Association management company

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An association management company, or AMC, provides management and specialized

Services may 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.^[3] Orienting board members is common; AMCs lay out expectations for fiduciary oversight and point out conflicts of interest.^[4]

Fernley & Fernley, Inc., based in Philadelphia and founded in 1886, was the first association management company in the United States.^[5] More than 600 AMCs worldwide now collectively manage associations ranging in budget size from $50,000 to $16 million and representing more than 3 million members.^[6] AMCs can be found in most major U.S. cities.^[7]

The Alexandria, Va.-based AMC Institute accredits AMCs under the guidance of the American National Standards Institute.^[8] Current employees of AMCs are eligible to apply to become a Certified Association Executive.^[9]

Chicago-based SmithBucklin is the world's largest AMC,^[10] although Geneva, Switzerland-based MCI Group, a professional conference organiser that offers AMC services, has more employees: 1,900 as of 2016.^[11]

See also

• Professional Conference Organiser
• Outline of management

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