Categories: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Take a Hike: How to Earn Your Trail Name
Each summer my extended family goes camping for a long weekend, and a family activity is built into the camping trip, such as river rafting, canoeing, etc. During last year’s camping trip, the plan was to go on a short...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Dangerous Risk Management Myths and Untruths
Each year as the July 4th holiday approaches, fireworks stands start popping up in shopping center parking lots here in Leesburg, VA. These seasonal sales operations come and go. In our work with nonprofit sector and insurance industry leaders, we...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Off With a Bang: Risk Resolutions
A new year brings the opportunity to start fresh in many areas of life. For many people, this means big plans and aspirations, and often, resolutions. For some suggested risk resolutions from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center, check out our infographic....
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Taking Risks on FM Radio
Nothing makes me feel older than when my daughter changes the radio station in the car and her choice of music makes me wince. The music on her preferred “hit music” stations generally strikes me as simplistic, absurdly repetitive and...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Off to the Polls!
In less than two weeks’ time Americans will head to the polls for yet another “historic” election. Although I can’t recall any election during my lifetime that wasn’t billed as “historic,” I accept the label and look forward to standing...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Webinars
Risk Communication
The pressure on nonprofit leaders to explain their motives and actions to stakeholders has never been greater. Sustainability increasingly depends on the ability to lead through communicating. The discipline of risk communication reminds us of the need to talk about...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Obsessed with a Cure: Why Risk Champions Should Think Differently
Last week I came across a TEDX talk by a student at Carnegie Mellon University on the topic of living with and managing ADHD. My ADD brain went “OH” and clicked “play.” Not only was the student, Stephen Tonti, funny and engaging,...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Fear, Failure and What’s Next
My colleague Diana Del Bel Belluz recently sent me the link to an episode of the CBC Radio program Tapestry, hosted by Mary Hynes. The episode, titled “To Err is Human” explores a number of subjects, including two of my favorites—failure and...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Fear Not: Understanding the Risk of Personal Liability
The risk of personal criminal or civil liability on the part of individual public entity leadership members is small but difficult to quantify. And it is important to note that exercising poor judgment, relying on an expert whose advice is...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Fascinated by Uncertainty
Review of John Brockman, ed., The Universe: Leading Scientists Explore the Origin, Mysteries, and Future of the Cosmos, HarperCollins, New York 2014 Who are we? What do we know about our “universe?” What are our future possibilities? These are the questions...
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