Categories: General
September 27, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
6 Signs You Might Need to Hire a Full-Time Risk Manager
Wondering if your organization needs to hire someone to handle risk management full-time? Every nonprofit, and every risk management journey, is different. We can’t offer you a magic formula that will tell you whether you need to hire a risk...
Topics: General
September 4, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
5 Easy Pieces: How to Remake Risk Rules
I recall hearing the phrase “5 Easy Pieces” while watching a television show about how to dress without looking like you were trying to impress. The concept of having simple wardrobe items that work anytime, anywhere, was deceptively appealing. While...
Topics: General
June 22, 2023
Resource Type: Articles
How Your Team Can Reframe Challenges as Opportunities
Have you ever sensed that your nonprofit team adopts a negative frame when you’re talking about a challenge or downside risk? Reframing a challenge as an opportunity could help your team break out of frustration mode, get curious, and form...
Topics: General
June 8, 2023
Resource Type: Articles
How to Give Great Presentations
A great presentation could help your nonprofit land that transformative grant, find a new partner, or kick off a strategy that will energize your team. Most nonprofit professionals will give presentations during their career, but few receive training on how...
Topics: General
June 6, 2023
Resource Type: Articles
How to Have Better Meetings
We’ve all attended unproductive or pointless meetings. Why am I here? When will this end? Why am I feeling frustrated and confused? But done well, meetings can bring emerging issues to the forefront, catalyze exciting ideas, build consensus, and form...
Topics: General
May 31, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
We Don’t Know: The Life-Changing Power of Being Uncertain
“The big trick is to be relaxed about uncertainty and, if possible, to even enjoy it… It’s difficult to have an epiphany if all you want revealed is what you already know.” – John Hunt, The Art of The Idea Warm...
Topics: General
May 15, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Relish the Ride: Tap into Powerful Lessons to Manage Mission Risk
“I’m not a genius. I’m just a tremendous bundle of experience.” – Buckminster Fuller “Are we there yet?” “Why is this taking so long?” “If we hadn’t hit traffic, we would be there already.” “We should have left earlier!” If...
Topics: General
April 24, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
To Reach Your Risk Potential, Tell Better Stories
This month I’ve been obsessively watching Season #1 of The Big Door Prize, on AppleTV+. The show’s mechanical protagonist is Morpho, a machine that—after collecting two bits of Personally Identifiable Information—offers a forecast of one’s ‘true potential’. Reactions from townsfolk to...
Topics: General
March 20, 2023
Resource Type: Risk Management Essentials
The Economic Risk Issue – Spring 2023
Download PDF What's Inside Recession Risk: Look Back and Forward to Fortify Your Mission Scope Out Scenarios to Inspire Confidence During a Recession Recession Lessons and Insights
Topics: General
March 16, 2023
Resource Type: Articles
Applying a Risk-Aware Frame to Your Nonprofit’s Most Impactful Decisions
Many nonprofit leaders might not think about risk until a board member or committee asks them to or an unanticipated development or event disrupts operations. A risk-aware approach can help your nonprofit make better decisions in all aspects of its...
Topics: General