November 16, 2022

Resource Type: Risk Management Essentials

Risk Fundamentals Issue – Fall 2022

Download PDF What's Inside How to Build and Fortify a Critical Incident Process How to Handle the One Thing That’s Certain: Uncertainty Take Action on Risk: Make a Plan, Not a List

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August 29, 2022

Resource Type: Tools

From Worry to Action

Worried about risk? Use this 5-step worksheet to create a basic action plan for risks and worries that your nonprofit is facing. Download Infographic

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August 17, 2022

Resource Type: Risk eNews

How To Take More Risks In Your Leadership

When I led a newsroom, I learned from staff feedback that my team wanted more support from me. Our news organization had a lot of change initiatives. I spent time with my bosses to understand what changes were coming and...

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July 12, 2022

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Telescope, Microscope, Hamster Wheel: Choose the Right Tools, Discard the Rest

My Dad took pride in his collection of well-made, always organized shop tools. He loved showing me the cross pein pin hammer that was part of the set he purchased as a young aircraft mechanic apprentice. He’d explain that his...

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June 15, 2022

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Uncertain, but Unafraid

This week I reflected on the familiar practice of making risk lists. New consulting clients often share the results of their earnest attempts to list a litany of ‘what if’ events. As my team gets underway with a Risk Assessment...

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January 12, 2022

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Relinquish Relics

Last week I was reminded of a relic from the ‘before times’ when a colleague asked me about ordering business cards for our newest team member. The arrival of these tiny cards—descendants of calling cards used by aristocrats in 17th century Europe—has been a...

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January 5, 2022

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Keep it Real: Choose Rational Risk Resolutions

It’s that wonderful time of year when nonprofit leaders (and everyone else!) get busy making lists of the things we aspire to do, resolve to do, and sometimes actually accomplish. The act of sharing goals and resolutions with a friend...

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December 28, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

The Top 10 of 2021’s RISK eNews

In 2021, the world entered the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many nonprofits began to hit their stride. Most risk leaders became more familiar and comfortable approaching risks with a novelty that constantly shifting plans required. The NRMC team...

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August 11, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Doing Nothing Might Be Worth the Risk

The looming “turnover tsunami” has caused many nonprofit leaders to clutch at ways to retain the competent workforce they’ve built over the years. Recently, our team has advised both consulting clients, affiliate members, and Risk eNews readers about the range...

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July 8, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Focus on Residual Resilience, Not Residual Risks

What value does your organization derive from risk management? Controlling specific financial losses and harm? Or cultivating a capacity for resilience no matter what losses or liability might arise? Risk management often looks at singular risks inside a vacuum, determining...

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