Nonprofit Risk Management & Contingency Planning : Done in a Day Strategies

Strengthen Your Nonprofit s Internal Operations and Business Profile In A Day In today s environment of increasing litigation and closer public sector scrutiny, your nonprofit needs to develop effective risk management and business continuity plans, two techniques that center on identifying, prioritizing, and dealing with those areas of potential loss or adverse impact within your organization. While these crucial practices have the potential for growing and strengthening the internal structure of your nonprofit, they are often deferred or avoided because many nonprofits fear the planning process will take forever, step on toes, or gather dust on a shelf once it is completed. Straightforward in tone, Nonprofit Risk Management & Contingency Planning: Done in a Day Strategies is the new, painless, and uncomplicated way for your nonprofit to get risk management planning done. With some basic preparation and a single day devoted to establishing the first edition of your plan this easy to read and easy to use tool introduces you to the nuts and bolts of strategic planning and equips you with the structure to engage successfully in a planning process. Two templates are included in the book to speed along the process for the first round of planning. Valuable checklists and worksheets facilitate preparation and forward the action during the session in which the plan is assembled. Stressing that the nonprofit sector is an industry in its own right, author Peggy Jackson: Defines and explains the value of risk management and business continuity planning to a nonprofit Illustrates why these plans are essential to your nonprofit in today s business environment Describes the most efficient and cost effective ways to design and execute these plans Presents risk management and business continuity planning templates to facilitate the design of the first edition of your nonprofit s plans Shows how risk management and business continuity planning can help your nonprofit come into compliance with Sarbanes Oxley legislation and state legislation Presents methods to add further value to your planning such as offering training to your staff and leveraging this planning for competitive and marketing advantage Without straining or taxing your organization s resources, the Done in a Day concept helps your nonprofit accomplish risk management planning with techniques and plans that make the most use of its time, staff, and money. It serves as a launching pad for ongoing risk management and business continuity planning while adhering to values that preserve the nonprofit s mission as well as its resources. Written for nonprofit executives, foundations and other philanthropic groups, colleges and universities, nonprofit board members, nonprofit management centers, and other nonprofit educational organizations, this essential manual shows you how to create a strategy to deal with a wide variety of business interruptions. Get Nonprofit Risk Management & Contingency Planning and get it done in a day.