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December 8, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Unmasking the Discipline of Risk Management
Note: This article is excerpted from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center’s book, Ready…or Not: A Risk Management Guide for Nonprofit Executives. The discipline of risk management is incorrectly masked in mystery. Leaders of nonprofit organizations may believe that formulas can be applied...
Topics: General
December 8, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Before You Hit the Road: Stepping Stones of Driver Safety
The leading cause of work-related death is motor vehicle collisions, therefore making the most dangerous part of your volunteers’ and employees’ workday the time spent on the road on behalf of your nonprofit. If your organization routinely (or even occasionally)...
December 8, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Safety is Not a Luxury: Understanding the Risks of Passenger Vans
Large passenger vans, especially those that seat fifteen people, are a popular method of transportation for many nonprofits because they are size-efficient and cost-effective. Church groups, youth sports teams, student groups, and summer camps and other seasonal activity organizers often...
December 8, 2016
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Avoid Distracted Driving: Don’t Get Teary & Put Down Siri
Whether it is sending a quick text or recalling a very emotional memory or event, distracted driving is incredibly commonplace on roads throughout the United States and abroad. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describes three primary varieties...
Topics: Data Privacy, Tech Risk, Cybersecurity, Facility, Program and Transportation Safety
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Enterprise Risk Management: The Final Frontier
It’s hard not to notice the growing use of the term “Enterprise Risk Management” among risk professionals. Yet there seems to be little agreement about what that combination of three words really means, and perhaps more importantly, whether the addition...
Topics: Enterprise Risk Management
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