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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AI Won't Wait: Mastering the Art of Breaking Your Brain

The relentless drumbeat of AI advancements can feel overwhelming. One week Google releases Gemini 2.5 Pro with its massive context window and reasoning skills, the next DeepSeek pushes the boundaries of open-source power, and seemingly every other...

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The AI Giants' Moat is Leaking: DeepSeek V3 & the Rising Tide of Open Source Power

If you've read our blog, listened to the Sidecar Sync podcast, or attended one of our webinars, you've probably heard us mention names like OpenAI,...

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Your AI Intern Just Earned a PhD: Meet Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro

For a while now, thinking of AI as a capable intern or a new college graduate made sense. It could handle specific tasks quickly, automate routine...

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AI-Ready or Not? Assessing Your Association's Member Service Foundation

Imagine the towering skyscraper—a marvel of engineering. Its strength obviously relies on a massive foundation dug deep into the earth. But here's a...

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Empowering Your Experts: The Human Side of AI in Member Services

The potential of artificial intelligence to reshape association member services is undeniable. We hear about AI-powered chatbots handling inquiries...

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Hold That AMS Project! Why Prioritizing AI Experiments Might Be Smarter Right Now

The pressure is mounting. Your AMS, once the sturdy backbone of your operations, now feels like a constraint. Perhaps it’s the patchwork of...

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AI That Sounds Like Us: Sesame AI and the Future of Voice Interaction

Digital voices have always felt unmistakably artificial. While we intuitively recognize this robotic quality, what's fascinating is that we can...

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