Categories: Business Continuity Planning
May 12, 2020
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Take 10: Resume and Thrive Strategies
The effects of a global pandemic have caused many nonprofits to quickly scale back and shutter programs, send staff home, and redeploy resources to stop the spread of COVID-19. No organization was immune from the need to make fast, and...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning, Facility, Program and Transportation Safety
March 13, 2020
Resource Type: Infographics, Risk eNews
No Business Continuity Plan? Take These 4 Steps
If you’re regretting the fact that you never got around to finishing your nonprofit’s Business Continuity Plan, you’re not alone! Many nonprofits in the U.S. are in the same, unprepared boat. The purpose of this article is to offer a...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning, Crisis Management, Crisis Communications
March 3, 2020
Resource Type: Infographics, Risk eNews
COVID-19: Five Things to Know and Do
By Katharine Nesslage and Whitney Thomey COVID-19 has caused many nonprofits to shift their focus to emergency planning for an infectious disease. NRMC wants to remind organizations that your organization may already have plans in place to help mitigate the...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning, Crisis Management, Crisis Communications
February 4, 2020
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Redundancy to Reduce Rattle
Being faced with our own personal mortality or the inevitability of losing a valued team member can feel paralyzing. Although uncertainty often inspires worry, there is one ‘risk’ about which you can be absolutely certain; everyone leaves eventually. I remember...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning, HR Risk and Employment Practices
September 5, 2019
Resource Type: Webinars
Five Low-Tech Ways to Anticipate and Manage Active Threats
It always pays to be cognizant of what is happening around you. From the risk of an avoidable accident to the dangers of a determined perpetrator, lack of focus and awareness can be devastating or deadly. This webinar explores low-tech...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning
August 14, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Put on Your Thinking Map: Create a Contingency Map in 5 Steps
A short plane ride to Columbus on Saturday offered the ideal opportunity to catch up on overdue reading from some of my favorite weekly e-newsletters. One piece from the team at McKinsey caught my eye by combining two favorite topics...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning
September 26, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Technology Mishaps: Planning for IT and Communications Disasters
For most of us, the word “disaster” usually brings to mind a natural disaster like a hurricane or a tsunami, but in the risk management world technology disasters immediately come to mind. An unexpected loss of data or communication can...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning, Data Privacy, Tech Risk, Cybersecurity
September 5, 2018
Resource Type: Articles
Right Back At It: Fostering Organizational Resilience
“The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat.” – Woodrow Wilson Resilience is often defined as the ability to recover after a setback or in the face...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning
July 6, 2017
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Belt and Suspenders: Redundancy in Risk Practice
“Daring and prudence, when used together, lead to new and safe structures.” – Why Buildings Fall Down I was reminded of several risk practice fundamentals this week while reading a fascinating book, Why Buildings Fall Down. The book chronicles structural...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Crisis Preparation Tips
As we prepare to turn to the final page of the 2011 calendar, the topic of “crisis management” may not be top of mind for most nonprofit leaders. Yet a common element of many crisis events—its appearance with little or...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning, Crisis Management, Crisis Communications