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Episode 148 of the Sidecar Sync Podcast cover art featuring Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias

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Fundamentals of AI, Part 1 | [Sidecar Sync Episode 148]

Mallory Mejias: Aug 24, 2026, 1:19:56 PM

Summary: AI may feel like it arrived overnight, but its foundations have been decades in the making. In part one of a refreshed Foundations of AI...

Sidecar Sync Episode episode 146 cover featuring Amith Nagarajan, Mallory Mejias, and Torey Carter-Conneen

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AI-Powered Service for Landscape Architects with Torey Carter-Conneen | [Sidecar Sync Episode 146]

Mallory Mejias: Aug 10, 2026, 11:22:59 AM

Summary: In this interview episode, Mallory Mejias and Amith Nagarajan sit down with Torey Carter-Conneen, CEO of the American Society of Landscape...

Member Engagement Sidecar Sync Podcast Leadership Member Services AI Education member personalization

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The AI Learning Hub Enters a New Era — And It Starts Where You Are

Mallory Mejias: Apr 13, 2026, 3:09:21 PM

Many association professionals have moved past the "why AI" question. They've attended the webinars. They've read the articles. Many have...

Professional Development AI Education

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MCP Security Risks: Your Staff Is Plugging AI Into Your Data — Here's What Could Go Wrong

Mallory Mejias: Mar 5, 2026, 6:30:00 AM

Model Context Protocol — MCP — has quickly become the standard for connecting AI tools to external data sources. If you've heard the term floating...

Cybersecurity Model Context Protocol AI Education

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What the World's Largest Machine Learning Community Can Teach Associations About Connection

Mallory Mejias: Feb 19, 2026, 6:30:00 AM

Most associations were built on a promise that still holds: bring the right people together and good things happen. That idea launched thousands of...

Innovation AI Education

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

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From Deep Learning Indaba to Algorithmic Sovereignty with Benjamin Rosman | [Sidecar Sync Episode 121]

Mallory Mejias: Feb 17, 2026, 10:08:57 AM

Summary: If you think the future of AI is being decided only in Silicon Valley or Beijing, this conversation will stretch your perspective. Amith...

Sidecar Sync Podcast Innovation AI Education Algorithmic Sovereignty

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Why Encouraging AI Learning Isn't Enough Anymore

Mallory Mejias: Jan 9, 2026, 12:42:32 PM

The conversation around AI skills has shifted. What was a "nice to have" a few years ago has become a baseline expectation. According to Microsoft...

Leadership AI Education

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Why 2026 Is the Year AI Agents Finally Go Live

Mallory Mejias: Jan 6, 2026, 1:57:14 PM

AI agents have been "coming soon" for a while now. Every year brings new announcements, new frameworks, new promises about autonomous systems that...

AI Agents Leadership Member Services AI Education

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7 AI Predictions That Will Shape Associations in 2026

Mallory Mejias: Jan 5, 2026, 10:30:51 AM

We're officially in the second half of the decade. And if 2025 felt like the year AI went from interesting to unavoidable, 2026 is shaping up to be...

AI Agents Artificial Intelligence Leadership Member Services Open Source AI Education

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