Help Wanted! Screening Challenges for 21st Century Nonprofits
By Melanie Lockwood Herman and Jennifer Chandler Hauge
Finding the right people for the key roles in your nonprofit is a continuing challenge. Leading an inspired team to achieve a nonprofit’s mission doesn’t happen until the leader has recruited and retained the team of people that will propel the nonprofit’s mission forward. Yet despite the availability of high tech tools, screening effectively and choosing the most suitable applicant still feels a bit like watching a Las Vegas croupier spin the roulette wheel and launch the ball on the spinning wheel. more...
Sign Up Today for Our 2008 Webinars!
With generous support from the Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI), the Center is pleased to offer a new series of monthly webinars for 2008. Each program offers one-hour of information-packed content, handout material, and the opportunity to interact with a risk management expert. Register for the entire series for only $399 and attend the sessions that meet your needs and schedule. Download the remaining sessions to share with colleagues in your nonprofit. Provide training for your entire staff at the cost of a single on-site program. For details or to register for one, two, three or all of the programs offered this year, click here.
June 4, 2008
NonProfits United Signs on as a Corporate Sustainer of the Nonprofit Risk Management Center
The Nonprofit Risk Management Center is pleased to announce that NonProfits United, headquartered in Oakland, CA, is the Center’s newest Corporate Sustainer. Both NonProfits United and the Nonprofit Risk Management Center work with nonprofit organizations to help them manage risk. more...
Survey Sheds Light on Screening Practices of Volunteer Organizations
APRIL 22, 2008 — Washington, DC — At a press conference attended by representatives of prominent youth serving organizations and the local media, the National Center for Victims of Crime revealed the results of Who’s Lending a Hand? A National Survey of Nonprofit Volunteer Screening Practices. The findings presented in the report were based on data compiled through telephone surveys with 517 nonprofit human services organizations drawn from a random sample of 2,251 nonprofits that provide direct services to clients. The sample was purchased from GuideStar. more...
In my view, www.nonprofitrisk.org is the Web's gold standard for risk management information. If I was stuck on a desert island and could only bring one Web site with me it would be www.nonprofitrisk.org. That may sound ridiculous, but next time you have a risk management question, I'll bet you can find an answer at www.nonprofitrisk.org.
David Hartley, Manager, Training & Outreach, Insurance and Liability Resource Centre for Nonprofits, Toronto