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Synergy Associates : Committed to excellence in nonprofit governance, board development, volunteer leadership, and organizational effectiveness. Providing research, diagnostic, evaluation, outcomes assessment, training, support and facilitation services and resources for …governance, management, organizational development and strategic planning …to hundreds of non-profit and public sector organizations and associations since 1999, with associates in Ontario and western Canada. INTRODUCING MEL GILL, PRESIDENT Mel Gill , B.A., MSW, is President of Synergy Associates. He is the author of the widely acclaimed book, Governing for Results: A Director's Guide to Good Governance , Trafford Publishing, 2005, based on his research, management and consulting experience. Leaders in nonprofit, public and private sector organizations as well as academics and consultants have endorsed this handbook for directors as an excellent resource for organizational leaders. It has been adopted as a core resource for the United Way - Centraide Canada board development curriculum. Mel is also the author of the Governance Self-Assessment Checklist (GSAC) , a research-validated educational and diagnostic instrument (See Publications ) designed to assist boards in evaluating and improving their governance practices . (See What Others Have Said about it.) Mel is respected as an innovative thinker and a leading authority on nonprofit and public sector management, governance and organizational effectiveness. He brings perspectives from his studies in law, social work, psychology, political science and economics; experience as a senior manager in government; program, policy and budgeting analyst with the Saskatchewan Treasury Board; internal Treasury Board consultant responsible for implementation of a Program-Based Management Information System in several government departments; development of standards for management and funding of community services and employment grants to nonprofit and business corporations; CEO of one of the largest nonprofit social service agencies in Canada; and as a volunteer board member with a score of local, provincial and national nonprofit boards. He was a Senior Associate of the Institute On Governance in Ottawa from 1999 to 2004. His research and paper on a ‘New Framework for Governance' provided the foundation for development of the Institute's website offering on Board Governance. Mel is a well-known authority on nonprofit and public sector management and governance, as well as policy development and partnerships . He has been consulting, conducting research, writing, training and speaking on these subjects since 1999. During this time he has conducted governance reviews and training with more than one hundred non-profit organizations and public sector agencies (See Projects ). He has presented several papers and workshops at national and international research and industry conferences, a number of which have been published in professional and trade journals. (See Publications ). He is a regular contributor to the Canadian FundRaiser, Charity Village and Charity Channel web magazines and a frequent conference speaker.

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