Categories: 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 https://vimeo.com/310430950/2a152aead8
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...
January 2, 2018
Resource Type: Articles
COI: Candor Or Inhibition? Managing Conflicts Of Interest
Hopefully gone are the days when nonprofit stakeholders might sweep potential conflicts of interest under the rug. Nonprofits are held to high standards of ethics, which call upon nonprofit leaders to candidly assess real or perceived conflicts of interest. As...
Topics: Governance
October 18, 2017
Resource Type: Webinars
Bylaws: The “Constitution” on Nonprofits
This webinar will address the art and science of drafting nonprofit bylaws that work. Well-written and formulated bylaws help shape power relationships within a nonprofit organization, provide unambiguous procedures to prevent disputes, and reduce the risks of litigation. Bylaws should...
Topics: Governance
August 30, 2017
Resource Type: Webinars
Boards on Board: Managing Governance Risk
Volunteer boards are vital partners at all nonprofit organizations. An important aspect of any board's role is to safeguard the mission and assets of the organization. Join Melanie Lockwood Herman, executive director at the Nonprofit Risk Management Center, as she...
Topics: Governance
June 28, 2017
Resource Type: Articles
The Garden of Risk Oversight: Positioning the Board to Cultivate Strategic Risk-Taking
When considering the myriad risks facing a nonprofit organization, one could identify many risks that should be safeguarded against, mitigated, or prevented if possible. Strategic risks are another animal altogether, or more appropriately, a garden of risks that—if properly tended...
Topics: Governance