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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Financial Sustainability: The New Frontier
Ensuring that adequate funds are available to support the mission of a nonprofit may be the ultimate challenge facing today’s nonprofit sector leaders. The clarion call to “diversify” an agency’s funding sources is often heard, but ultimately hard to achieve....
Topics: Fraud and Financial Oversight
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
eNoculation
eNoculation Shortly after the I Love You” virus shut down computers all over the world, The Wall Street Journal published an editorial titled, “Love Bug Victims Don’t Want the Cure.” The gist of the piece was that folks actually enjoy...
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Risk Management Resolutions
Although the first month of your New Year is history and no doubt you have already made progress on many of your annual resolutions, we'd like to suggest three really important ones from a risk management standpoint. Unlike a resolution...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Enforcing Board Member Responsibilities
It’s impossible to be too grateful to a member of a nonprofit board. Volunteer board members donate countless hours to the causes and organizations they love. And many of the tasks for which the board’s attention is required seem distant...
Topics: Governance
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Help Wanted! Screening Challenges for 21st Century Nonprofits
Finding the right people for the key roles in your nonprofit is a continuing challenge. Leading an inspired team to achieve a nonprofit’s mission doesn’t happen until the leader has recruited and retained the team of people that will propel...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Hitting the Nail on the Head: Prioritizing Safety at Your Nonprofit
Countless Center consulting clients and Affiliate Members list safety “Safety incidents at a nonprofit can result in the loss of life or permanent injury, plummeting employee morale, reputational damage, insurance claims and costly financial and human resource burdens for the nonprofit.”risks...
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Culture Shock: Embracing Risk Management is Necessary, But Never Easy
This article was inspired by the writings of Diana Del Bel Belluz, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., President of Risk Wise Inc., a Toronto-based risk management consulting firm. To read Diana’s inspirational eZine, visit www.riskwise.net. “We can rebuild him. We have the technology.” Some...
Topics: Organizational Culture
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Maximizing Seasoned Employees’ Contributions
In the next several years employers will see a definitive upward shift in the age of available workers. The renowned baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964), who were expected to leave the workforce starting in 2011, are reconsidering retiring...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
How to Hire the Staff Your Mission Deserves
As the economy continues to rebound from the recent recession, hiring—not downsizing—is the name of the game in nonprofit HR. For leaders that have been in the difficult position of managing layoffs and coping with increased work demands due to...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Risk Management Heat Wave
Most human beings want to be loved and respected. And that includes risk leaders in today’s nonprofit organizations. Whether your title is “Risk Manager” or “Chief Financial Officer,” “General Counsel” or something else, your commitment to champion effective risk management...
Topics: General