Categories: Volunteer Risk Management
July 3, 2019
Resource Type: Articles
Three Risk Trends to Keep in Mind as you Enlist Volunteers
In my work with nonprofit teams, I am repeatedly impressed with the array of terrific volunteer programs that support nonprofit missions; that positive impression swells when I observe smart risk management practices in volunteer recruitment and supervision. I experienced first...
Topics: Volunteer Risk Management
April 10, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Rewarding Risks: The Prodigious Power of Volunteers
It’s National Volunteer Week, an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of volunteers and the indelible impact that volunteer service makes on communities across our country. In the promotional materials for National Volunteer Week, the Points of Light Foundation reminds us that: “Whether online, at...
Topics: Volunteer Risk Management
April 20, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Boomerang Volunteers: Back Atcha
Since it’s National Volunteer Week, the NRMC team has been reflecting on the many volunteers (from guest writers to conference faculty and our board of directors) who fuel our mission to inspire Risk Champions. Because it’s in our DNA, we’ve...
Topics: Volunteer Risk Management
December 12, 2017
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Valiant Volunteerism: Managing Volunteer Risk & Reward
Enjoy this RISK eNewsletter filled with volunteer risk management resources! The Frankenstein Effect: Misclassifying Your Volunteers The NRMC team fields lots of questions about worker classification. If you misclassify a worker, you increase the likelihood of various downside risks, including...
Topics: Volunteer Risk Management
December 30, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Valiant Volunteerism
Community service is a way of life for some folks, and those folks help nonprofit missions move forward each day. My own experiences volunteering at a health clinic, a community event planning board, and an animal shelter were in some...
Topics: Volunteer Risk Management
December 29, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Termination Trepidation: Disciplining & Terminating Volunteers
Have you ever stayed in a failing relationship even when you knew it wasn’t working out? Or worse–even when you knew it was bad for you? Pulling the plug on bad relationships is a critical skill in both the personal...
Topics: Volunteer Risk Management
December 8, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Senior Volunteers: A Priceless Resource
Note: This article is excerpted from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center’s book, No Surprises: Harmonizing Risk and Reward in Volunteer Management—5th Edition. Seniors are participating as volunteers for nonprofit organizations in record numbers. Participants include AmeriCorps—formerly Senior Corps, the federally-funded national “network...
Topics: Volunteer Risk Management
December 8, 2016
Resource Type: Risk Management Essentials
The Volunteer Issue
Download PDF What's Inside Developing Risk Management Policies for Your Volunteer Program Employee or Volunteer: What’s the Difference? Volunteers, Social Media and Risk
Topics: Volunteer Risk Management
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Tempting But Confusing and Dangerous: Paying Volunteers Just a Little Something
A thoughtful, appreciative board or executive director may want to pay a nonprofit’s volunteers “just a little something” beyond reimbursing individual volunteers for their expenditures on the organization’s behalf. Some nonprofits rationalize a monetary gift as a demonstration of thanks...
Topics: Volunteer Risk Management
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Employee or Volunteer: What’s the Difference?
Nonprofit organizations frequently depend on the service and commitment of volunteers as well as the labor of employees. The skills and talents of both types of workers bring nonprofit missions to life. At first glance, the simple difference between these...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices, Volunteer Risk Management