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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...
November 29, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Vetting Partner Organizations & Drafting MOUs
It takes more than a handshake between friends, neighbors or colleagues to ensure that collaboration will succeed. If your want to feel as good about your partners, the results and yourself coming out as going in to a joint project,...
Topics: General
November 29, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Coping With Crisis: Managing Employee Fear and Low Morale
In the weeks and months following a major disaster or traumatic event, employers in government entities and nonprofit organizations discover unprecedented levels of fear and concern on the part of staff. The evidence manifests itself in many ways. People with...
November 29, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Communicating During a Crisis
Headline news. Something you may dream of having — when it showcases your public entity, company or nonprofit organization and your products and services in a positive light. Unfortunately, the news media thrive on tragedy, drama and scandal — not...
November 29, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Bomb Threat or Threatening Call Checklist
The danger of a possible fire or bombing is too great to ignore. All phone calls threatening bombs, arson, death or bodily injury should be treated as real expressions of the caller's intention to inflict injury or damage. In the...
December 1, 2015
Resource Type: Articles
Fact Sheet – Active Shooters
Key Considerations and Approaches More than 160 active shootings were documented in the U.S. from 2000 to 2013 and the number of events escalates each year. The agreed-upon definition of an active shooter by U.S. government agenciesincluding the White House,...
Topics: Crisis Management, Crisis Communications, Facility, Program and Transportation Safety
December 2, 2009
Resource Type: Articles
Managing Risk in Turbulent Times
Mix equal measures of optimism and resolve and bake until golden I’ve been told that I am an incurable optimist. No matter where I stand or sit, I can’t help thinking that tomorrow is a fount of wonderful possibilities. I’ll admit...
Topics: General
April 22, 2008
Resource Type: Articles
Survey Sheds Light on Screening Practices of Volunteer Organizations
APRIL 22, 2008 — Washington, DC — At a press conference attended by representatives of prominent youth serving organizations and the local media, the National Center for Victims of Crime revealed the results of Who’s Lending a Hand? A National Survey of...
Topics: Volunteer Risk Management