May 2, 2012

Resource Type: Webinars

Risk and Reward: Protecting Your Tax Exempt Status

This webinar will explore strategies for protecting your nonprofit’s tax-exempt status. Critical topics that will be covered include: the importance of key governance policies, making sure that your nonprofit generates the right” kind of revenue, managing joint ventures and other...

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January 4, 2012

Resource Type: Webinars

Risk and Decision-Making

We began the 2012 series with a fast-paced program exploring the intersection between risk-taking and decision-making. Find out how to overcome the biases and traps that lead to poor decisions, and learn how to tap your growing awareness of risk in...

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April 6, 2011

Resource Type: Webinars

Managing Partnership and Collaboration Risk: What You Need to Know

Partnering is second nature for many nonprofit leaders. Yet enthusiasm for partnering may create blind spots that obscure our view. Without a clear picture nonprofit leaders with good intentions may stumble. This webinar will explore practical steps for sizing up...

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February 2, 2011

Resource Type: Webinars

The 7 Deadly Sins of Borrowed Risk Management Policies

Why buy when you can borrow? This is the mantra of many nonprofit leaders who view the borrowed policy, procedure or framework as a good enough” way to manage risk. This program will begin by exploring the downsides, or “sins”...

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October 6, 2010

Resource Type: Webinars

Got Resources? Risk and Reward in Resource Development

Fundraising and resource development are vital components of every nonprofit’s operations and some leaders report that fundraising takes more time than ever. Risk may be the reason for this phenomenon. A growing array of risks arise when a nonprofit seeks...

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September 25, 2010

Resource Type: Risk Management Essentials

Vol. 19, No. 3, Fall 2010

Download PDF What's Inside Happy Endings We All Do It: Mistakes in Nonprofit Life

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August 4, 2010

Resource Type: Webinars

Reputation Risk: What’s in a Name?

A nonprofit’s reputation is a vital asset on which it depends. Yet that asset is at risk everyday and many leaders feel powerless to evaluate the degree to which reputation is at risk and respond capably when the brand” is...

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June 2, 2010

Resource Type: Webinars

Shred or Retain? A Closer Look at Records Destruction/Retention Policies

Nonprofit executives need practical advice to develop practical, defensible document destruction and retention policies. No leader wants to retain more than is necessary, but we all fear destroying something that might be needed to defend our organization. This webinar will...

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March 3, 2010

Resource Type: Webinars

Ethics and Conflict of Interest Policies

During the March webinar we will explore the role of ethics and conflicts of interest policies to strengthen the foundation of a nonprofit. What role do these policies serve and how should leaders go about developing practical policies that set...

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December 2, 2009

Resource Type: Articles

Managing Risk in Turbulent Times

Mix equal measures of optimism and resolve and bake until golden I’ve been told that I am an incurable optimist. No matter where I stand or sit, I can’t help thinking that tomorrow is a fount of wonderful possibilities. I’ll admit...

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