ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,follow"> <title>Association Management Consultants = Our Firm</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="media/stylesheet/main.css" type="text/css"> </head> <body bgcolor="ffffff" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0"> <A name="Top"></A> <table width="760" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="ffffff"> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td height="80" colspan="2" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="003366"> <h1>Association Management Consultants Inc.</h1> <span class="tagline">Since 1987, Helping Volunteers and Staff Excel in Governance and Management</span></td> <td rowspan="8" bgcolor="000000"><img src="media/image/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td rowspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="ffffff" class="textContact"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"><img src="media/image/tomAbbott.jpg" width="150" height="170" border="0"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" class="textBoldContact"><a href="ourwork/seminars/tomabbott.shtml">Tom Abbott</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" class="textContact">B.Comm., CGA, CAE</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" class="textContact">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" class="textContact">Tom is a professional accountant (CGA), a Certified Association Executive (CAE), an international consultant and an author. He is a member of both the American Society of Association Executives and the Canadian Society of Association Executives and has been involved in association management as a volunteer, a senior staff person and a consultant for over two decades. 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About 46% of the population aged 15 and over volunteer  it is part of our culture.</p> <p>With so many people engaged as volunteers and a large number of them specifically as volunteer directors, how can so many of them get it wrong?</p> <p>Tom's second book, <i>The Complementary Model of Board Governance</i> describes a rational, comprehensive and successful approach to governing your NPO. It strengthens the Board/CEO partnership and lets the directors again enjoy their volunteer experience. The book includes many examples and templates of evaluation forms, committee terms of reference, codes of conduct, and much more. You can read excerpts from the book posted under tab <i> Free Info </i> in the <b>Menu Bar</b> at the top of this page.</p> <p>The book will be available for purchase in December, 2011. Look for it soon in the AMC Shop.</p> <p><b>Best Selling Book on Governance Available!</b> - <i>A Practical Guide To Governing Your Volunteer Organization,</i> written by international consultant, speaker and author Tom Abbott, B.Comm., CGA, CAE describes the fundamentals of managing and governing your NPO. It includes a comprehensive, yet concise, comparison of the Carver and Complementary Governance Models <a href="http://www.amcdirectory.com/amcdirec_shop/?p=5 "> Click Here to read about and order the book.</a> <p><b><i>December 2010 Compensation and Operations Report</i> Is Still Available!</b> - AMC's 2010 Compensation and Operations Report, with data as of <B>DECEMBER 2010,<B> is still available. Check here for details. <a href="ourwork/salarydata.shtml"> Details...</a></p> <p><b>WEBINAR-ON-DEMAND Launched</b> - Our seminar "The Complementary Model of Board Governance" is available as a Webinar-on-demand in streaming video online. <a href="ourwork/seminars/compvirtual.shtml">Details...</a></p> OUR MISSION <p>Our mission is to help the volunteers and staff in not-for-profit associations and public sector organizations excel in governance and management. We are the only consulting firm in British Columbia specializing in not-for-profit and public sector management, governance and staff recruitment. We assist clients with: </p> <ul> <li><a href="ourwork/index.shtml#StaffRecruitment">Executive Recruitment</a></li> <li><a href="ourwork/index.shtml#StrategicPlanning">Strategic Planning</a></li> <li><a href="ourwork/index.shtml#Training">Board Training &amp; Facilitation</a></li> <li><a href="ourwork/assurance.shtml">INPAC Organization Review and Program Evaluation</a></li> <li><a href="ourwork/index.shtml#OverheadCosts">Governance Implementation</a></li> </ul> <p><img src="media/image/title_seminars.gif" alt="Seminars we offer" width="213" height="29"></p> <ul> <li><a href="ourwork/seminars/beyondcarver.shtml">Beyond Carver:The Complementary Model of Board Governance</a></li> <li><a href="ourwork/seminars/alternativeapproaches.shtml">Three Governance Models-The Traditional, the Carver and the Complementary Models </a></li> <li><a href="ourwork/seminars/wearingallthehats.shtml">Wearing All the Hats: A Blueprint For Managing The Small Association</a></li> <li><a href="ourwork/seminars/financialmanagement.shtml">Financial Management in Not-For-Profit Organizations</a> </li> <li><a href="ourwork/seminars/financialVolunteers.shtml">Finance For Non-Financial Volunteers</a></li> </ul> <p><img src="media/image/title_seminars2.gif" alt="seminars we offer" width="213" height="29"></p> <ul> <li><a href="ourwork/compvirtual.shtml"> The Complementary Model of Board Governance</a></li> <li><a href="ourwork/seminars/meetingsbetter.shtml">How to Make Your Meetings More Productive</a> </li> <li><a href="ourwork/seminars/meetingsbetter.shtml">How to Take Really Good Minutes</a> </li> <li><a href="ourwork/seminars/meetingsbetter.shtml">Robert's Rules of Order Revisited</a></li> </ul> <p> Webinar Presenters - Tom Abbott, B.Comm, CGA, CAE and Tom Abbott jr. 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