An association management company, or AMC, provides management and specialized administrative services to non-profit trade associations and professional associations using a for-profit approach.

Our services include executive, administrative and financial management; strategic planning; membership development; public affairs and lobbying; education and professional development; statistical research; meetings management; and marketing and communication services

AMCs offer the expertise, staffing and resources that allow associations to effectively manage day-to-day operations while relieving the burden of administration off your board of directors.

You'd be surprised! Having professional management doesn't have to put financial constraints on the organization. We believe that any money that you spend on professional association management is an investment in your future that will return significantly more than the expense. If you’re thinking of and association management company as an expense, there’s a strong likelihood that you won’t gain anything out of the experience.

You can expect to invest $750-$7,500 per month to deliver a professional association management services and to support/ implement the decisions of the Board, depending on how quickly you need to see results, and how integrated you'd like us to be within your association.

We know that you have unique needs with unique solutions, so every proposal we produce is handmade with love, but you can contact us if you'd like to know more about what goes into our efforts.

Hiring staff to run your association is certainly an option. However, as a board member, you become an employer with all of the liabilities that come with it:

• There is payroll and paperwork that is legally required as an employer. Along with this, you’ll need to withhold your employees’ taxes, social security, and Medicare or if in Canada, CPP, QPP, and EI premiums. In the case of the US, this can amount to as much as 7.65% of the employee's compensation. In Canada, these costs add as much 1.4x on to the costs of each employee.
• You are also responsible for your employees’ training and professional licensing requirements.
• Employee relations and discipline

Moreover, the general rule is that an employer is legally responsible for the negligence of his or her employees, but not for the negligence of an independent contractor.

By hiring Our Executive Director, the Board is freed from these responsibilities.Each association pays only for the services rendered, finding more value in concentrated, professional expertise.

Of course, if your association already has staff, we can work in tandem with them as well.

Perhaps your association has been moving along in its development on the work of volunteers alone? The move towards the next step in the association's evolution may be a scary thought. Inevitably, you may be asking yourself..."Can we afford to hire an association management company?".

But have you thought of the lost opportunity cost as well? Perhaps you have struggles in billing, the administration, up-keeping of your website and social media profiles, or even in managing your events?

We can relieve the burden of the mundane tasks and those more intensive and ongoing efforts which too often produce volunteer burn out. Want an impartial analysis of the cost of using volunteers vs. contracting out to an AMC? Contact us for a no-obligation chat.

If you and other volunteers have done conference planning or event coordination any amount of time, you know that making events successful can be taxing for even the most dedicated volunteers.

Coordinating a successful event is no small feat. First and foremost, the logistics, operations, planning, coordination, budgeting and execution of National, Regional and International events all require an intensive attention to detail. Delegating to us means we can take care of overseeing and coordinating all the logistics of your events

We have the skills and expertise in everything from member recruitment, member engagement, strategic revenue development, governance, communications, government relations, and the multitude of other challenges Boards of Directors for associations face.

You don't have to face these challenges alone! Our turn key solutions offer consulting services to get you on track towards success. Contact us to open a discussion.