Tags: Risk Communication
August 10, 2026
Resource Type: Risk eNews
7 Ways to Reimagine Your Relationship with Risk
This week I’ve been re-reading my notes from 10 Lessons for a Post Pandemic World by Fareed Zakaria. In addition to soaking up the wisdom and ‘ah-ha’ moments in the book, I’ve been reflecting on how Zakaria’s timely lessons for...
Topics: General, Risk Assessment, Risk Basics
February 10, 2026
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Traction, Not Distraction: Sorting the Elements of Your Risk Function
I’ve recently been reading Indistractable, by Nir Eyal. One concept that resonated was the distinction between traction and distraction. Borrowing from Eyal’s insight that “distractions impede us from making progress towards the life we envisage,” I’ve identified a handful of...
Topics: Organizational Culture
June 20, 2025
Resource Type: Risk eNews
How to Build a Risk-Aware Culture
By Rachel Sams Nonprofit leaders often ask the NRMC team how they can create a risk-aware culture. Their goal: to make their organization a place where people speak up early and often about concerns, so the team can understand and...
October 31, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
5 Steps to Better Risk Communication
Years ago, a boss confided in me about a personal issue that would impact her work schedule. She asked me to briefly tell each of the team members I managed about the issue, so they’d know why she was out...
Topics: General
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
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
December 7, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Secrets of Effective Risk Communication
“Clear, concise, accurate, and timely information is hard to come by.” – General Stanley McChrystal & Anna Butrico, Risk: A User’s Guide During three decades of advising nonprofit sector leadership teams, we have heard and seen that many groups run out...
Topics: General
March 21, 2021
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Do This, Not That: 5 Essential Risk Policy Drafting Tips
This week I’ve been busy helping consulting clients and Affiliate Members make sense of (and hopefully improve!) an array of longstanding risk-themed policies, from employee handbooks to vendor contracts and risk-scoring frameworks. In between writing and re-writing, I was able...
Topics: General
December 23, 2020
Resource Type: Risk eNews
7 Techniques to Reimagine Your Relationship with Risk
This week I’ve been re-reading my notes from 10 Lessons for a Post Pandemic World by Fareed Zakaria. In addition to soaking up the wisdom and ‘ah-ha’ moments in the book, I’ve been reflecting on how Zakaria’s timely lessons for...
Topics: General, Risk Assessment, Risk Basics
January 2, 2020
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Don’t Faint at Complaints: How Negative Feedback Can Enhance Your Reputation
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” —Henry Ford Rumors and false information can move at the speed of a digital virus. One false allegation can ripple through social media in minutes, and a single misunderstood...
Topics: General