Session Year: Second Day
September 8, 2026
Evolving Legal Risks, Roles and Responsibilities in Nonprofits
During the last two decades the NRMC team has observed the evolving role of legal professionals in the risk and ERM functions of both U.S. and international nonprofits. A recent report from Clyde & Co. includes the observation that “In today’s environment, the role of the GC has moved from reactive legal reviews to proactive strategic engagement.” This session explores the emerging challenges and opportunities that are shifting the focus of work led by in-house counsel.
September 8, 2026
How Creative Mastery Inspires Effective Risk Leadership
In an era of unpredictable disruption, a ‘by the book’ approach to risk management is no longer enough. To navigate today’s complex landscape, nonprofit risk leaders must learn to see around corners, embrace ambiguity, and think outside the spreadsheet. This workshop explores how an artistic mindset and sensibilities can transform your approach to risk leadership. By examining the parallel worlds of creative expression and risk management, attendees will discover how the tools and approaches used by artists can be applied directly to risk management. From mastering ambiguity to sharpening perception and designing creative interventions, this workshop invites creativity in a discipline too often known for rigid rules. Whether you are a new or veteran risk leader, a compliance or finance professional, or an operations executive leading through disruption, this session will challenge you to put down the checklist and pick up the brush or portion of clay to champion a more resilient future for your organization.
September 3, 2026
Ask the Nonprofit Attorney: Everything You Want to Know
Bring your burning questions to this session featuring one of the country’s most experienced and respected legal advisors to nonprofits. In a Q&A-driven format, explore some of the hottest topics and legal risks creating buzz in the nonprofit community, from DEI to AI use, tax-exempt status, HR, and legal risks related to affiliates, subsidiaries, the regulation of lobbying and political activity, fundraising regulation and gift restrictions, and more. In plain English and an interactive format, learn about the red flags you need to be able to spot, what you should do when you spot them, and practical tips and suggestions for protecting your nonprofit in an increasingly complex landscape of legal risks.
September 3, 2026
How to Map and Mitigate AI Risks in a Nonprofit
Attend this session to delve into AI risk categories relevant to nonprofits and learn how to map and mitigate AI risks through a case study approach. Leave with a practical risk framework and taxonomy, completed example risk map, and self-assessment tool to adapt and use in your nonprofit.
August 18, 2026
Meeting Fatigue? How to Master Meetings and Make Them Count
This interactive, hands on workshop equips risk leaders with practical facilitation skills to make meetings more engaging, productive, and impactful. Whether you're working with front-line, mid-level or executive teams or board committees with risk governance responsibilities, you'll learn techniques to spark collaboration, navigate challenging discussions, and drive better decisions. The best part? You don't have to lead the meeting to make it better.
August 7, 2026
Business Income Coverage for Nonprofits: Determining the Right Limit and Completing a Worksheet Accurately
Have you ever looked at a Business Income worksheet and felt like you were guessing how to complete it? This hands-on workshop will take the mystery out of determining the right Business Income limit for your nonprofit organization. Learn what goes into Business Income and Extra Expense, when ordinary payroll should be included, and how to estimate the additional costs an organization may reasonably incur to continue operations after a covered event. Explore how each aspect of a nonprofit’s funding should be incorporated, so you can provide accurate information to your insurance company—and secure coverage at the level your organization needs.
August 3, 2026
Using the Anti-Futures Triangle to Build Organizational Risk Resilience
In this session, participants will begin building a new dimension of organizational risk resilience by working through the "anti-futures triangle." This construct will challenge participants to think critically and surface orthodox beliefs—the deep-seated assumptions we make about how the world works—that pull their organizations back toward the past, intensify the growing weight of the present, and 3) create a sense of vulnerability about the push from undesirable futures. By surfacing and questioning the orthodox beliefs that underpin these three conditions, participants can help their organizations develop a deeper understanding of disruptive possibilities, strengthen risk resilience, and shift attention toward a more beneficial anticipation of plausible futures. IMPORTANT NOTE: A link to a brief preparatory presentation for this session will be included in the conference Welcome Email sent to all registered attendees prior to the event. Participants planning to attend this session are encouraged to view the presentation in advance.