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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Blogs Are Here to Stay
It’s time to update your policies Attendees at the 2007 Summit for the Nonprofit Sector in Winston-Salem heard a lot about the Internet and cyber-safety from plenary session speaker and national syndicated columnist Larry Magid as well as the Center’s...
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Big Bucks or Big To Do About Nothing: CEO Compensation in the Spotlight
Published stories about salaries paid to nonprofit CEOs often include scathing comments from individuals who take offense at what they regard as too-rich pay for charity leaders. And it’s not only donors, journalists and casual onlookers who take offense to...
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Beyond the Bend in the Road
The Nonprofit Risk Management Center Offers Predictions for the Year Ahead Never content to live in the present, we humans are always either looking ahead or looking back. The excitement surrounding the dawn of a new century seems to have...
Topics: Insurance and Risk Financing
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Better Knowledge Enhances the Insurance-Purchasing Decision
What Nonprofits Can Learn from Recent Headlines The expression, "knowledge is power? comes to mind when reading about the recent civil suit filed by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer against the world's largest insurance broker. According to Business Week,...
Topics: Insurance and Risk Financing
November 29, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Handling Suspicious Packages and Letters
Mailroom security, an area often overlooked as policies and procedures are created or updated to reduce risks and losses, has risen in importance following the biological scares in late 2001. Small government entities or nonprofit organizations are especially vulnerable because...
Topics: Crisis Management, Crisis Communications, Facility, Program and Transportation Safety
November 29, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Screening Prospective Staff is Sound Risk Management
Know whom you are hiring up front to save yourself wasted resources down the line. Lawsuits, grievances, loss of productivity, and low staff morale are all some of the possible side effects of a bad hire. And a significant number...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
November 29, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Emergency Evacuation Strategies
Fires, explosions, chemical releases, violence or biological releases pose a threat to everyone in your organization’s facilities. One way to ensure the safety of all affected populations and reduce the risk to your organization is to have an evacuation plan....
Topics: Crisis Management, Crisis Communications, Facility, Program and Transportation Safety
November 29, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Crisis or Hoax? Responding to Hoaxes
One person’s practical joke may be viewed by others as lack of vision, poor judgment or malicious intent. How do your staff members know the difference? If you’re making the assumption that everyone innately knows, you may find you’re doing...
November 29, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Crisis Management Essentials
Every nonprofit would be well-served to spend time planning how it will cope with a crisis. The crisis management plan for your nonprofit will detail how you will deliver your organization’s programs despite adverse conditions. The strategies should encompass events...
November 29, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
On a Smaller Scale: Adapting Crisis Management Principles for Small Nonprofits
Crisis prevention is doubly important for small public entities, companies and nonprofit organizations. Small organizations often have fewer resources to draw on when a crisis erupts, and insurance and other risk financing tools may not be an available due to...