Categories: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Short, Sweet and Shallow
The sense of frustration that overcomes me when I cannot remember something that seems vital in the moment has become a recurring, increasingly unpleasant phenomenon. Like many of my generation I instinctively blame the inability to recall information on my aging brain....
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Leadership is Hard
This week I’ve been reading “The Hard Thing About Hard Things,” by Ben Horowitz, the former CEO of Opsware, whose company was acquired by HP for $1.6 Billion in 2007. What practical advice might a Silicon Valley tech executive turned...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Great Communication Mitigates Risk
Last week we welcomed a new staff member to the Center, Arley Turner. At the Center, communication skills top the list of what it takes to get hired and succeed. So for this week’s RISK eNews, we decided to try something...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Leadership Lessons from the First Century, BC
On Christmas Eve I had the opportunity to watch Jon Meacham interview Pulitzer Prize winning author Stacy Schiff on the PBS program Need to Know. The less than ten minute interview peaked my interest and I took a short break from...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
What’s a Pilot?
The term “pilot project” is often used by nonprofit leaders to describe an experiment with something new. “We’re embarking on a pilot project” may refer to an experiment with strategy, target audience to be served, or a newly formed partnership...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Webinars
Risk-Aware Contracting: What You Don’t Know Could Cost You
Contracts are unavoidable. They are the mainstay of relationships with independent contractors, vendors, other service providers, landlords, to name a few. Yet negotiating sound contracts requires time, understanding and some practical experience with contracting potholes and pitfalls. This webinar will...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Don’t Drink the Water: How to Avoid Risk-Taking Side Effects
Imagine crystal clear waves washing up on white sand beaches, lively steel pan music floating through humid air, and sweet rum punch flowing freely into your glass. Several years ago I enjoyed all three delights during a heavenly vacation in...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
The Transition
On Thanksgiving Day, a nation at peace, stuffed with turkey and obsessed with dimpled chads, didn’t even notice a little transition that took place here in our corner of the world. It was a transition that, unlike the presidential transition,...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Don’t Let The Dogs Bite You
Online training is an affordable and increasingly popular approach to training nonprofit volunteers. Providing 24-hours a day education across four U.S. time zones and around the globe is one way to accommodate volunteers who have busy lives and myriad other...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
I Have a Complaint!
NOTE: NRMC is unable to provide assistance to individuals who want to lodge complaints against nonprofits, and we are unaware of any agency whose sole purpose is to accept or respond to complaints. We invite you to review the suggestions...
Topics: General