Categories: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
To Use or Not to Use: That Is the Question
Copyright Protection in Cyberspace The World Wide Web has given us access to boundless information. Search engines (Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves and Dogpile, to name a few) can find the answers to simple and perplexing questions. One of the questions...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Partner with Care and a Prenuptial Agreement
Throughout the year, countless brides and bridegrooms come join together, happily anticipating a lifetime of wedded bliss. Many nonprofits engage outside consultants and vendors in the hope that these “unions” will enable the nonprofit to achieve some aspect of its...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Out of Control
Being “in control” feels good on a number of levels. When road conditions are optimal and the sky is clear, motoring down a country road can be a joyful experience. Inching along in bumper to bumper traffic with no apparent...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Layover
I generally dread flight layovers of more than an hour in duration. While many fellow frequent fliers seem to find comfort in a long layover believing it reduces the downside risk of a missed connection, I’d much rather sprint from...
Topics: General, Organizational Culture
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
How to be the Worlds Smartest Risk Manager
I’ve just finished the National Geographic book, “How to Be the World’s Smartest Traveler.” Who doesn’t want to be the world’s “smartest” anything?! As a big fan of the expression, “don’t believe everything you read,” I had no expectation of...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Managing Special Event Risks
Co-authored by Joe Risser and Melanie Lockwood Herman Summer is here! Like predictable summer storms, high temps and visiting relatives, public entities from coast to coast are planning and presenting a wide range of special events. With our children home...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Operational Risk Management: A Word from the Wise Guys
Although a growing number of nonprofit leaders profess to be ready for Enterprise Risk Management, a far greater number admit that their operational risk management programs are far from adequate. What is operational risk management? The term refers to risk...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
One Thing
Recently I attended a conference of association leaders gathered for a shared purpose: to re-energize. Of course, there are many ways to define “re-energize.” For me (and I suspect for others), the opportunity to “re-energize” is the chance to unearth...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
One Enchanted Leader
“Not every enchanting person has your best interests at heart. Resisting enchantment, therefore, is a valuable skill that requires avoiding tempting situations, looking far into the future, and finding a devil’s advocate.” — Guy Kawasaki, Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts,...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Long Shadow
If you had an opportunity to tune into your local or national news yesterday you’ve probably already heard the news. When Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow he saw his shadow. According to the legend associated with the world’s most...
Topics: General