Not long ago, AI in most associations meant one curious staff member quietly testing a chatbot to draft an email. That moment has passed. Your vendors are building AI into their roadmaps. Your board is asking about it. Your members are already using…

For years, your AMS data had one job: keep the operation running. Dues renewals. Event registrations. Committee rosters. It sat quietly in the background, doing the work nobody thinks about until it breaks.

Let's start with a truth many association executives are already feeling, even if no one on staff has said it out loud yet: the board is going to ask about AI, and "we're looking into it" is not going to be a satisfying answer for much longer. Maybe…

Let me say something that most AI conversations skip right over: the organizations getting real value from artificial intelligence are not the ones with the most sophisticated tools. They are the ones with leadership that decided intentionally,…

Let's be honest about something most association leaders already feel but haven't said out loud: the pressure to "do AI" has arrived long before the readiness to do it well.

Let me ask you something your last vendor demo almost certainly didn’t ask: Does your current technology actually match the way your organization works?

If it feels like the operating environment is shifting faster than your organization can respond, you are not alone.

Four years ago, I made the decision to step out on my own and share my skills as an association and technology strategist. I had spent years watching associations and non-profits struggle to align their business operations with their technology.…

Four years ago, we launched Strategico with a mission to help associations make smarter decisions about technology and data without losing sight of their people.

January isn’t just a time to return from holiday break, it’s a reset button. A chance to step back, revisit your strategy, and ask the essential question: