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postjoe

Joe Post is a product manager, user experience designer, and digital strategist based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Joe is recognized as an expert in digital strategy and is 3X Optimizely Platinum MVP.

Ethical AI for Associations: What Your Board Is Actually Asking About AI for Associations

Ethical AI for Associations: What Your Board Is Actually Asking About

Your board has started asking about AI. Not “should we use it” — that question is already answered by the 12 tools your staff is quietly running. The questions now are about ethics, liability, member data, and disclosure. This post gives you the framework to answer them without either shutting down the conversation or making promises you can’t keep. Why…
postjoe
May 9, 2026
How Adtelic Uses AI Across Its Digital Portfolio (And What We Learned) AI for Associations

How Adtelic Uses AI Across Its Digital Portfolio (And What We Learned)

AI digital operations case studies are rare because most agencies don't operate at scale themselves. Adtelic does. I run Belize News Post and Art Design Ideas — two live content properties with real traffic, real AMS-adjacent workflows, and real publishing volume — using the same AI-native stack I sell to association clients. This is what that actually looks like. What…
postjoe
May 9, 2026
What AI Can and Can’t Do for Your Association’s Content Team AI for Associations

What AI Can and Can’t Do for Your Association’s Content Team

AI tools can draft faster than any staff writer, but speed is not the part your content team is missing. Association content fails at the moment it needs judgment — about member context, editorial voice, what to kill, what to protect. That judgment is not in the model. It is in the person running the program. This post is about…
postjoe
May 9, 2026
AI and the Association Member Experience: What Members Actually Notice AI for Associations

AI and the Association Member Experience: What Members Actually Notice

Your members are already experiencing AI elsewhere — in their bank’s chatbot, their Netflix queue, their inbox spam filters. When they log into your member portal, they’re not evaluating your AI against what associations used to do. They’re evaluating it against everything else in their digital life. This post breaks down what they actually notice, what they don’t, and where…
postjoe
May 9, 2026
Association AI Readiness: Is Your Organization Ready to Adopt AI? AI for Associations

Association AI Readiness: Is Your Organization Ready to Adopt AI?

Most associations are already using AI — 88% for content, 44% for data analysis, according to a 2026 ASAE survey. But 86% say they feel either somewhat or not at all prepared to navigate what comes next. Association AI readiness is the gap between using AI tools and having the data, governance, and team structure to use them well. Why…
postjoe
May 9, 2026
AI Tools for Association Marketing Teams: What’s Actually Useful AI for Associations

AI Tools for Association Marketing Teams: What’s Actually Useful

Most association marketing teams are running three-person operations against a twelve-month advocacy and events calendar, a disconnected AMS, and a content backlog that never shrinks. The right AI tools for association marketing can close some of that gap, but only if you pick the right ones. This post covers what's actually working in 2026: the tools worth paying for, the…
postjoe
May 9, 2026
Association Content Strategy - Content Strategy for Associations - ADTELIC
What Is AI Content Operations? A Definition for Association Marketers AI for Associations

What Is AI Content Operations? A Definition for Association Marketers

AI content operations is the system that connects AI tools into a repeatable, governed workflow for planning, creating, and distributing content. It is not a tool. It is the infrastructure around your tools. For associations running lean marketing teams, it means your staff spends time on judgment and member relationships. Not on manually moving content between disconnected platforms. What AI…
postjoe
May 8, 2026
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) - AI Strategy for Associations - ADTELIC
How Associations Are Using AI to Publish More With Smaller Teams AI for Associations

How Associations Are Using AI to Publish More With Smaller Teams

Your association has a 2-4 person marketing team, a publication schedule built for a staff twice that size, and a board that still expects the quarterly magazine, the weekly email, the monthly blog post, and the annual conference recap. AI does not solve the resourcing problem. However, it changes which parts of the work eat your time. Here is what…
postjoe
May 8, 2026
Optimizely NetSpring Acquisition
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Optimizely Analytics

In Q1 2025 Optimizely announced that it's September 2024 acquisition of NetSpring was rebranded under Optimizely Analytics. Digital experimentation hinges on robust analytics that connect user behavior with business outcomes. Optimizely Analytics delivers a warehouse-native platform built for event-driven data, giving teams the ability to track every click, conversion, and content interaction in one place. By combining deep integrations with…
postjoe
February 11, 2025
Umbraco Winter Keynote 2024 - Umbraco Roadmap Updates
Umbraco Winter Keynote 2025 Umbraco

Umbraco Winter Keynote 2025

The Umbraco Winter Keynote 2025 is today. We are excited to hear what future growth looks like at Umbraco HQ. We attended the keynote and here are our highlights: 2024 in Review: Laying the Foundation Umbraco saw significant growth and transformation in 2024, highlighted by: 30% Growth Year: Fueled by a rapidly expanding team (+33 employees) and the opening of…
postjoe
January 9, 2025
Umbraco Acquires uMarketingSuite
Umbraco Acquires uMarketingSuite Digital Experience PlatformUmbraco

Umbraco Acquires uMarketingSuite

Umbraco's acquisition of uMarketingSuite enhances its Digital Experience Platform by integrating advanced marketing tools such as analytics, segmentation, and personalization. This strategic move, supported by stable funding, aims to make Umbraco more competitive by offering a seamless, user-friendly CMS that meets complex marketing needs. Users can expect powerful, optimized features.
postjoe
August 19, 2024