Categories: General
July 5, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Risk Leadership Life Hacks
A Google search for the term “life hacks” returns 318 million results. That’s a lot of advice on efficiency whirling around the web! These days, everyone is interested in how to do things better, maximize precious time and resources, and...
Topics: General
June 27, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
How Nonprofits Can Meet the Risks of Climate Change
Picture this: Rolling blackouts hit your community when a broiling summer strains the power grid. Your nonprofit, whose work includes perishable food assistance, has a generator to keep food fresh during an outage. But your already-tight budget didn’t provide for...
Topics: General
June 15, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Uncertain, but Unafraid
This week I reflected on the familiar practice of making risk lists. New consulting clients often share the results of their earnest attempts to list a litany of ‘what if’ events. As my team gets underway with a Risk Assessment...
Topics: General
May 11, 2022
Resource Type: Webinars
Fuzzy Futures: Managing Uncertainty with Scenario Planning
Events like the COVID-19 pandemic provide sobering wake-up calls to nonprofit leaders, who must execute their missions today and tomorrow despite unnervingly uncertain futures. To better prepare for surviving unpredictable, unthinkable events or futures far from today’s reality, watch this...
Topics: General
May 11, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Pace of Change Worn You Out? You’re Not Alone
I led dozens of change management initiatives in my years running a newsroom. But the toughest professional change I ever faced came when I unexpectedly got a new boss. That’s a common reaction, according to an article from consultancy Gartner. Changes...
Topics: General
April 6, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Music to My Ears: Learning is Fundamental
“The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.” -B.B. King. During a prior Risk Summit session titled “Deconstructing Delicious Dishes: An Insurance User’s Guide,” Scott R. Konrad, SVP and Not-for-Profit Practice Leaders at HUB International...
Topics: General
March 2, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Test your knowledge of some of the biggest recent risks
Sometimes when you need to look forward, it helps to look back. As you navigate risks that could bring your nonprofit challenges and opportunities this year, we offer a chance to test your knowledge about some of the biggest risk...
Topics: General
February 23, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Learn How to Learn This Week (and Beyond)
At NRMC, a typical week involves client presentations, custom webinars, and team huddles to discuss upcoming deadlines and deliverables. However, amid the rush of meetings and presentations, everyone on the NRMC team carves out time and looks or natural learning...
Topics: General
January 12, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Relinquish Relics
Last week I was reminded of a relic from the ‘before times’ when a colleague asked me about ordering business cards for our newest team member. The arrival of these tiny cards—descendants of calling cards used by aristocrats in 17th century Europe—has been a...
Topics: General
January 5, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Keep it Real: Choose Rational Risk Resolutions
It’s that wonderful time of year when nonprofit leaders (and everyone else!) get busy making lists of the things we aspire to do, resolve to do, and sometimes actually accomplish. The act of sharing goals and resolutions with a friend...
Topics: General