Mallory Mejias

Mallory Mejias is passionate about creating opportunities for association professionals to learn, grow, and better serve their members using artificial intelligence. She enjoys blending creativity and innovation to produce fresh, meaningful content for the association space. Mallory co-hosts and produces the Sidecar Sync podcast, where she delves into the latest trends in AI and technology, translating them into actionable insights.

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Claiming the Right to Win: How IFT Built CoDeveloper with Jay Gilbert | [Sidecar Sync Episode 110]

Summary: When an association with 85 years of food science knowledge decides to launch an AI product, what happens? In this episode, Mallory Mejias sits down with Jay Gilbert, Director of Scientific Programs and Product Development at the Institute...

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Google's Putting Data Centers in Space - What Moonshot Is Your Association Taking?

This month, Google announced Project Suncatcher, their plan to build scalable machine learning compute systems in space. The vision: constellations...

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Diffusion Models Are Coming - Here's Why Association Leaders Should Care

This month, Inception Labs released an upgraded version of Mercury, their diffusion-based language model that first launched in February 2025. The...

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Claude Haiku 4.5 Is Here - And Your AI Policy Needs a Computer Use Section

Anthropic just released Claude Haiku 4.5, delivering frontier-level performance at a fraction of the cost and twice the speed of previous models....

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The Race for AI Speed, Efficiency, & Infrastructure: Haiku 4.5, Diffusion Models, & Project Suncatcher | [Sidecar Sync Episode 109]

Summary: In this episode of Sidecar Sync, Mallory Mejias and Amith Nagarajan dive into three high-octane AI developments reshaping the landscape of...

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Bottom-Up Buy-In: Why Your Frontline Staff Should Write Your Strategy

Strategy typically flows in one direction. The board sets vision. Executive leadership interprets it. Senior management translates it. Staff execute...

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The Pause That Propels: When Associations Hit Stop to Move Forward

Most associations operate under constant addition. New programs stack on top of existing ones. Member requests become new initiatives. Strategic...

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Stop Talking, Start Measuring: Real AI ROI from Associations

Return on investment doesn't always arrive in a spreadsheet. Sometimes it walks up to you at dinner. Sometimes it shows up as a percentage drop in...

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Live from digitalNow 2025: Inside the Association Evolution | [Sidecar Sync Episode 108]

Summary: Live from digitalNow 2025 in Chicago, this special edition of Sidecar Sync brings together voices from across the association world, sharing...

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