Categories: General
December 30, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Networking Know-How
Nonprofit leaders often wear multiple hats and many of us begin our workday with an impossible to-do list and a packed schedule. Once you have a clear schedule and routine, there may be little time left for workplace activities that...
Topics: General
December 29, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
You’ve Got a Friend in Me
“When the road looks rough ahead, and you’re miles and miles from your nice warm bed… you just remember what your old pal said, ‘Boy, you’ve got a friend in me.'” – You’ve Got a Friend In Me, by Randy...
Topics: General
December 29, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
5 Questions to Re-Focus Your Risk Function
A colleague recently sent me a copy of "The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization," a book organized around a short list of simple but provocative and powerful questions. In a series of essays authored...
Topics: General
December 27, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Foreign Agent Registration & Funding Restrictions for NGOs
Any U.S.-based nonprofit that operates internationally must cling to a complex web of regulations in each country where its presence is felt. Local labor laws, restrictions on financial transactions and banking, and restrictions on the use of foreign consultants are...
Topics: General
December 27, 2016
Resource Type: Risk Management Essentials
The International Issue
Download PDF What's Inside Safe and Secure: Supporting International Staff Foreign Agent Registration & Funding Restrictions for NGOs Go Global and Get Local: Complying with International Employment Laws We Are the World: International Staff Screening
Topics: General
December 8, 2016
Resource Type: Risk Management Essentials
The Fundraising Issue
Download PDF What's Inside Charitable Registration: Resolve to Comply Top 10 Fundraising Risks for Nonprofits
Topics: General
December 8, 2016
Resource Type: Risk Management Essentials
The Liability Fundamentals Issue
Download PDF What's Inside Data Privacy and Cyber Liability: What You Don’t Know Puts Your Mission at Risk Liability and the Board: What Governing Teams Need to Know Travel Safe: Managing the Legal Risks that Arise from International Operations Waivers...
Topics: General
December 8, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Unmasking the Discipline of Risk Management
Note: This article is excerpted from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center’s book, Ready…or Not: A Risk Management Guide for Nonprofit Executives. The discipline of risk management is incorrectly masked in mystery. Leaders of nonprofit organizations may believe that formulas can be applied...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Power of Salt
I thoroughly enjoy cooking and entertaining. Recently, I have had salt on my mind. Perhaps it is because of a speech I heard that reminded me of growing up and learning to cook. My sister and I prepared meals for...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Enough is Enough: Banish Meeting Madness
We all go to meetings, sometimes even multiple meetings in the same day. A recent Bain & Company study reports that managers spend 15 percent of their time in meetings, and executives spend two full days per week in meetings. And according...
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