The Reflective Ranking technique can be used with several other tools to determine priorities among several ideas. One CLIP member presents the issue and everyone takes a few minutes to reflect on it and write down several ideas about the issue. The Recorder writes down the ideas and, if CLIP members agree, groups those that are related. Then members take sticky notes and rank their three top ideas. The Recorder tallies the votes and the group discusses the results. This process can eliminate ideas that are not popular but also lets people thinking about an issue without the distraction of others’ talking. It can be used at any phase in the inquiry. It give all participants a chance to think about and express an opinion before hearing what others in the group think.