# Bringing AI to Life: Practical Steps for Associations Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/associations-now-presents-6988075/bringing-ai-to-life-practical-steps-for-associations Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/associations-now-presents-6988075/bringing-ai-to-life-practical-steps-for-associations.md Podcast: [Associations NOW Presents](https://stenobird.com/podcast/associations-now-presents-6988075) Published: 2025-02-27T15:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://associationsnow.podbean.com/e/bringing-ai-to-life-practical-steps-for-associations/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5ejfy9sngaq6j3ry/ASAE_ep7.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/associations-now-presents-6988075/episodes/bringing-ai-to-life-practical-steps-for-associations Duration seconds: 2238 ## Resource In this episode of Associations NOW Presents, guest host Joanna Pineda of the Associations Thrive podcast chats with Rob Wenger, CEO of Higher Logic, and Amanda DeLuke, senior privacy analyst at Higher Logic. The conversation unpacks Higher Logic's own AI adoption journey, starting in October 2023, and the strategies they used to engage employees with AI tools. Rob and Amanda share practical insights on how associations can begin their AI journey, create policies, and leverage AI tools while prioritizing data privacy. Whether you're just getting started or looking to expand your AI capabilities, this episode offers actionable advice on using AI to enhance operations, improve member engagement, and drive innovation. Check out the video podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLKUv2GFpUY This episode is sponsored by Higher Logic. Associations NOW Presents is produced by Association Briefings. Transcript Joanna Pineda: [00:00:00] Hey everyone, I'm Joanna Pineda, CEO and Chief Troublemaker at Matrix Group International and host of the Associations Thrive podcast. Each week I interview and association our non profit CEO about their personal journey and the things their organization is doing to thrive. But today, I am thrilled to be a guest host for the ASAE podcast for Associations Now. And I am absolutely honored because I'm going to be interviewing Rob Wenger. CEO of HigherLogic and Amanda DeLuke, Senior Privacy Analyst. We'd like to thank our episode sponsor, HigherLogic, for their support of this podcast. Rob and Amanda, welcome to the show. Rob Wenger: Thank you. It's great to be here. Joanna Pineda: Hey Rob, there's probably two people out there in the universe that don't know HigherLogic, and for those two people, tell us about HigherLogic. Rob Wenger: So our m… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/associations-now-presents-6988075/episodes/bringing-ai-to-life-practical-steps-for-associations/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/associations-now-presents-6988075/bringing-ai-to-life-practical-steps-for-associations.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.