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February 28, 2023
Resource Type: Articles
Hiring Employees with Criminal Records: An Inclusive Approach
Many nonprofits seek to build staffs whose lived experiences mirror those of populations they serve. As part of that effort, some organizations hire employees with criminal records. Here’s what to consider to ensure you take an inclusive approach to recruiting...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
February 21, 2023
Resource Type: Articles
How To: Create a Cross-Training Action Plan
Cross-training is an essential risk management function. It ensures someone in your organization can perform key tasks if the person who usually handles them is out of the office or unavailable for any reason. But cross-training has other benefits too:...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
February 14, 2023
Resource Type: Articles
How to Build Your Nonprofit’s Resilience
A resilient organization has a strong foundation to weather adversity and bounce back better. With forethought and planning, all organizations can become more resilient. Here are nine ways to do it. Don’t rely on one source for your organization’s essentials. Have...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning
February 7, 2023
Resource Type: Articles
How Hiring Employees with Disabilities Can Benefit Your Organization
Hiring employees with disabilities brings new perspectives to your nonprofit and helps you meet the needs of the community you serve. Many resources exist to help your organization become an outstanding employer of people with disabilities. Here are some of...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
January 24, 2023
Resource Type: Articles
How to Do a Compensation Review For Your Nonprofit
Compensation reviews can reveal pay equity issues at a nonprofit, or individual cases in which staff members aren’t being paid appropriately for their duties. Here’s how to do an accurate, informative, and valuable compensation review for your organization. Set goals...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
January 17, 2023
Resource Type: Articles
2023 Risk Insights: Question Everything
If you have mixed feelings about what 2023 will bring your nonprofit, you have good reason. You and your team are probably exhausted. The demand for nonprofit services surged early in the COVID pandemic and, for many, hasn’t abated. Staffing...
Topics: Data Privacy, Tech Risk, Cybersecurity, HR Risk and Employment Practices
January 17, 2023
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
2022 Risk Insights
Can’t bear to consider what unanticipated challenges might lurk around the corner for your nonprofit in 2022? We get it. (Even though, if you’re reading this, thinking about that is probably your job.) As a global pandemic unfolded over the...
Topics: Data Privacy, Tech Risk, Cybersecurity, HR Risk and Employment Practices
January 17, 2023
Resource Type: Articles
2021 Risk Forecast
The year 2020 was a long lesson in change and adaptation for many Americans and our institutions. Existence in the era of COVID-19 further illuminates our societal fissures and impels increased scrutiny of American values and systems—including the impact of...
Topics: Data Privacy, Tech Risk, Cybersecurity, HR Risk and Employment Practices
January 17, 2023
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
2020 Risk Forecast: Risk Trends Facing Nonprofits
The jovial celebration of each passing year also ushers in a sense of unease and uncertainty: what will we face next? In 2020, nonprofit teams face new risks brought on by global megatrends as well as a few familiar risks...
Topics: Data Privacy, Tech Risk, Cybersecurity, HR Risk and Employment Practices
January 11, 2023
Resource Type: Articles
5 Steps to Transform Performance Reviews from Dreaded Drudgery to Welcomed Opportunity
Most of us have experienced bad performance reviews: harangues about things that already happened—things we can’t change. Great performance reviews deepen an ongoing, regular conversation about performance. They are two-way conversations between a manager and an employee. And they focus...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices