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The Shrinking Cost of AI (and Why Your Association Strategy Should Account for It)

Mallory Mejias: Feb 24, 2026 12:22:02 PM

Most association leaders making AI decisions right now are doing something that feels responsible but is actually a strategic mistake: they're...

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From Text to Talk: Turning Your Association's Written Content Into Engaging Audio Experiences

Mallory Mejias: Sep 11, 2025 3:18:31 PM

Your association is sitting on thousands of pages of valuable content that most members will never read. Board minutes, research reports, white...

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Sidecar Sync Episode 98 featuring Amith Nagarajan and Mallory Mejias

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Inside the AI Audio Revolution: Translating, Conversing, & Composing | [Sidecar Sync Episode 98]

Mallory Mejias: Sep 4, 2025 10:04:37 PM

Summary: In this audio-focused episode of the Sidecar Sync, Mallory Mejias and Amith Nagarajan explore three groundbreaking advancements in AI audio...

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AI's Compression Revolution: Microsoft's Phi-4 Models and the Trendline Associations Should Watch

Mallory Mejias: May 13, 2025 3:42:36 PM

Microsoft recently released the Phi-4 family of models, a new collection of small language models with remarkable reasoning capabilities. While new...

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