through social media.

- Tammy Hailey shares what she learned at Annual in her association's blog.

- Peggy Hoffman shared a summary of a Learning Lab she participated in on "Chapter and National Databases: Do They or Don't They Interface?"

- Ben Martin has a detailed summary of what he saw at Annual and his thoughts on what worked and what didn't.

- Mickie Rops recapped a Learning Lab she facilitated on "Knowledge Strategies for Better Meetings."

- Renato Sogueco shares a summary of and the handout from of the Learning Lab he participated in on "Technology Trends: What Association Leaders Need to Know Now."