by Gail Nayowith | Oct 8, 2018 | Risk Management
Understanding the aggregate amount of risk associated with organizational performance and operations is the first step in a process to mitigate it. Organizational risk is assessed along a continuum, as there is no universal risk approach for all nonprofits. As a...
by Ted Bilich | Oct 1, 2018 | Risk Management
This post confronts one of the most persistent myths about nonprofit risk management – one that prevents many nonprofits from learning enough about risk management to use its tools to protect their organizations. The issue? People fear risk management. They worry...
by Gail Nayowith | Sep 24, 2018 | Risk Management
Risk lives in every organization and every aspect of organizational operations. But the risk mix, likelihood of occurrence, and potential impact differ from organization to organization. Thinking about risk necessitates a careful look by department, program,...
by Ted Bilich | Sep 18, 2018 | Nonprofits, Risk Management
If you have come this far in our Lean Risk Management series, you are ready to create your nonprofit’s first risk register – one of the simplest and most powerful tools for nonprofit risk management. This post will explain how. What the Risk Register Is A risk...
by Ted Bilich | Sep 13, 2018 | Podcasts, Risk Management
If your nonprofit is interested in best practices, one of the first places to turn is the Standards for Excellence Institute. As Director of the Standards for Excellence Institute, Amy Coates Madsen is responsible for coordinating all aspects of the Standards for...
by Gail Nayowith | Sep 10, 2018 | Nonprofits, Risk Management
Are you looking for early warning signs that your nonprofit needs risk management? The six signs outlined in this post are proxies for underlying risk. Where these problems occur, threats are sure to follow. No regularly scheduled budget oversight or monitoring....
by Ted Bilich | Sep 4, 2018 | Lean Practices, Nonprofits, Risk Management
Nonprofit risk management involves being honest about what is going on, then taking the next reasonable step in response to that reality. In prior posts, we explained how to become honest — by adopting core commitments, developing a timeline for progress, and...
by Ted Bilich | Sep 3, 2018 | Risk Management
It’s that time of year again when students head back to school and clear out of the house after summer vacation. September is a good time to take stock and ramp up for the coming months. One aspect of that reflection should include nonprofit risk management....
by Ted Bilich | Aug 30, 2018 | Lean Practices, Podcasts
Personal Kanban expert Tonianne DeMaria, who discussed personal productivity with us in the past, joined us for another session. Here, we talk about how to deal with chronic tasks, what to do if you have too much in backlog, what to do when you don’t control...
by Ted Bilich | Aug 29, 2018 | Nonprofits
As Sean Watterson’s article at Nonprofit Quarterly notes, the Ford Foundation’s BUILD initiative is an important step forward in philanthropic contribution to nonprofit capacity building. I hope other major foundations take the same...
