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October 2, 2024
Resource Type: Articles
Climate Change, Defined
We hear the term “climate change” often. But what does it really mean? The term “climate change” describes long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, largely due to human activity. Climate change has caused deaths, community disruption and damage and...
Topics: Climate Risk
October 2, 2024
Resource Type: Articles
How to Create a Business Continuity Plan
As the editor of a news organization, I had backup plans for how to get our morning newsletter out every day. We published the newsletter early in the morning, so I often edited and sent it remotely from my house....
Topics: Business Continuity Planning, Climate Risk
October 2, 2024
Resource Type: Articles
Your Guide to Going Green in Nonprofit Operations
The global Covid pandemic led many nonprofit teams to think anew about the possibilities associated with remote work. Many teams concluded that some roles would be fulfilled by remote staff for the indefinite future. A small percentage of organizations went...
Topics: Climate Risk
October 2, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Obsessing Over Risk Issues? That’s OK, If You Do It Right.
“Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.” - Daniel Kahneman I remember when the Calvin Klein cologne “Obsession” debuted in the mid-1980s. I was (and still am) a cynic who...
Topics: General
September 25, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Risk Managers Must Learn to See What’s Already There. Here’s How.
I recently finished a fascinating book on the power and perils of something all humans experience: habituation. In Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There, Tali Sharot and Cass R. Sunstein encourage readers to seize and embrace...
Topics: General
September 3, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Test Your Knowledge About Fraud Risk
In almost every community, you hear stories of fraud cases that went undiscovered at nonprofits for years, costing the organizations large sums of money. No nonprofit wants to believe fraud can happen to them. But while the overwhelming majority of...
Topics: Fraud and Financial Oversight
August 28, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Risk Register Redux
Throughout the year I hear from risk leaders who tell me they are either ‘still using’ or are ‘back to using’ a risk register, an impractical tool from risk management antiquity that refuses to be forgotten. Although many risk functions...
Topics: General
July 8, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
A Step-by-Step Framework to Mitigate AI Risk
I have some bad news. You and your team members don’t have all the skills you need to deal with AI risk. Here’s some slightly better news: No one else has all the skills they need to deal with AI,...
July 8, 2024
Resource Type: Articles
Hype vs. Benefit: A Nonprofit Tech Leader’s Perspective on AI
During recent conversations with nonprofit leaders, advisors to nonprofits, and insurance industry executives whose companies focus on serving nonprofits, I’ve heard a wide range of sentiments about artificial intelligence. Some of the people I’ve spoken to are optimistic and excited...
July 8, 2024
Resource Type: Articles
Three Very Human Qualities to Help You Mitigate AI Risk
Experts don’t agree on much about artificial intelligence. But most of them can agree that humans are still the best at interpersonal relations, difficult decisions, and critical thinking. And experts mostly agree that areas where AI can help often involve...