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Sidecar Sync Episode 92 cover with hosts Mallory Mejías and Amith Nagarajan, tagline ‘AI Knowledge for Associations,’ and cartoon robots on both sides.

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Physical AI: The Robot Takeover We Actually Want | [Sidecar Sync Episode 92]

Mallory Mejias: Jul 25, 2025 2:45:19 PM

Summary: Are we ready for a world where AI agents write our blogs and robots clean our homes? In this episode, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias dive deep into the rise of agentic AI and the future of robotics. They explore how digital workforces...

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Rebuilding Course Development from the Ground Up — With the LCA

Jason Marchese: Jul 25, 2025 10:15:00 AM

Over the past 15 years, I’ve developed a lot of learning content, especially during my time with an association overseas. In that role, developing a...

Illustration of a traffic light with icons: a sparkling laptop in a green light, two people talking in a yellow light, and a padlock in a peach light, on a dark pole against a light background with subtle geometric shapes.

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Your AI Guidelines Should Be a Green Light, Not a Stop Sign

Mallory Mejias: Jul 23, 2025 4:50:55 PM

Most AI policies read like a list of don'ts. Don't share confidential data. Don't trust AI outputs. Don't use unapproved tools. Don't, don't, don't....

Organizational Culture Innovation AI Guidelines

Open planner showing Tuesday morning with handwritten tasks: Meeting Prep, Event Brainstorm, and Lunch. A cute sage green robot peeks from the page edge; coffee cup and pen blurred in background.

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The Tuesday Morning Test: Your AI Reality Check

Mallory Mejias: Jul 22, 2025 4:29:13 PM

Most AI training starts with possibilities—what AI can write, create, analyze, summarize, generate. We've all sat through these presentations,...

Practical AI

Cartoon of a father and son posing in front of a pagoda-style temple in a busy Nepalese square.

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When a 16-Year-Old Teaches AI: The Conor and Finn Grennan Story

Mallory Mejias: Jul 21, 2025 2:20:56 PM

The organizations Conor Grennan has trained on generative AI are undeniably impressive: OpenAI, McKinsey, Google, JP Morgan, NASA. But perhaps more...

Artificial Intelligence Education Technology