Categories: 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
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...
Topics: General
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...
Topics: General
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...
Topics: General
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,...
Topics: General
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...
Topics: General
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...
Topics: General
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...
Topics: General