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Good morning! I'm a little late with my turn at Quick Clicks, but I didn't want to miss the opportunity to link to some of the great stuff that's been going on in the association blog world and elsewhere:

- Jeffrey Cufaude is a tad bit frustrated with the basic meeting-planning mistakes he's seen lately.

- Speaking of meeting planning, I'm intrigued by Michele Martin's idea for a "reflection session" to encourage meeting participants to think about what they've learned before they head home and jump right back into their daily work. (I know I'm often guilty of not taking enough time to think and process after a conference.) Elsewhere, Sue Pelletier wonders if we should kill the Q&A session.

- In a guest post on the Wild Apricot blog, Trish Hudson shares three questions that you can use to mobilize volunteers.

- I'm really enjoying the new governance-focused Against the Grain blog by Rick Moyers on the Chronicle of Philanthropy site. Here's the first paragraph of a recent post, just to give you a taste: "Several years ago, while conducting a workshop on nonprofit boards for a group of 15 or 20 executive directors, I asked them to close their eyes and raise their hands if they wished that they didn't have a board. More than half raised their hands."

- Jeff Cobb has a thought-provoking post on the many ways we have to not know things.

- Jeff Hurt suggests seven attitudes for association success in the 21st century, and followed up with seven principles for association stakeholder success as well.

- Another seven things post: Tony Rossell has seven tips to improve membership recruitment on the Marketing General blog.

- I know Scott's usually the one to link to Seth Godin posts, but I really loved this one: a list of ways to demonstrate strength.

- From the Harvard Business Review site, Lance Bettencourt suggests an interesting and practical way to evaluate and improve customers' experience with your organization by mapping their "consumption chain."