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Transforming Institutional Knowledge into AI-Powered Products

Most associations have decades of content sitting in their archives. Journals, conference proceedings, research publications, technical standards, webinars, magazine articles. This content represents the accumulated wisdom of an entire profession,...

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The Board Buy-In Problem (And How One Association Solved It)

If you've been waiting for your board to greenlight an AI initiative, you're not alone. Board buy-in is a common blocker association professionals...

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Why Associations Have the "Right to Win" in AI Product Development

A recent podcast conversation with Jay Gilbert, Director of Scientific Programs and Product Development at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT),...

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Sidecar Sync episode 110 cover featuring Mallory Mejias and Jay Gilbert

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Claiming the Right to Win: How IFT Built CoDeveloper with Jay Gilbert | [Sidecar Sync Episode 110]

Summary: When an association with 85 years of food science knowledge decides to launch an AI product, what happens? In this episode, Mallory Mejias...

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Google's Putting Data Centers in Space - What Moonshot Is Your Association Taking?

This month, Google announced Project Suncatcher, their plan to build scalable machine learning compute systems in space. The vision: constellations...

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Diffusion Models Are Coming - Here's Why Association Leaders Should Care

This month, Inception Labs released an upgraded version of Mercury, their diffusion-based language model that first launched in February 2025. The...

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Claude Haiku 4.5 Is Here - And Your AI Policy Needs a Computer Use Section

Anthropic just released Claude Haiku 4.5, delivering frontier-level performance at a fraction of the cost and twice the speed of previous models....

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The Race for AI Speed, Efficiency, & Infrastructure: Haiku 4.5, Diffusion Models, & Project Suncatcher | [Sidecar Sync Episode 109]

Summary: In this episode of Sidecar Sync, Mallory Mejias and Amith Nagarajan dive into three high-octane AI developments reshaping the landscape of...

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Bottom-Up Buy-In: Why Your Frontline Staff Should Write Your Strategy

Strategy typically flows in one direction. The board sets vision. Executive leadership interprets it. Senior management translates it. Staff execute...

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