Categories: Governance
October 16, 2025
Resource Type: Risk Management Essentials
The Governance Issue – Fall 2025
Fall 2025 Download PDF How to Forge an Effective Risk Management Partnership with Your Board Recruit, Train, and Equip an Effective Board Designing Great Board Risk Presentations How to Resolve Risky Governance Dilemmas
Topics: Governance
October 15, 2025
Resource Type: Articles
Designing Great Board Risk Presentations
Have you ever sat through a boring board presentation about risk management—complete with endless slides, spreadsheets, and metrics—and thought, “There has to be a better way?” The good news: You’re right! But we can’t tell you exactly how to do...
Topics: Governance
October 15, 2025
Resource Type: Articles
How to Resolve Risky Governance Dilemmas
While most nonprofit CEOs enjoy celebrating the incredible contributions of their boards, memories of difficult or challenging board members linger long after the board member’s term has expired. And in many cases, CEOs lament their decision to ignore board challenges...
Topics: Governance
October 15, 2025
Resource Type: Articles
Recruit, Train, and Equip an Effective Board
At the core of a thriving nonprofit, you will find an effective board of directors. When functioning well, your board can add value, identify long-term opportunities and challenges, and provide deep advisory insights to an organization. Dynamic, engaged, and well-equipped...
Topics: Governance
October 15, 2025
Resource Type: Articles
How to Forge a Great Risk Management Partnership with Your Board
“The board is getting involved in decisions our staff should make…again.” “Board members worry about the strangest things! We’re working to keep the lights on and they’re asking questions about risks that seem so unlikely.” Do these statements sound familiar?...
Topics: Governance
September 19, 2025
Resource Type: Webinars
How to Engage with Your Board on Risk
Board members can be great partners for your nonprofit’s leadership when it comes to risk management. And that shouldn’t involve the board getting into operations. Learn how to have informative, productive conversations about risk with your board.
Topics: Governance
May 20, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Best Boards Stay in Their Lane. Here’s How.
“Hello, I’m the CEO of a nonprofit. My board has a hard time staying in its ‘lane’ and frequently veers into mine. That’s risky. Any tips?” “Hi, I’m a member of a nonprofit board. Our CEO is often defensive when...
Topics: Governance
January 26, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
If Board Meetings Don’t Change You, You’re Doing It Wrong
Last week I found myself engrossed in my first read of a new year: The Power of Giving Away Power. Author Matthew Barzun offers a compelling, fresh look at a concept I’ve come to understand as servant leadership: recognizing that being...
Topics: Governance
April 28, 2021
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Risk and Resilience: The Board’s Role
Recently we’ve been fielding a variety of questions about the board’s risk role. Across the board, members of nonprofit governing teams want to support the missions they admire. Board members want to help an organization: 1. weather future disruptions (think...
Topics: Governance
July 15, 2020
Resource Type: Webinars
Practical Tips to Inspire Board Risk Leadership
The board of a nonprofit has ultimate legal and moral responsibility for the organization’s health and well-being. To protect an organization’s mission, reputation and assets, the board must provide thoughtful risk oversight. Join NRMC for this webinar exploring how to...
Topics: Governance