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Built for Australian Association CEOs from the ground up. This isn't a corporate leadership course adapted for the sector. Every module, every legal reference, and every worked scenario is built specifically for the association and charity CEO role in Australia and can be adapted globally.

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Four modules that exist nowhere else in CEO education. - Working with Your Board.  - Membership Strategy.  - AI Implementation.  - CEO Wellbeing.  These are the areas most CEOs navigate by instinct alone — until now.

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Taught by someone who has actually done the job Annie Gibbins has spent 15+ years as an association CEO, is an AICD Graduate, a Grand Stevie Award Winner, and the #1 Bestselling Author of AI for Association Leaders. This course is lived experience, not theory.

About the course

You didn't step into this role to figure it out as you go.  But that's exactly what most association CEOs are forced to do.  No roadmap.  No manual.  Just the weight of the role and the expectation that you already know everything. What Every Association CEO Needs to Know changes that. Built on 15+ years of frontline association CEO experience, this is the complete practical leadership course for Australian association and charity CEOs. Every module, every legal reference, every framework is built specifically for this role — not adapted from corporate. Fifteen modules cover every dimension of the CEO role: your board relationship, strategy, financial leadership, membership, people management, AI implementation, crisis response, and your own sustainability in the role. Four of these modules exist nowhere else in Australian CEO education. You'll finish this course with a complete map of the role, confidence in your Australian legal obligations, 15 ready-to-use resources, 15 eBooks, a 28-page workbook, 12+ verifiable CPD hours, and a certificate of completion. This course is for new and experienced association CEOs, deputies preparing to step up, and boards investing in their incoming CEO. Your instructor is Annie Gibbins — 15+ year association CEO, AICD Graduate, Grand Stevie Award Winner, and #1 Bestselling Author of AI for Association Leaders. The role is complex. Your preparation doesn't have to be. Enrol today  — lifetime access · 30-day money-back guarantee · nexusam.com.au

Annie Gibbins

BHlthSc MEd (VocEd) AICD Founder & CEO, Nexus Association Management I didn't set out to build a course. I set out to find one — and it didn't exist. When I stepped into my first association CEO role, I discovered what every association CEO eventually discovers: nothing in corporate leadership education prepares you for this. The volunteer board dynamics, the member accountability, the regulatory complexity, the isolation of being the most senior person in the room with no peer to call — none of it features in a standard leadership programme. So I learned it the hard way. Over 15+ years as an association CEO, I navigated every challenge this course covers — board crises, financial pressure, membership decline, staff performance, media scrutiny, and the quiet exhaustion that nobody warns you about before you accept the role. I also found my way through. I completed my AICD governance training, won a Grand Stevie Award for Women in Business, and wrote the #1 bestselling book AI for Association Leaders. Along the way I founded Nexus Association Management to give association leaders the practical support and education the sector has always deserved. This course is the resource I wish had existed on my first day. My goal is simple: every association CEO in Australia should have access to a practical, honest, legally grounded map of this role — before they need it, not after. Because the sector is too important, and the people leading it are too capable, to be left to figure it out alone. I'm genuinely excited to share what I've learned. And I'm glad you're here.

Curriculum

16 Chapters · 59 Lessons

  1. 1

    Module 0: Welcome & Orientation

    1. CEO Course Prospectus Free preview
    2. (Included in full purchase)

      CEO Course Workbook

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      CEO Course Module 00-eBook

    4. (Included in full purchase)

      Module 0. Quiz

    5. (Included in full purchase)

      Interactive Workshop

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      First 90 days Action Plan

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      CEO Operating Health Check

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      CEO Delegation Framework

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      CEO Financial Dashboard

    10. (Included in full purchase)

      Revenue Diversification Audit

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      Strategic Planning Facilitator

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      Board Paper Writing Framework

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      Board Relationship Health Check

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      Staff Performance Conversation Guide

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      Crisis Communications Checklist

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      CEO Wellbeing Self Assessment

  2. 2

    Module 1: Understanding Your Appointment & the CEO Role

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      CEO Course Module 01-eBook

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      Module 1. Quiz

  3. 3

    Module 2: Your First 90 Days

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      CEO Course Module 02-eBook

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      Module 2 → Resource: R01 CEO First 90 Days Action Plan

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      Module 2. Quiz

  4. 4

    Module 3: Working with Your Board

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      CEO Course Module 03-eBook

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      Module 3 → Resource: R02 Board Relationship Health Check

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      Module 3 → Resource: R03 Board Paper Writing Framework

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      Module 3 → Resource: R14 CEO Annual Performance Review Template

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      Module 3. Quiz

  5. 5

    Module 4: The AGM, Governance Calendar & Compliance

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      CEO Course Module 04-eBook

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      Module 4 → Resource: R04 CEO Governance Calendar Template

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      Module 4. Quiz

  6. 6

    Module 5: Financial Leadership & Sustainability

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      CEO Course Module 05-eBook

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      Module 5 → Resource: R05 CEO Financial Dashboard

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      Module 5 → Resource: R10 Revenue Diversification Audit

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      Module 5. Quiz

  7. 7

    Module 6: Strategic Leadership

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      CEO Course Module 06-eBook

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      Module 6 → Resource: R06 Strategic Planning Facilitation Guide

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      Module 6. Quiz

  8. 8

    Module 7: Membership — Your Reason for Existing

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      CEO Course Module 07-eBook

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      Module 7 → Resource: R07 Membership Health Scorecard

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      Module 7. Quz

  9. 9

    Module 8: People Leadership

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      CEO Course Module 08-eBook

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      Module 8 → Resource: R09 Staff Performance Conversation Guide

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      Module 8 - Quiz

  10. 10

    Module 9: Operations

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      CEO Course Module 09-eBook

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      Module 9 → Resource: R08 CEO Delegation Framework

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      Module 9. Quiz

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    Module 10: Risk, Legal Obligations & Crisis Management

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      CEO Course Module 10-eBook

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      Module 10 → Resource: R12 Crisis Communications Checklist

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      Module 10. Quiz

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    Module 11: AI Implementation for Association CEOs

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      CEO Course Module 11-eBook

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      Module 11 → Resource: R11 AI Readiness Assessment for CEOs

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      Module 11. Quiz

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    Module 12: External Leadership

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      CEO Course Module 12-eBook

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      Module 12. Quiz

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    Module 13: CEO Wellbeing & Sustainable Leadership

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      CEO Course Module 13-eBook

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      Module 13 → Resource: R13 CEO Wellbeing Self-Assessment

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      Module 13. Quiz

  15. 15

    Module 14: Your CEO Leadership Roadmap

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      CEO Course Module 14-eBook

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      Module 14. Quiz

  16. 16

    End of Course

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      End of Course Quiz

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