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July 6, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Fun in the Sun: Summertime Event Safety Tips
One of the most memorable summertime nonprofit events I’ve attended is the Parade of Playhouses, which supports New Mexico Appleseed, an organization that seeks to address issues related to child poverty in the state. Design professionals created playhouses that were...
June 13, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
How to Manage Across Generations
The conflicts began shortly after a staffing change at a former job. Suddenly, I was at odds with someone I’d thought I had a good working relationship with. She frequently checked in on my progress on tasks or pointed out...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
June 6, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
How to Foster Age Inclusivity in Your Nonprofit
I remember the first time I felt ridiculed at work because of my age. I worked as a reporter for a daily newspaper. I’d been assigned a story about a regional bank shareholder meeting. I put on my sharpest suit...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
May 31, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
We Don’t Know: The Life-Changing Power of Being Uncertain
“The big trick is to be relaxed about uncertainty and, if possible, to even enjoy it… It’s difficult to have an epiphany if all you want revealed is what you already know.” – John Hunt, The Art of The Idea Warm...
Topics: General
May 23, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Building in Bounce: Resilience and Mission Success
“A company built for resilience is a company that is structured to last forever. This is different from a company built for stability. Stability, by its very definition, is about remaining the same.” – Simon Sinek, The Infinite Game This...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning
May 15, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Relish the Ride: Tap into Powerful Lessons to Manage Mission Risk
“I’m not a genius. I’m just a tremendous bundle of experience.” – Buckminster Fuller “Are we there yet?” “Why is this taking so long?” “If we hadn’t hit traffic, we would be there already.” “We should have left earlier!” If...
Topics: General
April 24, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
To Reach Your Risk Potential, Tell Better Stories
This month I’ve been obsessively watching Season #1 of The Big Door Prize, on AppleTV+. The show’s mechanical protagonist is Morpho, a machine that—after collecting two bits of Personally Identifiable Information—offers a forecast of one’s ‘true potential’. Reactions from townsfolk to...
Topics: General
March 14, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Tell a Young Person They’re Special This Week
Young people in 2023 face many of the same risks young people faced 20, 50, or 100 years ago, plus a lot more. Children have faced bullies since the beginning of time; now, hateful messages can take more paths behind...
March 7, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Survey Says: Contracting Risk Survey Insights
You’ve just accepted a new role as a nonprofit CEO or risk leader. You quickly realize that, before you arrived, no one was formally assigned responsibility for reviewing contracts. When issues arise with vendors, you find incomplete files and partially...
Topics: General
March 1, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Does Your Nonprofit Live Up to Its Values?
I recently finished reading a thoughtful book titled Strategic Risk Leadership: Context and Cases by Toben Juul Andersen and Peter C. Young. I found Chapter 4, titled “Risk leadership as a moral endeavor,” especially intriguing. In that chapter, the authors write that...
Topics: Organizational Culture