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2008 Summit

Sept. 7–9
Minneapolis

The 2008 Risk Management & Finance Summit for Nonprofits is going to be held September 7th, 8th and 9th at the Marriott Minneapolis City Center, 30 S. 7th St., Minneapolis, Minnesota. Conference room-rate registration will be available shortly through our Web site.

The event’s hosts are:

Nonprofit Risk Management Center
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
Riverport Insurance Company
Travelers
YMCA of Greater St. Paul and Minneapolis

This annual gathering provides a broad spectrum of classical and current issues in risk management as it pertains to nonprofit organizations. Keynote addresses, concurrent sessions, half-day boot camps, and the annual Forum for Insurance Agents and Brokers offer training, techniques, tips and networking. Learning occurs in the halls, at meals and in the sessions. So plan now to join us. And remember, we encourage multiple people from the same staff to attend; we even give you a price break. Check our Web site, over the coming year for more details.

October 24, 2007

Risk Management Essentials

While our staff is working at the 2007 Summit for the Nonprofit Sector in Winston-Salem, you can enjoy the latest issue of Risk Management Essentials newsletter. Click here to access a PDF of the entire issue, or click on the titles below to read the individual articles/sections.

Good Governance Is Sound Risk Management, page 1

Election Year Risks: Avoid These Campaign Pitfalls, page 2

How Lifestyle Figures in an Appropriate Mentor Match, page 3

Have You Renewed Your Nonprofit’s Corporate Status?, page 8

For the following, download the PDF

Herman Honored, page 1

New Financial Risk Management Book, page 6

New Second Edition — Coverage Claims & Consequences Book, page 8

Professional Development and Training Calendar, page 9

Risk Management Marketplace, page 10

Products/Publications Order Form, page 15

Webinar: November 7

Mind the Paper and the Vapor
Document Destruction and Your Nonprofit

2–3 pm EST

What to keep and what to toss. Can paper and electronic files come back to help or haunt your nonprofit? This 60-minute session will provide you with what you need to know to make the decisions and set a plan in motion to clean house.

Join your many colleagues who have already signed up for this web seminar. Register people responsible for hiring/supervising/firing, financials and legal matters to:

Know what to put in writing and what not to commit to writing (including electronic documents).
Review federal and state document retention laws.
Develop a schedule for document destruction.

To register online, click here.

Risk Management Essentials

Webinar: November 7

Mind the Paper and the Vapor Document Destruction and Your Nonprofit

Mind the Paper and the Vapor
Document Destruction and Your Nonprofit