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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Stepping Back: The Outer Rim of Risk
The discipline of risk management invites a close-up examination of events and circumstances that threaten the mission and goals of an organization or that offer the promise of mission-advancing benefit. Nonprofit CEOs, CFOs, senior staff and even board members are...
Topics: Risk Assessment
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Emergency Succession Planning: A New Risk Management To Do
CEO succession has grown to a front-burner issue for nonprofit boards, as Transition Guides and similar organizations have increased awareness of the critical importance of planning for CEO turnover. The risk of departure by a valued executive director is common to most...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Less Is Really More
Nonprofit execs often worry they don’t have enough handbooks, manuals, and guidelines setting forth the organization’s risk management policies. This article suggests that the real worry should be that those documents are overweight and inefficient. The article suggests ways you...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Stop Identity Theft — From the Inside Out
Masters of disguise are using others’ identities to support lavish lifestyles. Using one or two verifiable pieces of data identity, thieves construct a life for themselves and commit someone else’s money to supporting it. Armed with name, address, Social Security...
Topics: Data Privacy, Tech Risk, Cybersecurity, HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Rock n Roll n Risk Management
A friend of the Center, who happens to be an accomplished sound engineer, forwarded a terrific article to us this week about how the best rock n’ roll roadies can do things many music fans might believe are impossible. Why?...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Putting on Your Own Mask First
When the Abstract and Reality Collide This February I had an opportunity to hear a presentation by Patti Digh, author of the new book titled “Life is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally.” Throughout...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Risk on the Road: Managing Volunteer Driver Exposures
Many nonprofits rely on volunteer drivers to help fulfill their programs and services. Whether the drivers are taking seniors to medical appointments or bringing meals or library books to those unable to leave their homes, opportunities abound for volunteers to...
Topics: Facility, Program and Transportation Safety, Volunteer Risk Management
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Protecting Your Nonprofit and the Board
New Book on Nonprofit D&O Insurance Suggests Multi-Faceted Strategy The Nonprofit Risk Management Center offers a comprehensive text on insurance for nonprofits, Coverage, Claims and Consequences, that includes a chapter addressing Directors and Officer’s Liability Insurance. The chapter is available for...
Topics: Insurance and Risk Financing
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Election Year Risks
Avoid these Campaign Pitfalls Most nonprofit managers are aware that a charity may not directly campaign for, or against, a candidate for public office. The penalty is severe — loss of tax-exempt status. However, there is often confusion about related...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Risk Management Resolutions
Easier than a diet; good for the health of your nonprofit Were you one of thousands of Americans who received a gym membership gift tucked neatly in a card from a loved one? Each year, millions of Americans jot down...
Topics: General