Join AMC as a Governance Trainer & Strategic Planning Facilitator

Join our dynamic company to help not-for-profit organizatons implement our modern governance framework and to get clear on vision, mission and goals through strategic planning sessions.  You’ll help do this by delivering our cutting-edge governance methodology live virtually and in-person as the situation allows. You’ll also help fine tune and improve our curriculum and material […]

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Succession Planning For Nonprofit Leadership: A Brief Guide

One of the primary responsibilities of boards is choosing successors for the organization’s senior leadership. In other words – succession planning for nonprofit leadership. This task is crucial because changes in these positions inevitably disrupt organizational performance. So how can directors ensure that their board’s approach to succession is practical and ultimately effective? The following

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Nonprofit Financial Management: It’s Time for a Paradigm Shift

Few would deny that we have gone through a tumultuous period with the economy. There is no consensus as to how long the turbulence will continue—certainly for months, perhaps for years, depending upon which analyst you are listening to. However, most of us would agree that economic times are difficult right now, for our NPO,

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Reinvesting In A Sustainable Nonprofit Organization with Arbazz Nizami

In this episode of the Strategic Nonprofit Podcast, host Trista McIver sits down with Arbazz Nizami, an award-winning higher education marketer, social entrepreneur, and doctoral student, to discuss the importance of reinvesting in a sustainable nonprofit organization. It was planting small seeds, and those seeds eventually started growing, and we were able to build this

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An Overview of Nonprofit Compensation Trends

Are you struggling to find a benchmark for your employees’ and executive directors’ compensation plans? Then this short article examing our 2014 Compensation and Operations Report that identifies nonprofit compensation trends is for you.  How Not-For-Profit Associations Are Setting Salaries in British Columbia Based on our 2014 Compensation and Operations Report, the NPO salary setting process’s positive

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The Ultimate Guide to the Nonprofit Strategic Planning Process

Given the steady change in volunteer directors, periodic nonprofit strategic planning sessions are crucial. Yet, until recently, few associations have taken the time to conduct this serious planning exercise. If you’re wondering how should you gather? Who should be there, and what should you discuss? Read on to discover our complete guide to strategic plannings

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12 Nonprofit Board Committees Best Practices: Helping Committees Do Good Work

Many NPOs have difficulty relying on their board committees to function well. Too often, committees fail to achieve their goals because they have little or no training to work together. As a result, NPO leaders have unanswered questions like: How should we structure our committee? How should we manage meetings? In what way can committees

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Essential Knowledge, Skills and Abilities for Nonprofit CEOs

The challenges of nonprofit leadership require a particular skillset. For instance, imagine working in an organization where you are responsible for overall administration and performance but not setting the organization’s strategic plan and significant goals. Furthermore, imagine working in an organization where a vast majority of your workers are not paid any remuneration. Meaning that

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10 Best Practices For Nonprofit Membership Retention

Annually, Canadians give $14 billion to registered nonprofit organizations. For this reason, members are naturally one of the vital keys to success if you’re looking to sustain and grow your association. However, the problem is that many nonprofits make the mistake of prioritizing finding new members instead of ensuring their existing ones are happy. So

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Building a Nonprofit Board Policy Manual

That counsel was printed on the cover of the booklet that sat atop a stereo system that I recently purchased. “To obtain the best possible performance read the manual – ‘carefully and thoroughly.” Read the manual – an unfamiliar concept to most of us when we purchase new equipment – even more alien when it

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