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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The 3% Problem: The Hidden Cost of Underinvesting in Technology

Mallory Mejias: Jul 15, 2025, 11:02:19 AM

Nine out of ten nonprofit leaders say technology is vital to their success. Yet most spend less than 3% of their budgets on it.

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To Block or Not to Block: The AI Scraping Dilemma for Associations

Mallory Mejias: Jul 14, 2025, 12:05:34 PM

While you're reading this, AI bots are likely scanning your association's public website, harvesting your blog posts, event descriptions, and...

Artificial Intelligence Leadership Answer Engine Optimization

Podcast cover for Sidecar Sync Episode 90, titled ‘AI Knowledge for Associations.’ Features hosts Mallory Mejías and Amith Nagarajan smiling

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

Mallory Mejias: Jul 10, 2025, 5:24:06 PM

Summary: In this dog-dedicated episode of Sidecar Sync (Happy 12th to Ninja!), Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias tackle two extremes of the...

Artificial Intelligence Sidecar Sync Podcast Technology AI Engine Optimization

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

Mallory Mejias: Jul 10, 2025, 5:07:50 PM

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

Artificial Intelligence Leadership Organizational Culture Experimentation

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

Mallory Mejias: Jul 8, 2025, 11:18:53 AM

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....

Artificial Intelligence Leadership Organizational Culture Experimentation

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

Mallory Mejias: Jul 7, 2025, 3:26:50 PM

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...

Artificial Intelligence Leadership Organizational Culture Experimentation