Resources
Risk Register Redux
The NRMC team has come up with several risk register alternatives. Instead of using an unprintable spreadsheet, try one of these 3 risk register refreshes.
It’s OK to Laugh About Risk Management. Really.
By Melanie Lockwood Herman While prepping for an upcoming speaking engagement, my point of contact warned me: “Don’t be surprised if members of the audience share humorous anecdotes and comments when you invite their participation.” This news was a great relief! Before walking up to the podium at a conference, I often worry that my … Continued
Keep Calm and Carry on Embracing Possibilities
“Possibilities are always more interesting than facts. We shouldn’t frown on fact, but our world is congested with them. But for every fact that becomes a fact, there are seven, eight, maybe five hundred possibilities hanging around in the background that didn’t make it in to the place where they could be elected and realised … Continued
Fortify Your Pillars of Resilience
by Melanie Lockwood Herman In his chapter on “Resilient, Net Positive Leadership” featured in the book Certain Uncertainty, Andrew Winston questions the wisdom of an economy that “values efficiency above all.” Winston explains that while obsessive efficiency “certainly keeps costs down… it’s completely unfit for a vulnerable world.” Nonprofits across the diverse charitable sector around … Continued
Into the Deep: Your Six-Week Risk Challenge (It’s Not About Carbs)
By Melanie Lockwood Herman Collecting data (what keeps you up at night?), sorting data (let’s sort these risks by likelihood and impact scores), and promising protection (here’s a list of all the things we’re doing to mitigate our risks) are famously familiar tasks in risk management. If you include the time asking, pleading and reminding … Continued
Events
Camp Dogwood Summer Academy
“Risk and Safety Camp Training”
Austin Community College – Nonprofit Austin
“Risk Management for Nonprofit Organizations”
New York Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation
“Risk and Resilience: Building Mission-Fortifying Capabilities – Part 2”
New York Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation
“Risk and Resilience: Building Mission-Fortifying Capabilities”
National Community Action Partnership – Annual Conference
“Ch-Ch-Changes: Why Changing Everything is Hard and Necessary”