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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Big AI Is Coming for Your Industry: What Claude's Vertical Plugins Mean for Associations

On January 30th, Anthropic released a set of domain-specific plugins for Cowork, their enterprise AI product. The plugins target legal, finance, sales, marketing, product management, and biology research. Within hours, shares of RELX (owner of...

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Agent Swarms: What It Means When AI Can Build Its Own Team

Most association professionals have a working mental model for AI at this point. You give it a task, it works through it, and it gives you something...

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Sidecar Sync Podcast episode cover 120 featuring Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias

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Kimi K2.5’s Swarm of Agents, Claude Goes Vertical, and AI Data Centers in Space | [Sidecar Sync Episode 120]

Summary: In this high-octane episode of Sidecar Sync, Amith and Mallory cover an ambitious trio of AI developments with massive implications for...

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Trust Is the Real AI Casualty

When people talk about AI risk, they tend to focus on dramatic scenarios. Mass unemployment. Superintelligent systems escaping human control. Robots...

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The Purpose Crisis: What Happens When AI Changes the Meaning of Work

Most conversations about AI and employment follow a familiar script. Jobs will be lost. Workers will need to reskill. Organizations should invest in...

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You Don't Need to Be a Tech Expert to Lead Through AI

There's a question lurking in the back of many association leaders' minds right now: Who am I to lead an AI initiative?

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Sidecar Sync Podcast episode cover 119 featured Bruce Reed, Amith Nagarajan, and Mallory Mejias

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From White House Strategy to Youth Safety Tools: Navigating AI’s Risks and Rewards with Bruce Reed | [Sidecar Sync Episode 119]

Summary: What do AI companions, deepfakes, and White House briefings have in common? Bruce Reed. In this episode, Mallory Mejias and Amith Nagarajan...

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The Case for Saying No: Why Associations Need Zero-Based Strategic Thinking

Every association claims to have a focused strategic plan. The board retreat happened. The priorities were narrowed. The strategic pillars were...

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When Capital Replaces Labor: What a New Economic Theory Means for Professional Associations

Economists Philip Trammell and Dwarkesh Patel recently published an essay that's been making the rounds in policy and technology circles. The premise...

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