Managing Your Nonprofit for Resilience

PRAISE FOR MANAGING YOUR NONPROFIT FOR RESILIENCE

“Running a nonprofit can be exhilarating, messy and sometimes overwhelming. This well-researched book demystifies the practice of lean risk management. The clear approach allows you to gain an understanding of how simple risk management techniques will move you and your team from reactive to proactive, worried to confident, and make your strategic plan achievable. You and your team can use the provided templates and idea cues to identify the threats and opportunities your nonprofit faces in every functional area of your nonprofit. Ted Bilich makes a compelling case that managing risks acts as an accelerant to achieving your strategic plan and ultimately your mission.”
—Linda Lenrow Lopez, Enterprise Risk Management Principal, Wikimedia Foundation

“Ted hits the mark of 21st century ‘duty of care’ thinking for nonprofit leaders! This dynamic, holistic approach for nonprofits embracing risk through a careful process, a path, a journey with calculated milestones is practical, engaging and sustainable.”
—Peter A. Persuitti, Global Managing Director—Nonprofit Practice, Gallagher

“Ted Bilich has written the ultimate guide for nonprofits to build their resilience and bounce back from difficult situations and embrace new opportunities, something the nonprofit sector desperately needs at this moment. A must-read for every nonprofit leader.”
—Beth Kanter, Author, Facilitator, and Trainer

“Ted’s book is a must-read for any nonprofit executive or board member, whether veteran or newbie. In uncommonly plain English, Ted dismantles key risk management concepts and makes them accessible and practicable. This primer provides inspiration to those caught in ‘analysis paralysis’ or who’ve considered enterprise-wide risk management too daunting a prospect for resource-challenged persons or organizations. Commercial insurers will love applicants that embrace Ted’s methods.”
—Scott R. Konrad, North American Nonprofit Practice Leader, HUB International Limited

“Great pragmatic resource for nonprofit professionals, board members, donors and volunteers. Applicable to organizations at any stage of their evolution, from newly formed to well established.”
—Dr. Jan Young, Executive Director, Assisi Foundation of Memphis, Inc.

“Tackling risk management is critical to the success of nonprofits. Ted’s book provides a roadmap for this effort, and more importantly provides readers with confidence that they will succeed at anticipating, mitigating and managing risk.”
—Jenny Palazio, Senior Director of a Global Nonprofit