Happy Friday! How was everyone’s week? I hope it was productive and fun, and I’m sure you guys are ready for the weekend. As usual, there were some good discussions and posts around the community this week. Here are my five favorites.

1. Over at the Acronym blog, Joe Rominiecki chimed in on the discussion about newspapers and associations. More specifically, he discussed micropricing and if it could benefit organizations. He concluded that micropricing could be one way to solve associations’ financial woes, but many are probably reluctant to experiment with it because it’s so tricky.

2. Samuel J. Smith put together an awesome list of 43 Social Media Tips, Tricks, Big Ideas and Real-World Examples for Meetings and Events. There are tons (43, to be exact), of great links separated into specific categories and they are definitely worth taking a look at.

3. I loved this post by Brian Reuwee at the Drake Co. blog: Innovation and Associations. This blog is so awesome because it’s written by staffers at an association management company, so its posts always have a unique perspective. The kicker question? So do stand-alone associations foster a more innovative environment than AMCs?

4. Cynthia D’Amour’s mother just got a new laptop, and the trackpad threw her off a bit. Of course, I wasn’t surprised the encounter made her wonder if associations “train volunteers (or find alternate ways) when asking them to do something not natural to them?” As someone who has helped my own mother navigate her computer, this post hit home.

5. Last, but of course not least, Jeff Hurt busted 10 conference adult learning myths in a great post this week. Did you know that fun and laughter are keys to helping attendees remember important information? Or that people can only remember eeight to 10 messages per day? Head over there and check out the rest!

No matter what you’ve got planned, I hope you have a fantastic weekend!