2025 Risk Summit Agenda

7:30 am

Social & Networking

Breakfast, Registration, and Networking with Conference Sponsors

7:30 am - 8:15 am

Visit with our sponsors, staff, and other attendees while you enjoy a bountiful breakfast buffet!

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8:30 am

Opening Plenary

Open Plenary Session

8:30 am - 9:30 am
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9:45 am

Advanced, Basics, How To

Concurrent Workshops – Morning Session #1

9:45 am - 11:00 am
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How To

De-Escalation Techniques: Reducing the Load

9:45 am - 11:00 am

Violence has increased in America, and tempers may flare even in routine interactions. Learn how frontline staff and managers can bring down the heat in difficult conversations and be prepared if an interaction does escalate. This train-the-trainers session will equip you to reduce the stress on your team by practicing de-escalation techniques with them.

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Speaker

Basics

Impact Protection: Navigating Nonprofit Insurance Challenges

9:45 am - 11:00 am

In today’s insurance marketplace, some nonprofits struggle to find coverage for all their activities, while others experience challenges with certain coverage lines. Join this panel discussion to hear from experts on how the insurance market is evolving, how to navigate common issues, and how to maximize your relationship with your insurance agent or broker and […]

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Moderator

Panelists

11:15 am

Advanced, Basics, How To

Concurrent Workshops – Morning Session #2

11:15 am - 12:30 pm
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How To

Privacy Considerations in Fraud Risk Management

11:15 am - 12:30 pm

Data privacy is a significant risk in its own right. But fraud risk management and privacy have an unusual relationship. Many of the techniques used to manage fraud risk and investigate fraud come with considerable privacy considerations, both legal and ethical. In this session, we’ll utilize several scenarios as a basis for discussing privacy issues […]

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Speaker

12:30 pm

Social & Networking

Conference Luncheon

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
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1:45 pm

Advanced, Basics, How To

Concurrent Workshops – Afternoon Session #1

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm
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Basics

Reputation Risk

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm

This session is designed to help you help your organization take a fresh look at the bridge that connects you to every touchpoint your nonprofit has: your reputation. A nonprofit’s reputation is simultaneously its most valuable, and most vulnerable, asset. Learn strategies to help you build a strong yet flexible understanding of how to manage […]

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Speaker

7:30 am

Social & Networking

Breakfast, Registration, and Networking with Conference Sponsors

7:30 am - 9:00 am

Visit with our sponsors, staff, and other attendees while you enjoy a bountiful breakfast buffet!

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8:00 am

Roundtables

Kindred Spirit Roundtables

8:00 am - 9:00 am

Join group discussions with other nonprofit risk leaders. These facilitated roundtables are role-based networking groups. CEOs / COOs / CAOs CFOs, Directors of Finance and Other Finance Leaders In-house Counsel / General Counsel Risk Managers + Directors of ERM Compliance Professionals

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9:15 am

Advanced, Basics, How To

Concurrent Workshops – Morning Session #1

9:15 am - 10:30 am
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How To

Risk Communication

9:15 am - 10:30 am

How risk is communicated is a foundational element in building the bridge that allows a nonprofit’s internal and external constituents to understand risk management. This session provides insights into  identifying and understanding different audiences, creating platform specific messaging, and evaluating the effectiveness of your communications.

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Speaker

How To

Stable Yet Flexible: Build the Artificial Intelligence Policy Your Nonprofit Needs

9:15 am - 10:30 am

Artificial intelligence can help your team members spend more time on high-impact work. But AI also presents safety, security, and ethical risks to nonprofit teams and constituents. Learn to build a flexible AI policy to undergird your team’s decisions on AI use as your needs and the technology evolve.

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Speaker

10:45 am

Advanced, Basics, How To

Concurrent Workshops – Morning Session #2

10:45 am - 12:00 pm
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Advanced

The Long Span Approach: ERM Master Class

10:45 am - 12:00 pm

When you need to cross a wide river or valley, you need a long-span bridge. Enterprise risk management is the risk version of a long span. ERM involves—to some degree—everyone in your organization in building a risk management program that can go the distance. Learn how to bring a diverse group of players together to […]

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Speaker

Panelists

Basics

The Crossing: How to Navigate a Difficult Insurance Market and Secure the Risk Financing Your Mission Requires

10:45 am - 12:00 pm

This session explores strategies for navigating from an unprecedented ‘soft market’ to today’s hardening insurance marketplace. As many Risk Summit attendees are well aware, property and casualty coverage renewal periods are testing the patience and stressing the budgets of nonprofits across the country. Attend this session to learn from an experienced insurance broker whose portfolio […]

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Speaker

12:00 pm

Social & Networking

Lunch on Your Own in Reston

12:00 pm - 1:15 pm

NRMC will not be hosting a conference luncheon on Day 2. We welcome you to enjoy one of the many restaurants within walking distance of the Hyatt Regency Reston. If you need a recommendation, the NRMC team has prepared some a list of our favorite places; click here to view our recommendations!

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1:15 pm

Advanced, Basics, How To

Concurrent Workshops – Afternoon Session #1

1:15 pm - 2:30 pm
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