Categories: General
September 19, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Talking Cures: Authentic Risk Management
Inspiration for RISK eNews often comes from the work we do answering day-to-day RISK HELP questions from our Affiliate Members. It also comes from the more cerebral work of helping our consulting clients build durable risk management frameworks, resources, and plans. RISK HELP is almost-always...
Topics: General
August 22, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Publishing Rights: Fair And Fit To Print
Online aggregators have a pesky habit of repackaging content they’ve trolled from the web, rather than paying for and producing original content. You may have discovered this yourself, spotting your content or intellectual property cut up and republished without attribution...
Topics: General
July 26, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Revamp Your Risk Register
Of the conventional, commonplace risk management tools, the risk register seems to reign supreme. Typically a chart or spreadsheet that details risk information and management controls, I sometimes wonder why template risk registers continue to pique the interest of teams...
Topics: General
July 11, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Unravel Risk Myths and Mysteries
A recent conversation reminded me of the tendency to cling to myths and misconceptions about safety and the wide world of risk. Some of the risk-related myths I’ve heard from time to time include: The world is becoming more dangerous: Media...
Topics: General
June 27, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Don’t Be a Buzzkill: Restore Trust in Risk Leaders
Recently, an NRMC Affiliate Member wrote to our team asking how to convince her peers that risk management is in fact a mission driver, rather than a drag. Buy-in for risk management initiatives is sometimes hard to obtain because team members are resistant;...
Topics: General
May 30, 2018
Resource Type: Webinars
Setting & Applying Your Risk Appetite
Dive into the concept of risk appetite with this webinar. Learn about a couple common risk appetite frameworks, and the NRMC team’s philosophy for applying risk appetite in a practical way that relates to decision-making. Engage your team in dialogue...
Topics: General
May 9, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Celebrate Spring with Surprise
Enjoy the little things in life, because one day you will look back, and realize they were the big things. - Kurt Vonnegut This Spring has been extra special, with news from several colleagues that little ones have arrived or are...
Topics: General
April 11, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
For the Love of Learning
Learning Lessons from NRMC’s Executive Director NRMC’s Melanie Lockwood Herman was recently inspired to see a consulting client devote a full day for all-staff training on topics ranging from diversity and inclusion to managing up. Melanie is an advocate for lifelong learning...
Topics: General
March 28, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Restructuring Risk Roles
Throughout the sector, more and more nonprofits are formally assigning risk management responsibility to an individual or team focused on risk, usually with risk or related words in their job titles. Many NRMC clients succeed by assigning an existing team to wear...
Topics: General
March 21, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
8 Tips for a Happy Unicorn Meeting
How do you feel about meetings? Me too. A bad meeting is a gigantic waste of time. They are not a box to be checked, but a critical check-in step that propels a project forward. The best meetings happen when...
Topics: General