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Beyond the Stochastic Parrot: Tuning AI for Original Association Research
A persistent critique of artificial intelligence is that the technology is nothing more than a sophisticated autocomplete. Critics often refer to...
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Suspenders & Double Dutch: Scaling AI Without Losing the Human Touch with Vicki Deal-Williams | [Sidecar Sync Episode 143]
Mallory Mejias: Jul 17, 2026, 2:17:32 PM
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 Future of Interaction: Why Voice and Multimodality Are Essential
When the first tablet computers hit the market, there was no training manual required. People simply touched the glass, and the interface responded....
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Beyond Chat: Why AI Needs a New Interface, Platform, and Business Model
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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The Quiet Shift Reshaping Event Teams: From Planner to Builder
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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The AMS Replacement Can Wait. Here's Where Associations Should Actually Be Investing.
Mallory Mejias: Mar 20, 2026, 9:09:37 AM
Ask a room full of association leaders what's standing between them and meaningful AI adoption, and a version of the same answer comes up repeatedly:...
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The Cybersecurity Threat Just Got Smarter. So Should Your Association.
Mallory Mejias: Mar 17, 2026, 6:30:00 AM
There's a version of the current AI story where associations aren't really in the picture. The disruption is happening at the enterprise level, the...
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Your Software Vendors May Start Charging You to Access Your Own Data — Here's What to Do About It
Mallory Mejias: Mar 3, 2026, 3:13:36 PM
On a recent investor call, HubSpot CEO Yamini Rangan was asked how the company plans to respond to clients using AI agents to pull data out of...
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The Generalist Shift and What It Means for Niche Associations
Mallory Mejias: Feb 25, 2026, 2:08:42 PM
For generations, the trajectory of professional development has pointed in one direction: deeper. You specialize. Then you sub-specialize. You become...