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...

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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...

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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...

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December 28, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

The Top 10 of 2021’s RISK eNews

In 2021, the world entered the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many nonprofits began to hit their stride. Most risk leaders became more familiar and comfortable approaching risks with a novelty that constantly shifting plans required. The NRMC team...

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December 8, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Risk Roles in a Nonprofit

Evolution of risk management programs happens in many ways. However, expansion usually involves infusing risk awareness into decision-making and routine activities. Doing so often requires the thoughtful consideration of how new risk-related activities will be dispersed among the team. During...

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November 1, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Reimagine Your Risk Roundtable

During NRMC consulting engagements and conversations with our Affiliate Members, our team often hears about the work and deliberations of risk teams. During the Virtual Risk Summit, I was delighted to join my colleague Ann Terlizzi, Director of Risk Management at Lutheran Social Service...

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September 15, 2021

Resource Type: Webinars

Managing Risk & Safety: What’s New and What’s Next?

This webinar explores the changing risk landscape for nonprofit organizations and the risks that arise from our uncertain, evolving circumstances. Learn how to apply lessons from recent experience to your work to infuse a spirit and commitment to safety, resilience,...

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August 11, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Doing Nothing Might Be Worth the Risk

The looming “turnover tsunami” has caused many nonprofit leaders to clutch at ways to retain the competent workforce they’ve built over the years. Recently, our team has advised both consulting clients, affiliate members, and Risk eNews readers about the range...

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July 8, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Focus on Residual Resilience, Not Residual Risks

What value does your organization derive from risk management? Controlling specific financial losses and harm? Or cultivating a capacity for resilience no matter what losses or liability might arise? Risk management often looks at singular risks inside a vacuum, determining...

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June 30, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Everything I Know About Risk Management I Learned by Teaching Risk Management

“Whenever we want a far-reaching impact, teaching others to teach can be a high-leverage strategy.”   I’ve just finished reading Effortless by Greg McKeown. In Chapter 12, “Lift,” I was struck by a subhead that reads, “When You Learn to Teach, You...

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