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AI Can Now Forge Your Credentials (Here's What to Do About It)

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)

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

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

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)

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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Why Associations Have the "Right to Win" in AI Product Development

Mallory Mejias: Dec 1, 2025 3:01:25 PM

A recent podcast conversation with Jay Gilbert, Director of Scientific Programs and Product Development at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT),...

Leadership Innovation AI Products & Services

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Google's Putting Data Centers in Space - What Moonshot Is Your Association Taking?

Mallory Mejias: Nov 26, 2025 6:30:00 AM

This month, Google announced Project Suncatcher, their plan to build scalable machine learning compute systems in space. The vision: constellations...

Goal Setting Leadership Innovation google

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Claude Haiku 4.5 Is Here - And Your AI Policy Needs a Computer Use Section

Mallory Mejias: Nov 24, 2025 6:30:00 AM

Anthropic just released Claude Haiku 4.5, delivering frontier-level performance at a fraction of the cost and twice the speed of previous models....

Leadership Computer Use AI Policy

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Bottom-Up Buy-In: Why Your Frontline Staff Should Write Your Strategy

Mallory Mejias: Nov 19, 2025 6:30:00 AM

Strategy typically flows in one direction. The board sets vision. Executive leadership interprets it. Senior management translates it. Staff execute...

digitalNow Leadership Strategy

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