Based on the concept of shared resources, an AMC provides volunteer organizations with the expertise they need when they need it. The AMC typically assigns executives and administrators to conduct the association’s day-to-day operations.

Specialists are drawn from the pool of personnel resources and are assigned on an as-needed basis to special projects. For example, a publications editor coordinates a monthly newsletter or annual report, a meeting planner oversees the annual meeting or trade show, an accountant oversees the financial reports, support staff are utilized to answer phones, distribute communications and handle the myriad of day-to-day functions which keep the association responsive to its membership needs.