by Ted Bilich | Jan 14, 2020 | Risk Management
If you want your nonprofit to get off to a strong start in 2020, take these three steps this January. Each is designed to provide immediate “little wins” that will enhance your nonprofit’s risk management and resilience in the coming year: 1. Confirm... 
by Ted Bilich | Jan 3, 2020 | Nonprofits, Risk Management
Whenever someone asks me whether their nonprofit needs risk management, I’m always tempted to respond with a scenario. How about this one. You go to work Monday morning and find that your computers won’t allow access into any of your nonprofit’s data. Everyone else is... 
by Ted Bilich | Jan 1, 2020 | Risk Management
In its simplest but strongest form, nonprofit risk management means making a commitment to identify threats and opportunities throughout the organization, prioritize those negative and positive risks, respond to them, learn from these responses, and then repeat this... 
by Ted Bilich | Dec 11, 2019 | Risk Management
Are you putting your nonprofit at risk by accepting free professional services? Nonprofits do tremendous good, but they’re always pushed to do more with less. As a result, US nonprofits need billions of dollars of pro bono services every year. If you are among that... 
by Ted Bilich | Dec 9, 2019 | Risk Management, Risk Tips
“As a leader, you get what you tolerate.” Susan Scott, Fierce Conversations 60 (2004). Nonprofits often hire slowly and fire slowly. Both can hurt the organization. Hiring slowly may allow the best candidates to get away, since in-demand candidates generally... 
