Categories: 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
September 14, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Is Your Board an Asset, or a Liability?
This week I’ve been reflecting on the role of a nonprofit board in risk management. A nonprofit board is: A line of defense, a powerful radar system that can help detect incoming opportunities as well as threats A vision magnifier,...
Topics: Governance
June 20, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
6 Risk Trends that Matter to Your Mission
Yesterday I read with interest Kate Barr’s new blog post titled 8 Trends in the Nonprofit Sector. Kate is the President & CEO of Propel Nonprofits, an organization that supports nonprofits in Minnesota and adjacent states. Propel’s finance factsheets, worksheets...
March 14, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Heartfelt Risk Lessons From an Authoritarian Piano Teacher
If you learned to play a musical instrument as a child, like I did, then you may agree that music appreciation does not always happen in the first few lessons. How many of us wish that our 10-year-old selves had...
January 9, 2019
Resource Type: Webinars
Developing and Maintaining an Effective CEO/Board Partnership
HANDOUT – Developing and Maintaining an Effective CEO Board Partnership [embed]https://player.vimeo.com/video/310430950[/embed]
Topics: Governance
April 25, 2018
Resource Type: Webinars
Risk Oversight & Risk Reporting to the Board
Quench your board’s thirst for assurance that your staff teams are carefully managing risks at the operational level. Learn to deliver a compelling risk report to your board that inspires confidence and productive conversation. Also learn about the board’s risk...
Topics: Governance
February 21, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Best of Risk Management Essentials
Explore this RISK eNewsletter filled with some of our most popular issues of Risk Management Essentials (RME), our magazine published three times each year. Visit the RME archive for more issues and articles! Manage Risk with an Eye for Ethics...