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The AMC Choice
An Association Management Company (AMC) is a professional service firm providing management services to
multiple nonprofit associations. Through an AMC’s experience in nonprofit management, your association will
be able to tap in to professional knowledge and expertise related specifically to nonprofits. Unlike
volunteers who run associations outside of their full-time jobs, nonprofit management is the full-time
job of AMCs. As a result, AMCs are highly knowledgeable, experienced, and efficient in providing
specialized solutions for your organization.
AMCs are able to provide your organization with larger value, higher quality service and strong skills
because you are tapping into experience of multiple organizations, rather than one. Through continuing
education specific to the management of nonprofit associations, AMCs stay current on trends, legal issues,
and general management issues. This important aspect of association management will impact your organization
through professional management that will be appreciated by members, potential members, and the industry.
Reduce Your Association’s Legal Liability
A recent
article published by Hugh K. Webster
states that AMCs relieve their association clients of employment-related liability by assuming 100 percent
of the risk. This is because the individuals who staff the association are employees of the AMC, not the
association. As a result, an association avoids the single largest area of legal liability for itself and
its directors and officers. A core aspect of the fiduciary duty of association Boards of Directors is
helping ensure that the association avoids liability. The prospect of eliminating as much as two-thirds
or more of the potential claims against an association, therefore, must be given serious consideration
by any Board.
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