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January 31, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Make Wise Risk Moves, Not Hasty Resolutions, This Year
In his recent New York Times guest essay titled “This Year, Make a Resolution About Something Bigger Than Yourself,” author Roger Rosenblatt urges readers to put aside “self-oriented promises” and choose “airtight commitments” to improve our world. He writes: “The task of...
Topics: General
January 24, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Ready for Change: Risk Imperatives for 2024
Are you and your team reeling from a constant barrage of pivots, reinventions, and reimaginations? Hoping change will slow down in 2024? Not a chance. The pace of change for nonprofits and the world around us won’t even stay the...
Topics: General
January 3, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Promise No Consultant Should Make This Year
‘Tis the season for 2024 outlooks to flood our email inboxes (NRMC has one too: our annual Risk Insights white paper, coming soon!). Many of these missives come from consultants who promise to help you “future-proof” and “de-risk” your organization’s...
Topics: General
December 22, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
NRMC’s 2023 in Review
Nonprofits faced lots of opportunities and challenges in 2023, and NRMC helped them navigate that landscape of struggles and joys. More than thirty years after its founding, NRMC remains proud to empower and inspire effective risk management across the nonprofit...
Topics: General
December 18, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Facilities Risk Management 101 with Peter Kim of Philadelphia Insurance Companies
Peter Kim is assistant vice president of risk management services for Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY), a commercial property and casualty insurer that offers a variety of solutions tailored to the nonprofit sector. As the winter season approaches, NRMC spoke with...
November 29, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Get Your Risk Management Message Heard
Did you ever log out of a presentation, or step off the stage, and feel your heart sink? Did you know in your gut that your audience heard a lot of messages in your talk, but not the one you...
Topics: General
November 1, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Workplace Violence Prevention and Preparedness Strategies for Nonprofits
This article contains information about prevention and preparedness strategies for workplace violence, including physical assaults and mass shootings. When was the last time tempers got heated at your nonprofit? Did two or more employees clash? Did people receiving services argue...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
October 11, 2023
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
What Nonprofits Need to Know About Conflict De-Escalation
Imagine you’re the director of client services at a nonprofit that serves unhoused people. You hold an open house to educate the public about your work and the challenges unhoused people face. A community member aggressively and repeatedly questions your...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
September 27, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
6 Signs You Might Need to Hire a Full-Time Risk Manager
Wondering if your organization needs to hire someone to handle risk management full-time? Every nonprofit, and every risk management journey, is different. We can’t offer you a magic formula that will tell you whether you need to hire a risk...
Topics: General
September 4, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
5 Easy Pieces: How to Remake Risk Rules
I recall hearing the phrase “5 Easy Pieces” while watching a television show about how to dress without looking like you were trying to impress. The concept of having simple wardrobe items that work anytime, anywhere, was deceptively appealing. While...
Topics: General