by Ted Bilich | May 24, 2018 | Risk Management
Tonianne DeMaria is an accomplished writer and trainer who co-authored the excellent book, Personal Kanban: Mapping Work, Navigating Life. I swear by this methodology, which is an intuitive application of lean thinking to personal and professional productivity. In...
by Melissa Howard | Apr 26, 2018 | Risk Management
In this podcast, Ted Bilich explains why most nonprofit strategic planning is nothing more than strategic hoping or, at best, mere strategic intuition. Unless an organization performs some basic risk management prep work, its strategic planning will have a foundation...
by Melissa Howard | Apr 17, 2018 | Risk Management
Any new initiative involves costs and commitments. Risk management is no different. At what point, then, is it advisable for a nonprofit to implement a risk management process? This post answers that question. Stages of Nonprofit Growth A nonprofit’s growth can be...
by Ted Bilich | Apr 12, 2018 | Nonprofits, Podcasts
In this podcast, host Ted Bilich explains three steps every nonprofit should take concerning risk management. Each step takes nothing more than reading and reflecting on a basic organizational document — your bylaws, your articles of incorporation, and your...
by Melissa Howard | Apr 3, 2018 | Risk Management
In our last post, we explained how the human brain creates risk management challenges. In light of those issues, in this post we describe nine core commitments that enhance the likelihood of risk management success. We also provide questions for reflection and...
by Ted Bilich | Feb 20, 2018 | Nonprofits, Risk Management
When people use the term “risk” in everyday conversation, they often mean the possibility a negative outcome. One talks about the risk of catching the flu, drinking and driving, or walking across the street without looking both ways. Some academicians and risk...
by Ted Bilich | Feb 15, 2018 | Nonprofits, Podcasts
In our last podcast, we began interviewing Lynn Borton, a former nonprofit executive who now focuses her attention on creativity as a business and life tool. This segment completes that interview and focuses on Lynn’s curiosity work. You can find Lynn’s business...
by Ted Bilich | Feb 6, 2018 | Nonprofits, Risk Management
In risk management as elsewhere, it pays to follow the smart money. In the nonprofit sector, the smart money tends to come from foundations, which provide substantial resources for long-term investments in social change. What does nonprofit smart money say about...
by Ted Bilich | Feb 1, 2018 | Risk Management
Lynn Borton is one of the most grounded and genuinely kind people I know. She’s also an accomplished former executive with a major nonprofit, having spend 20 years at the organization, 12 of those as the chief operating officer. A few years ago she left that...
by Ted Bilich | Jan 23, 2018 | Nonprofits, Risk Management
In the corporate world, formal risk management programs have become routine. In the nonprofit world, guidance has been more sparse, demand historically more muted, and adoption more sporadic. Nevertheless, leading nonprofit support organizations now advise...
