Happy Wednesday! I barely know what day it is anymore – can you believe we’re more than halfway through November?! Next week is already Thanksgiving.

Before we get carried away with the holidays, though, I’ve got a few great presentations to share with you all this morning. Let us know what you think!

We’ve got another infographic to share with you all today! This one deals with how the “Millennial generation” uses mobile – whether it’s device ownership, or mobile shopping habits. (Confession: I own all four of the devices they profile – tablet, mobile phone, laptop and mobile music device.)

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Happy Friday! This week has completely gotten away from me! I’ve been busy catching up on all the great association-related blog posts from this past week, so I’m finally getting around to sharing my five faves with you all. Which ones resonated the most with you?

1. I’m glad Tom Morrison has been blogging more because he has so many great insights to share! His latest post discusses how it’s not as hard as you may think to interact with different generations. How has your small staff association engaged with younger professionals in recent years?

2. I shared this post this morning on Twitter, but it seemed to get a great response and I wanted to share it again: cell phone etiquette. David M. Patt shares a story about a colleague taking not one but TWO calls during a meeting and placing a third call on his own. Is this standard etiquette for meetings now?! I hope not.

3. Silos, as pretty much everyone knows, are frustrating. But Jamie Notter reminds us that silos are often in place for a reason. There are lots of stakeholders in associations, and silos can help keep things organized. I don’t think small staff associations necessarily have as many issues with silos as larger ones (for the obvious reason that there are fewer staff members), but this is still a great post for association professionals.

4. Shelly Alcorn used Occupy Wall Street as the inspiration for her latest – awesome – post: Associations are the 99%. Associations were designed to protect the 99%. They have a long history in the United States. Is the message of Occupy Wall Street resonating with your small staff association?

5. You may have heard about a little device called the iPhone 4S and its accompanying new operating system. Android, Blackberry and iPhone fans alike have been buzzing about it all week. Well, it turns out that mobile social web use is on the rise, according to a new Nielsen report Lindy Dreyer shared. Take a look and ask yourself how your association can improve its mobile presence.

OK, obviously it’s not the 4th of July but it’s the Friday before a long weekend and it certainly feels like a holiday. Who’s ready to celebrate America this weekend?

But! Before you fire up the grill and start eating popsicles, be sure to check out these five posts from around the association blogosphere!

1. Don’t miss Six Crucial Factors of Mobile App Development from MarketingProfs. Mobile is big right now (hello, we’re all attached to our phones for the most part!), and it’s crucial to understand the different platforms and app stores before you get started.

2. KiKi L’Italien put together a great list of “bad idea jeans” for associations. What are some bad ideas? Creating a social media plan without considering customer service. Creating new programs without proper preparation. Not providing enough resources to help a new program succeed.

3. A great reminder from Eric Lanke: leaders have a different job. Leaders are not necessarily managers; those jobs are completely different. As an association leader, your job is to put together a team that can get the job done and to inspire that team on a daily basis.

4. Winning is important – but is it the only important thing in life? (Don’t answer that if you’re a professional athlete.) Scott Briscoe reminds us that losing doesn’t make you any less of a person and it shouldn’t have anything to do with your self-worth.

5. I have really been enjoying Jeffrey Cufaude’s weekly Leadership Limericks, and this week he reminds us that we are all creative. Creativity has no limits and is not confined by merely creating new ideas out of nothing.

From everyone at MemberClicks, have a great weekend!

Came across this awesome infographic today and I think it poses a great question for small staff association professionals…

…Have you asked your members if they want to use their phones to get association information?