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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Let’s Get Entrepreneurial
Are nonprofits “entrepreneurial”? Or is the term only applicable to for-profits? The website Dictionary.com offers the following definition of an entrepreneur: “a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.” Effective nonprofit...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Dysfunctional Characters Often Sit at the Board Table
The character types described below are from “20 Dysfunctional Board Member Character Types,” by Eileen Johnson, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP. Reprinted with permission from the author. Board Chairs Dictator — The Chair as Dictator does not believe in seeking advice...
Topics: Governance
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Preventing Crime on Your Premises
Imagine the shock of discovering that one of your employees, volunteers, or service recipients has been the victim of a crime. Now, imagine the even worse shock of discovering that the crime was committed on your organization’s property, and that...
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Practice Safe Surfing and Defensive E-Mail
No matter how many firewalls, virus protection software programs and anti-spam devices are protecting your computers the enemy can invade. Face it; the spammers are just more driven by profit, and the virus creators wily and one step ahead of...
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Travel Safe: Managing the Legal Risks that Arise from International Operations
Nonprofit organizations are becoming increasingly active in global activities, which are very complex because of cultural, linguistic, operational, and risk issues. Adding to the complexity are legal issues. When does United States law apply, and when does the law of...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Drove My Browser to the Levy
The Aughties should be a good decade for intellectual property attorneys. Of course, there has always been lots of work for those seeking to protect those who think and create from those who plagiarize and copy. But the Internet, email...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Liability and Screening: Proceed with Caution
Second edition of popular text offers new insights Recently the Nonprofit Risk Management Center released the second edition of the Staff Screening Tool Kit — one of the organization’s most popular books since its debut in 1994. The new edition,...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Friends, Not Food
There are a host of memorable quips and conversations in the 2003 film Finding Nemo. One of my favorite moments in the film involves the strangely lovable shark, Bruce, and his epiphany about friendship at sea. Bruce reflects on the need...
Topics: Governance
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Strategic Risk Management: Looking at Both Sides Now
An effective nonprofit manager has a thoughtful perspective on his or her organization’s past, and an educated idea of what lies ahead. Some of you dream big — predicting large new grants, praiseful national publicity and a growing demand for...
Topics: Enterprise Risk Management
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Liability and the Board: What Governing Teams Need to Know
With more than 1.5 million registered, tax-exempt organizations in the U.S., it’s likely that many times that number of Americans currently serve on nonprofit boards. Board service involves a commitment of time, attention, enthusiasm, and in many cases, a personal...
Topics: Governance