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AI Mastermind

Drive Innovation and Efficiency with AI

Join the Association AI Mastermind Group to connect with senior leaders across the association sector. Through a series of monthly meetups and personalized office hours, you'll:

  • Learn: Gain a true understanding of what AI can do and where it is heading with a focus on how this affects your strategy and operations.
  • Master AI Integration: Learn how to deploy AI technologies to solve specific organizational challenges and create new opportunities for growth and innovation.
  • Collaborate with Peers: Share experiences, strategies, and innovations with other senior leaders, tackling common challenges and celebrating successes together.
  • Transform AI into Actionable Projects: Tackle AI as an abstraction and distill it into actionable pilot projects, ensuring your investment in AI starts generating tangible returns.

Designed for CEOs, CxOs, and other senior leaders, the Association AI Mastermind ensures you’re equipped to lead your organization into the future with AI.

What to Expect

Senior Leadership-Focused Learning

Participate in advanced, strategic education specifically tailored for senior leaders. Join fellow executives to explore how to integrate AI into your organizational strategies. Understand the latest trends, tools, and techniques to leverage AI for strategic growth and operational efficiency.

Monthly Virtual Gatherings
Participate in 90-minute in-depth discussions on core AI topics, exploring its practical applications and strategic implications. Previous sessions have covered vector databases, creating a culture of innovation, and automating the certification process. These sessions are designed to keep you at the forefront of AI developments, while providing ideas for actionable pilot projects.
Personalized Office Hours

Arrange one-on-one office hours by appointment with Mastermind Facilitators Amith Nagarajan and/or Mary Byers. Receive personalized guidance on your specific AI challenges and projects, from implementation strategies to overcoming obstacles.

Expert Guest Appearances

Gain insights from external AI experts who are leading the industry. Hear from innovators and thought leaders who are shaping the future of AI and learn how to apply their cutting-edge insights to your organization.

What the CEOs are saying:

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Participating in the CEO Mastermind Group has helped us begin developing strategies for utilizing AI to take advantage of emerging business opportunities and mitigate any risk the technology may present to our organization. We will be participating again in 2024.

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Steve Carey

President & CEO, NTEA - The Work Truck Association

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The AI CEO Mastermind was a great way to help my organization stay ahead of the curve. It was incredibly valuable to learn where things are going, where they currently stand, and how other participants are dealing with this new landscape.

Joe Skeel
Joe Skeel

Executive Director, Indiana State Bar Association

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I enjoyed participating in the AI Mastermind for CEOs over the past several months as it has helped me understand where we as association leaders need to focus our time and attention. The field of AI is evolving at warp speed, and these sessions are key to helping us stay current. I’m looking forward to the 2024 program which will allow me to include one of my senior staff.

Lawrence Sloan
Lawrence Sloan, MBA, CAE, FASAE

Chief Executive Officer, AIHA

Yearly Investment

Pro-rated based on join month

$5,000

  • Access to monthly virtual gatherings and personalized office hours 

  • All access ticket to the digitalNow Conference (valued at $1,500)

  • Option to add a key executive registration for an additional $2,500 

Key Benefits

VIP Experience at digitalNow

  • Your investment in the Association AI Mastermind Group includes registration to digitalNow (November 2-5, 2025 | Chicago, IL) and a special in person experience for the AI Mastermind Group.

Exclusive Resources, Content, and Recorded Sessions

  • Access recordings of all monthly sessions, along with summaries and transcripts. Our private online forum hosts exclusive content on emerging AI topics and practical implementation ideas. Review recordings of each meeting at your convenience, and if you miss a session, watch the recording and schedule a 1:1 make-up session to discuss any questions.

Come One, Come All

  • Leadership teams that learn together are better equipped to innovate together. If you're interested in joining the Association AI Mastermind with more than one leader from your association, you can do so for 50% of the initial investment for each additional leader. This inclusive approach ensures your team can learn and grow together, fostering collaboration and creating valuable connections with other participating organizations.

FAQs

Who is the Mastermind group for?
This group is for association professionals who are interested in making AI work for their association. There is no prerequisite knowledge required.  

While we strongly encourage 100% attendance across the sessions, we will also be recording the sessions and making them available in the online community for replay or if someone has to miss a meeting. 

Our only requirement is that you are curious and want to leverage this disruptive tech to benefit your association. Again, there is no prerequisite at all for knowledge of AI. 
What's the meeting schedule?
  • Mastermind Meetings - 2nd Thursday of Each Month @ 12:00pm ET for 90 Minutes

  • Office Hours with Amith or Mary - By Appointment
What if I'm joining later in the year?

We're happy to pro-rate the investment based on the number of months you'll be involved with our Mastermind Group. Please note that we cannot pro-rate the cost of the digitalNow Conference ticket included in your registration. 

Amith Nagarajan

Amith is the author of Ascend: Unlocking the Power of AI for Associations. He has 3 decades of technology entrepreneurship experience and has helped associations for 25 of those years. He has been focused deeply on AI for nearly 10 years and is excited to share his knowledge and help association CEOs navigate into the future.

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Mary is the author of Race for Relevance and is an acclaimed speaker, writer and advisor to some of the best known associations around the globe. In her work, she pushes associations to rethink what is possible, embrace innovation and forge ahead to a remarkable future.

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