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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Cloudflare vs. the Crawlers & The Nonprofit Tech Divide | [Sidecar Sync Episode 90]

Summary: In this dog-dedicated episode of Sidecar Sync (Happy 12th to Ninja!), Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias tackle two extremes of the nonprofit tech landscape. First, they dig into Cloudflare’s bold new default to block AI content...

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From Bullets to Cannonballs: Why Your Association's AI Experiments Aren't Scaling

Year one: Let's experiment with AI! Education staff use AI for course descriptions. The membership department uses AI to draft renewal emails.

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The Thought Experiment Every Association Leader Should Try: Build a Competitor to Your Own Organization

Here's the reality: There's a version of your association that costs less to run, serves members faster, and delivers personalized value at scale....

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The Leadership-Lab-Crowd Framework: A New Model for AI Transformation in Associations

Here's a frustrating reality: Your team members are quietly achieving 2-3x productivity gains with AI, cutting tasks that used to take hours down to...

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Navigating AI Seas: Leadership, Lab, and Crowd | [Sidecar Sync Episode 89]

Summary: In this episode, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias dive into the world of AI agents, hackathons, and the secret cyborgs in your office....

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Building a Culture of 'Catching People Doing Things Right' in Your Association

The concept of "catching people doing things right" was introduced to us by John Spence in Episode 88 of the Sidecar Sync podcast. According to...

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From Knowledge Work to Wisdom Work: How Associations Can Thrive in the AI Era

For decades, associations have served as the gatekeepers of industry knowledge. Individual members paid dues for access to research and best...

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The AQ Revolution: Why Adaptability Quotient Matters More Than IQ or EQ for Association Leaders

Gina had been CEO of her trade association for eight years. By any traditional measure, she was succeeding. MBA from a prestigious university. Two...

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Adapt or Fade: Embracing the Adaptability Quotient with John Spence | [Sidecar Sync Episode 88]

Summary: In this energizing interview, Mallory Mejias is joined by leadership legend John Spence to unpack the three essential quotients of...

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