Categories: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Art Appreciation in a World of Risk
March 23, 2016 Art Appreciation in a World of Risk Last week I took advantage of an opportunity to combine two of my favorite pastimes: reading and relaxation. While on a short vacation, I read 33 Artists in 3 Acts,...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Are You Too Important to Fail?
Many nonprofit organizations are created for the noble mission of serving others. But sometimes even the most giving organizations find themselves catering to a need that no longer exists. What then? Do you high-five your colleagues, shutter your doors and...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
3 Risk Resolutions
The beginning of a new year is a wonderful time to begin tackling a fresh set of goals. Whether your list of goals is personal, professional or related to the vision and mission of your nonprofit, we all have hopes...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Clear the Decks
December 31, 2015 According to www.english-for-students.com, the expression "clear the decks" refers to the preparations made by the crew of a sailing ship, such as removing or fastening down loose objects on deck "that might otherwise get in the way...
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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Clean-spiration
March 9, 2016 Since last week's snowfall, the weather in our area has steadily improved. We've already had a few picture-perfect days, although spring is still more than a week away. For many people, the arrival of spring means melting...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Charitable Registration: Resolve to Comply
Charities soliciting charitable contributions to further their mission can be tripped up significantly if they don’t pay attention to the requirements for charitable solicitation registration. Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia require charities, unless exempt or excluded, to register...
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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Can’t Touch This: How to Bring Your Strategic Plan Back to Life
February 25, 2015 In an article titled “Why Strategy Execution Fails—and What to Do About It,” in the March 2015 edition of the Harvard Business Review, authors Donald Sull, Rebecca Homkes and Charles Sull explore what happens when mission-advancing strategies...
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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Calculated Risk: The Risk Management Checkup: Ten Tips
Most of you who are reading this newsletter have given some thought to managing risk within your organizations. You've taken a look at your insurance requirements, reviewed your personnel policies, examined your service delivery to make sure that safety procedures...
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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Calculated Risk: Rocket Man
The world rests on three foundations: On study, on service, and on acts of benevolence. — Ethics of the Fathers (a classic work from around the year 200.) My grandfather died in April at the age of 96. It came...
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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Calculated Risk: Left Behind
The smallest sprout shows that there is really no death? — Walt Whitman Late last summer they took down a giant oak near the center of my small town, located about 25 miles from the nation's capital. Aerial photos of...
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