Annie Gibbins · Education for boards & association CEOs

Three courses for the people who run the sector.

Self-paced, CPD-aligned education for board directors and association CEOs — built on fifteen years in the chair, not an academic survey of it. Need more than a course? Nexus also advises boards directly and runs associations end-to-end.

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Grand Stevie Award
Women in Business 2023
#1 Bestselling Author
AI for Association Leaders
15 Years CEO
Association & Peak Body
The Courses

Three courses, one standard.

Self-paced, CPD-aligned and built for the people who do this work — board directors, association CEOs, and the leaders steering the sector through the AI shift. Each one is drawn from fifteen years in the seat, not an academic survey of it.

For New & Serving Directors

What Every Board Director Needs to Know

55 lessons · 13 modules · 34 templates · 10h+ CPD

The complete practical governance course for new and aspiring association and NFP directors — more practical and more association-specific than the generic alternatives.

What you'll cover
  • The Director Mindset & Legal Duties
  • Risk Governance & the CEO Relationship
  • Reading Financial Reports
  • Strategy & Board Oversight
  • Membership & Member Value
  • AI & the Modern Board Unique
  • Your First 90 Days
$997 AUD
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For CEOs & Senior Executives

What Every Association CEO Needs to Know

59 lessons · 14 modules · 19 resources · 12h+ CPD

The most comprehensive practical leadership course built for association and charity CEOs — grounded in 15+ years of frontline CEO experience and AICD governance training. Four modules exist nowhere else.

What you'll cover
  • The CEO Role & Your First 90 Days
  • Working with Your Board Unique
  • Strategy, Growth & Advocacy
  • Financial Leadership & Reporting
  • Membership Strategy Unique
  • AI Implementation Unique
  • CEO Wellbeing Unique
$1,297 AUD
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For Directors & Executives

AI for Association Leaders

72 lessons · 11 modules · 15 resources · 8h+ CPD

The only AI course built specifically for association and charity leaders — board governance, CEO strategy, a 90-day roadmap and a member-data playbook, from the #1 bestselling author on the subject.

What you'll cover
  • AI Governance for Boards
  • AI Strategy for CEOs
  • AI Use Policy Template
  • Member Data & Privacy
  • AI Use Cases for Associations
  • AI for Membership Growth
  • Your 90-Day AI Roadmap
$997 AUD
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Every course is self-paced with lifetime access, a CPD-eligible certificate and a 30-day money-back guarantee. See full curricula & templates →

Beyond the Courses

Need more than a course? Two ways to go further.

When a course isn't enough on its own, Annie works alongside your board directly — or steps in to run the association end-to-end while your board governs.

Advisory & Mentoring

Bring Annie in

Board advisory, governance review and executive mentoring directly from a Grand Stevie Award winner, #1 bestselling author and fifteen-year association CEO — for boards that want an experienced voice in their corner.

Engagements from $8K
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Full Association Management

Hand it over

End-to-end management for peak bodies and professional associations that need senior capability without building it in-house. We run the secretariat, members, finance, events and AI transformation. Your board governs.

Engagements from $80K
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Associations don't fail at mission. They fail at capability. We exist to build the capability so the mission can flourish.

Annie Gibbins · Founder, Nexus Association Management
Annie Gibbins, Founder of Nexus Association Management — editorial portrait
The Founder

Fifteen years in the CEO seat. Built for the work, not for the brand.

Annie Gibbins has spent fifteen years leading associations and peak bodies through governance reviews, regulatory transitions, AI transformation and growth phases. She built Nexus to make that depth available to organisations that need it — without the overhead of building a senior team from scratch.

The Grand Stevie Award, #1 bestselling books, and I Am Woman Global recognition all sit downstream of one thing: showing up for associations and doing the work properly, year after year.

  • Grand Stevie Award Winner · Women in Business 2023
  • #1 Bestselling Author · AI for Association Leaders
  • 15 Years CEO · Australian Association Sector
  • CIO Times · 5 Most Dynamic Women 2022
  • I Am Woman Global · Top 10 Entrepreneurs
  • Host · Women's Biz Leaders & AI with Heart podcasts
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On the National Stage

Trusted to lead the room.

From peak-body conferences to clinical summits, Annie is booked to speak on AI, governance and association leadership.

Annie Gibbins presenting at the Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference, 2019
Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference · 2019
Annie Gibbins presenting at the Specsavers Clinical Conference
Specsavers Clinical Conference
What People Say

Kind Words

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Annie has a way of cutting through the noise and giving you absolute clarity. My association grew faster in six months than it had in the last three years.
Rachel T.Association CEO
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I came to Annie for strategy but what I got was transformation. She is the mentor every heart-led leader needs.
Darius V.Executive Director
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Annie Gibbins is a game-changing, revenue-building, performance-boosting change expert, and a top leadership development coach — a highly respected authority on building organisations through empowered leadership.
Linda FiskChairwoman, LeadHERship Global
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Working with Annie helped me lead with more confidence, implement AI tools without overwhelm, and stay aligned with my purpose.
Janelle M.SME Founder
Books by Annie Gibbins

The books behind the courses.

Every Nexus course began as a book. Each one distils fifteen years in the association CEO seat into the questions boards and executives actually face — written for the people who do this work, not for the academy.

Book cover: What Every Board Director Needs to Know by Annie Gibbins
Book One · Governance

What Every Board Director Needs to Know

by Annie Gibbins

The plain-English handbook for new and serving directors — duties, liability and how association boards really work, without the legalese.

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Book cover: What Every Association CEO Needs to Know by Annie Gibbins
Book Two · Leadership

What Every Association CEO Needs to Know

by Annie Gibbins

From appointment to confident leadership — the first 90 days, the board relationship, and the unwritten expectations no one briefs you on.

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Book cover: AI for Association Leaders by Annie Gibbins
Book Three · #1 Bestseller

AI for Association Leaders

by Annie Gibbins

The #1 Amazon AU bestseller — a practical, governance-first guide to adopting AI in member organisations without losing your standards or your nerve.

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Led by Annie Gibbins

The same expert. The same standard.

Nexus Association Management is your support team for running an association well — my expert advisory when you want it, full management when you'd rather hand it over. It's one of three places you'll find me, each held to the same standard.

The personal side

Annie Gibbins

anniegibbins.com

This is me — my speaking, my 17 books, the media, the story. It's where most people meet me first, and where everything else grows from.

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For Practitioners

Nexus Practice Management

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START · GROW · SCALE — my practice success methodology for health practitioners ready to systematise and build a practice that runs beyond the chair. Everything I learned the hard way.

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For Founders

Nexus Business Management

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START · GROW · SCALE — my business growth methodology for founders and small business owners ready to systematise. Everything I learned the hard way.

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Capability Conversation

Tell us about your association. We'll tell you how we can help.

A capability call is a 30-minute conversation about your association, your current challenges, and the right pathway for you. No pressure, no proposal — just a conversation between professionals.

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