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Intelligence as a Commodity: Why Your AI Strategy Must Be Model-Agnostic

Many association leaders feel a quiet pressure to pick a side. In the early days of any technological shift, we look for the winner—the one platform or provider that will define the era. We ask whether we are an OpenAI house or an Anthropic house....

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Sidecar Sync Episode episode 144 cover featuring Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias

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The Open-Weight Wave & the Push for AI Referees | [Sidecar Sync Episode 144]

Summary: In this episode, Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias unpack a rapidly shifting AI landscape where powerful, low-cost open-weight models from...

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Beyond the 30-page policy: A practical approach to AI governance

Many association leaders face a common instinct when a new technology arrives. They want to protect the organization by building a wall of rules....

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Scaling Trust: Building AI Tools for Evidence-Based Practice

In the modern professional environment, the challenge is rarely a lack of information. For most clinicians, researchers, and specialists, the problem...

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The 'suspender' strategy: how to build an internal AI culture

Many association leaders find themselves in a difficult position regarding artificial intelligence. On one hand, the technical potential of the...

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Sidecar Sync Episode episode 143 cover featuring Amith Nagarajan, Mallory Mejias, and Vicki Deal-Williams

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Suspenders & Double Dutch: Scaling AI Without Losing the Human Touch with Vicki Deal-Williams | [Sidecar Sync Episode 143]

Summary: In this interview episode, Mallory Mejias and Amith Nagarajan sit down with Vicki Deal-Williams, CEO of the American Speech-Language-Hearing...

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The End of ETL: Why You Don't Need to 'Clean' Your Data for AI

For years, the standard advice for association executives has been: "Clean your data first." It sounds responsible. It feels like the right thing to...

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Data at rest vs. data activated: A new strategy for associations

For years, association leaders have been told that data is their most valuable asset. They have dutifully collected member records, event...

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Why Your Unused Email Is Your Association's Hidden AI Goldmine

Most association professionals view their inbox as a relentless list of tasks to be cleared. It is a digital conveyor belt of requests, complaints,...

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