Leading in the Era of AI

Association CEO Mastermind 2024

In the swiftly advancing age of Artificial Intelligence, staying ahead is no longer just an advantage—it's a necessity. The Association CEO Mastermind Group for 2024 is your exclusive gateway to navigate this transformation. Tailored for Association CEOs, our program ensures you don't just keep up with AI but lead with it.

What to Expect

CEO-Centric Learning: AI isn't just about knowing; it's about leading. CEOs cannot simply delegate the basic understanding of AI. They must be equipped to wield AI to shape strategies. This is why our group is CEO-specific.
Monthly Virtual Gatherings: Engage in 90-minute in-depth discussions on core AI topics, from its practical applications to the strategies it demands, ensuring you're always a step ahead.
Monthly Office Hours with Experts: Benefit from a mid-month office-hours with Amith Nagarajan, host of the Mastermind program and expert on AI for associations. Bring any discussion topics you'd like help with!
Expert Guest Appearances: Periodically, we bring in external AI mavens, offering a diverse and fresh perspective to our discussions.

Join the CEO Mastermind!

Key Benefits

Exclusive Resources & Content: Along with recordings of all sessions, summaries, and transcripts, our private online forum hosts exclusive content on emerging AI topics and practical implementation ideas.
Make-Up & Recorded Sessions: We'll record each meeting for you to review. If you miss the session, you can watch the recording and schedule a 1:1 make-up session to discuss any questions.
Dedicated Private Forum: Round-the-clock access to share insights and seek advice.
A Unique Live Session: In the Fall of 2024, join us for a live and extended Mastermind session at the prestigious digitalNow 2024 conference. A rare chance for in-person networking and enriched learning during the Mastermind pre-conference and throughout the entire event.
Bring Your Key Executives: Bring up to 2 people from your executive leadership team to Mastermind meetings so you can learn and grow together and create staff level connections with other participating organizations. Each additional executive registering under you will also receive a digitalNow ticket.

For an annual investment of $5,000, you not only secure your position at the forefront of AI leadership, but also receive an all-access ticket to the digitalNow Conference (valued at $1,500). Each key executive registration is an additional $2,500 and also includes a ticket to digitalNow 2024.

CEO Mastermind Group Schedule

Mastermind Meetings - 2nd Thursday of Each Month @ 12:00pm ET for 90 Minutes
First Session January 11 | 12:00-1:30 ET
Office Hours with Amith - 4th Thursday of Each Month @ 12:00pm ET for 60 Minutes
First Session January 25 | 12:00-1:00 ET

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.

Testimonials

"The AI Mastermind group provided me with access to a community of professionals who are all tackling the same AI adoption challenges. Through active conversation, timely knowledge sharing by our hosts, and a genuine shared curiosity by everyone, I feel much better prepared to start the AI journey at my organization."

Mike Moss, CAE
President
The Society for College and University Planning
"As the CEO for a small-staff association, the CEO AI Mastermind series gave me access to valuable information and insights which would have taken considerable time to uncover on my own. In addition to learning from Amith and Mary, I gained knowledge from the others association professionals. This was a fantastic series to start the AI journey."

Jeff Adkisson
Executive Vice-President, CAE
Grain and Feed Association of Illinois
“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.”

Steve Carey
President & CEO
NTEA – The Work Truck Association
“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, CAE
Executive Director
Indiana State Bar Association
“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, MBA, CAE, FASAE
Chief Executive Officer
AIHA®
"I was lucky to attend the CEO MasterMind on AI facilitated by Amith, Mary, and the Sidecar/Blue Cypress crew. The discussions with peers + experts helped fill in various gaps of my general AI knowledge. But more importantly, the MM meetings helped me help AAHA get past the semi-natural inertia (fear?) that can accompany getting started with broadly impactful, fast-moving, unchartered technology. With so many choices, ideas, and risks that accompany the introduction and use of AI, paralysis can set in for anyone or any organization. The CEO Mastermind on AI helped me get started and kept me up to date."

Garth Jordan
Chief Executive Officer
AAHA

Meet your facilitators.

Amith Nagarajan, Blue Cypress

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.

Mary Byers, CAE, CSP

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.

Are you a member?

Are you subscribed?