Program

Ever since Disney/Pixar’s inspiring Ratatouille, you never know what little chef lies beneath the toque blanche, or chef’s hat. Nonprofit leaders might sense the same mystery when it comes to the insurance industry. If you’ve been reluctant to learn more because you either don’t have the time or fear being overwhelmed, this kick-off session is for you! Join NRMC to…

Have you been tasked with managing your nonprofit’s insurance program or assessing whether an insurance policy provides adequate coverage for your organization’s exposures? The first step to transferring risk through insurance is developing a clear understanding of how insurance policies work. Attend this workshop to learn about the anatomy and components of insurance policies, how to read and interpret policy…

Do you ever spend time salivating over viral food trends on social media? Look no further than this workshop to get your foodie fix! Join this session to hear from respected leaders of insurance carriers as they anticipate industry trends and give you an inside scoop on disruptions shaping the industry’s future. Explore how insurance leaders are pioneering possibilities and…

Popular cooking TV shows enable rising stars to connect with celebrity chefs as partners and mentors. Of course, each celebrity chef has unique expertise, expectations, and style… much like the incredible array of insurance industry partners available to nonprofit teams. Attend this panel workshop featuring sets of speakers who are perfectly partnered pairs: a nonprofit risk leader with their insurance…

Like complex cookbook recipes, the ever-changing environment of cyber threats and evolving cyber insurance can confuse even the most discerning nonprofit leaders. Boost your ability to decipher cyber coverage components by attending this session. Explore the insuring agreements that protect nonprofit policyholders from various cyber risks, distinguish between first-party versus third-party cyber liability risks, and learn to “speak cyber” sufficiently…

Bring your burning questions to this Q&A-style panel session featuring three experienced brokers who devoted their careers to serving nonprofit sector clients. Turn up the heat and put these brokers on the spot with the questions you always wanted to ask, like: What are the most common insurance “gotchas” and what must I do to avoid them? I’m making an…

Nonprofit missions often invite special risks, interactions with vulnerable populations, and significant scrutiny from external stakeholders with understandably high ethics expectations. Attend this workshop to keep your nonprofit smelling savory—not sour—to insurance carriers. Learn how to make your nonprofit an attractive risk to carriers when shopping for coverage or renewing a long-standing policy. Whether improving your insurance applications in terms…

Productive chefs chop out complacency by proactively preparing their ingredients and equipment, and by practicing and perfecting their processes before cooking for a crowd. Nonprofit teams must embrace the same spirit of proactive improvement to optimize their insurance programs. The Nonprofit Risk Management Center (NRMC)—your Risk Summit host—offers insurance consulting services to nonprofit clients, including insurance coverage reviews and broker…

Join Melanie and Kitty for the kick-off to day 2 of the Virtual Risk Summit. This opening session is akin to sitting at the chef’s table in your favorite restaurant. Your hosts will share insights from their years of designing and attending risk-themed events. Learn what you can do during and after the conference and before the next event (on…

Most recipes communicate the ingredients and preparation methods needed to deliver a desired dish. Risk management program goals and activities must connect the same way. Attend this workshop to envision expected—and aspirational—outcomes of a risk program, and all the activities and inputs needed to execute that vision. Learn to clarify and challenge these connections at your nonprofit to ensure that…

Developing the risk-awareness and risk management competence of staff teams enables nonprofit teams to better identify, understand, and prioritize emerging risks. Leverage diverse staff perspectives to shape your agency’s approach to risk identification, like a staff-driven early warning system. In response to risk, empower your staff to design risk management activities that cross silos and take your whole agency’s needs…

Chef Christine Ha is no stranger to risk-taking! Ha is the blind cook who won “MasterChef” season 3; she is a New York Times best-selling cookbook author and has opened two restaurants in the Houston, Texas, area that have received high honors from the James Beard Foundation. Join this special guest speaker for a summertime “fireside chat” exploring her culinary…

Good people make bad choices and bad people make good choices. Using behavioral economics (think Dan Ariely and Richard Thaler), neuroscience, anecdotes and real life examples, the speaker for this workshop will explain how ‘tone at the top’ and leader behaviors affect the perceptions and behaviors of staff in a dynamic, mission-driven organization. This is not your regular, boring ethics…

This engaging sessions reveals the role of bias in the discipline of risk management. Join our dynamic speaker for a fresh approach to diversity, equity, inclusion and unconscious bias and how it impacts the perception of risk professionals and the reception to risk programs. Leave this session with a deeper awareness and understanding of how bias impacts decisions shrouded in…

Line cooks get the job done deliciously, often in a fast-paced, high-stress environment requiring rigor, focus, and judicious action. Nonprofit teams focused on meaningful risk mitigation need the same mindset to move from risk identification to risk action. During this workshop, attendees will learn how to avoid “list management” and effectively transition from risk identification to risk management action planning….

Restaurateurs and chefs at the top of their games often anticipate and help create industry trends. Risk management mastery also requires foresight as the complexity and cadence of risk continues to rise. Join this session for a fast-paced forecast of the top legal risks facing the nonprofit sector. Prepare your team to tackle trending threats and evolve your risk management…

Each nonprofit team has a unique position on risk-taking: what is considered an acceptable and appropriate level of risk-taking in order to move a nonprofit’s mission forward. Join this session to explore the concept of risk appetite and how your team can define what constitutes appropriate risk-taking for you. Many ERM professionals believe that a carefully considered risk appetite framework…

Take your Risk Champion craft to new heights in this session by preparing to pitch Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) concepts and deliver advanced risk training to your nonprofit’s leadership team. Hear from experienced nonprofit risk professionals who have effectively engaged their executive leadership as ERM partners. Learn what language to use to connect with leaders—focusing on how ERM can contribute…

Sometimes risk management programming becomes stale, loses steam, or simply doesn’t click with culture or cultivate competency as desired. Instead of throwing away your leftovers, join this session to explore how to turn leftovers into risk results worth celebrating. Learn how to revive your nonprofit’s risk management program while identifying and leveraging any mouthwatering morsels leftover from your last attempt….

Experienced risk professionals know that an effective incident reporting process requires a sound recipe as well as implementation finesse. While the process may begin when someone fills out a form to make a report, it’s far from over when it lands in the inbox of the incident follow-up team. Attend this workshop to learn how to sort through the key…

This fun, fast-paced session takes attendees on a tour of risk frameworks and decision trees created by the Nonprofit Risk Management Center team (your 2022 Risk Summit hosts) for high-profile nonprofit consulting clients. Leave this session inspired by an array of options for approaching risk decisions, assessing risks, or assigning risk management accountability across your organization.

Risk leaders sometimes face Gordon Ramsay-style reactions to risk management practices, ideas, and conversations. Attend this session to advance your abilities as a coolheaded connoisseur of risk remedies—even when your nonprofit’s kitchen gets very hot! During this workshop, attendees hear about actual scenarios risk professionals have faced when trying to build buy-in and get their jobs done. Join this session…

Molecular gastronomy aims to generate new knowledge of the chemical and physical transformations that occur during various cooking processes. Some risk professionals might describe Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in a similar way—as pushing the boundaries of how risk management practices might work, and what value they can deliver to an organization. Attend this succulent session to learn from nonprofit ERM…