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The Billable Hour Is Dying. Is Your Membership Model Next?

Picture of Mallory Mejias Mallory Mejias: Dec 22, 2025 2:20:02 PM

In October 2025, two lawyers from a prominent UK firm launched Three Points Law, a legal practice built entirely on AI platforms from day one. No...

Artificial Intelligence Membership Business Model Leadership Domain Specific AI
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Sidecar Sync Episode 113 cover featuring Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias

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Domain-Specific AI : How Legal, Medical, and Engineering Are Being Reimagined | [Sidecar Sync Episode 113]

Picture of Mallory Mejias Mallory Mejias: Dec 22, 2025 10:37:08 AM

Summary: Domain-specific AI is having its ‘main character’ moment—and Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias break down three sharp examples. They unpack...

Leadership Domain Specific AI
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Your Best Content Is Buried—Here's How to Unearth It

Picture of Mallory Mejias Mallory Mejias: Dec 16, 2025 12:49:06 PM

Ernie Svenson made an observation in our recent Sidecar Sync podcast conversation that should give association leaders pause. Ernie is a former New...

Leadership Content Strategy AI Knowledge Assistants
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When Daily Utility Beats Annual Membership

Picture of Mallory Mejias Mallory Mejias: Dec 15, 2025 12:10:30 PM

A lawyer recently made a claim that got people talking: most attorneys get more practical help from a $20/month ChatGPT subscription than from their...

Membership Business Model Leadership Bar Associations
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AI Can Now Forge Your Credentials (Here's What to Do About It)

Picture of Mallory Mejias Mallory Mejias: Dec 10, 2025 6:30:01 AM

A post has been circulating on LinkedIn that should make every association leader uncomfortable. It shows what's now possible with AI image...

Leadership Strategy Technology AI Image Generation
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Your Association Is a Software Company (Whether You Realize It or Not)

Picture of Mallory Mejias Mallory Mejias: Dec 9, 2025 10:28:32 AM

Microsoft. Google. Salesforce. Adobe.

Leadership Strategy Technology Software Development AI-Assisted Software Development
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Why Your Association Can't Afford to Marry One AI Vendor

Picture of Mallory Mejias Mallory Mejias: Dec 8, 2025 12:37:22 PM

The AI leader from January isn't the AI leader now. And the leader now probably won't hold that spot six months from now.

Leadership Strategy Technology
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Transforming Institutional Knowledge into AI-Powered Products

Picture of Mallory Mejias Mallory Mejias: Dec 3, 2025 6:30:00 AM

Most associations have decades of content sitting in their archives. Journals, conference proceedings, research publications, technical standards,...

Leadership Innovation AI Products & Services
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The Board Buy-In Problem (And How One Association Solved It)

Picture of Mallory Mejias Mallory Mejias: Dec 2, 2025 10:55:04 AM

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...

Board Management Leadership AI Products & Services
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