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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Personal Privacy: The Latest Oxymoron on the Internet
The meaning of “personal privacy” has changed over time. Activities that would have been considered an invasion of privacy a decade ago have become routine and acceptable to many in 21st century society. For instance, a social security number, which...
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Top 10 Fundraising Risks for Nonprofits
The words “fundraising” and “risk management” are rarely used in the same sentence. One reason the topic of “fundraising risk” is infrequently discussed by nonprofit decision-makers may be because responsibility for “fundraising” is often assigned to the development team, while...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Personal Devices at Work
Employee-owned versus organization-owned… the battle wages on. As employees, many of us prefer to use personal phones and laptops for work because they are convenient, commonsense, and a lot cooler than what the IT department provides. Nonprofits know there is...
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
To Use or Not to Use: That Is the Question
Copyright Protection in Cyberspace The World Wide Web has given us access to boundless information. Search engines (Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves and Dogpile, to name a few) can find the answers to simple and perplexing questions. One of the questions...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Do You Need a New Broker? Here’s Your Sign!
This article first appeared in riskVue, the Webzine for risk management professionals, and is reprinted with permission. In 1997 Comedian Bill Engvall released the best-selling comedy album of the year, a work that introduced millions of Americans to the comedian’s favorite...
Topics: Insurance and Risk Financing
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Risk Management and Religious Organizations
Melding Practicality and Spirituality in a Risk Management Program When a senior pastor recently proclaimed, "God would not let a faithful church burn down," an opportunity for the church business administrator to discuss church safety and security issues was lost....
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
People — Your Most Pivotal Resource
Three large groups of people are essential to your nonprofit’s success in pursuing its mission: Your staff (including your officers, employees, and volunteers) who jointly perform all the planning, speaking, driving, carrying, cooking, cleaning, negotiating, decision-making, and all the other...
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Five Things That Should Never Appear in an Employee Handbook
An employee handbook is a valuable risk management tool when it lays down the organization’s expectations and spells out the consequences if employees don’t live up to the expectations. There are numerous resources available to help guide you with regard...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Partner with Care and a Prenuptial Agreement
Throughout the year, countless brides and bridegrooms come join together, happily anticipating a lifetime of wedded bliss. Many nonprofits engage outside consultants and vendors in the hope that these “unions” will enable the nonprofit to achieve some aspect of its...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Risk in the Cloud
Remember the craze over beanie babies in the 1990s? I was just a kid during the 90s, so I innocently endorsed that craze. My parents suffered through my childhood, spending heaps of money when I demanded to have the next...