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Imagine you want to answer a seemingly simple question about your association's membership: Are there geographic trends in your year-over-year retention rates? You know the information exists somewhere in your association management system (AMS)....
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Mallory Mejias: May 12, 2026 10:38:21 AM
Summary: In this episode of the Sidecar Sync, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias dig into the hidden world of “dark databases”—messy, undocumented...
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This post draws on Wharton professor Ethan Mollick's recent article, "The IT department: Where AI goes to die," which we analyzed on a recent episode...
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For many association professionals, the path from a great idea to a finished visual asset is often blocked by a significant bottleneck. You might...
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This post draws on Wharton professor Ethan Mollick's recent article, "The IT department: Where AI goes to die," which we analyzed on a recent episode...
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Mallory Mejias: May 4, 2026 11:19:44 AM
Summary: In this episode of the Sidecar Sync, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias dive into Anthropic’s latest moves with Claude Opus 4.7 and the new...
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To understand the current state of artificial intelligence, one must look back at the history of computing. We often feel as though we are living in...
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Mallory Mejias: Apr 29, 2026 6:30:00 AM
If you work on the events side of an association, the math probably looks familiar. Budgets have been flat for years. Costs — venues, catering, AV,...
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Mallory Mejias: Apr 28, 2026 9:15:00 AM
Here's a story you may have heard a version of: a small team launches a free app in the App Store. Two weeks later, Apple calls — unannounced,...