Tolerable Risk: Threats and Opportunities in the 3rd Sector

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Rupert Evill, author of Bootstrapping Ethics, and they discuss ethics, integrity, culture, and risk in the third sector.

Links for this episode:

https://linktr.ee/ethics_insight

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Nir Kossovsky, CEO of Steel City RE and reputational risk management expert, as they discuss reputational risk management approaches for the third sector. 

Relevant links:

Time Stamp, Topic, URL

• 08:30 Prediction: Resilience Monitor https://steelcityre.com/predict-reputation-risk/
• 10:11 2022 Νobel Prize in Economics – Key research paper on bank runs https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/261155
• 11:35 Video showing what a surge in reputation risk looks like https://steelcityre.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Resilience-Monitor-Part-1.mp4
• 24:47 Greenspan quote on trust https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/risk-management-frameworks-cant-handle-the-truth-about-reputation-risk/
• 25:05 Rolls Royce Case Study https://www.iam-media.com/article/rolls-royce-avoids-reputation-storm
• 26:45 The big 6 https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/opinion/reputation-resilience-110342.aspx
• 30:00 Value created by risk management disclosure https://www.prweb.com/releases/reputation-and-esg-insurance-provide-strategic-defenses-and-coverage-to-mitigate-impacts-of-shareholder-derivative-litigation-steel-city-re-819447962.html
• 31:47 Amelia Earhart quote https://www.pinterest.com/pin/319685273554805712/
• 38:06 Intelligence gathering best practices https://steelcityre.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Article-directorship_2023_q4fall_digital-web.pdf
• 39:35 Mission: Intangible https://steelcityre.com/2010/02/24/missionintangible/
• 39:57 Reputation, Stock Price, and You https://steelcityre.com/2012/11/01/reputation-stock-price-and-you/
• 40:30 Publications, mentions and newsworthy articles by topic https://steelcityre.com/news-and-commentary/topics/

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Lori Stanley, founder of Lori Stanley Consulting and strategy development expert, as they discuss the threats and opportunities third-sector organizations face when developing strategic plans. 

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Rachel Erskine, an ethical storytelling advisor and co-chair of the BOND People in the Pictures Working group, and they discuss the importance of ethical storytelling and fundraising in the third-sector.

Resources for this episode:
Practical guidance

• The Dignified Storytelling project (2022)
• Guidelines for ethical communications around child marriage: Principles, best practice and tools, Jess Crombie for Girls Not Brides (2022)
• How to Write About Africa in 8 Steps: An ethical storytelling handbook, Rebecca Pointer for Africa No Filter (2021)
• Putting the people in the pictures first: Ethical guidelines for the collection and use of content, ‘People in the Pictures’ working group for Bond (2019)
• A Practical Guide For Communicating Global Justice & Solidarity: An alternative to the language of development, aid and charity, Framing Matters for Health Poverty Action (2019)

Research

• Who Owns the Story? Live financial testing of charity vs participant led storytelling in fundraising, Jess Crombie and David Girling (2022)
• Time to Decolonise Aid: Insights and lessons from a global consultation, Peace Direct and partners (2021)
• The People in the Pictures: Vital perspectives on Save the Children’s image making, Jess Crombie and Siobhan Warrington for Save the Children (2017)

Blogs

• Introducing the first free library [of] non-stigmatising images of people experiencing homelessness, Centre for Homelessness Impact (2023)
• Seeing and Being Development’s ‘Other’: Representations of Africa and Diaspora Audiences, Dr Edward Ademolu for the London School of Economics (2018)
• Why I Hate The Word “Beneficiaries”, Pete Vowles for BRIGHT Magazine (2018)

Podcasts

• It’s a Continent
• The Photo Ethics Podcast

Books

• How to Read Now, by Elaine Castillo (2022)
• Africa Is Not A Country, by Dipo Faloyin (2022)
• Photography: Race, Rights and Representation, by Mark Sealy (2022)

And finally, Fairpicture, who produce lots of useful resources and run free, open events.

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Dr. Warren Black, a complex systems and risk expert, and they discuss how complexity, systems thinking, and risk impact the third sector.

You can find the complexity matrix we discuss on the episode here.

You can find Dr. Black's YouTube channel here - https://youtube.com/@warrenblack4700?si=of8i9HsBmWRhTTHr

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Isabel de Bruin Cardoso - a third-sector ethics and safeguarding expert - and they discuss the risks of unethical behavior and the "halo-effect" in the third-sector.

References for this episode:

Contact details: debruin@rsm.nl

More info:
NGO Soul & Strategy podcast
Principia Advisory Website

Articles:
The NGO Halo Effect: https://pure.eur.nl/en/publications/the-ngo-halo-effect-how-moral-goodness-can-explain-unethical-beha
NGO Failure: A Theoretical Synthesis
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11266-021-00416-9 

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Hussein Nasser-Eddin, CEO of Crownox Security, and they discuss physical and personal security and risk in the third-sector. 

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Kate Roberts, a third-sector Staff Care and Wellbeing Specialist, and they discuss moral injury, psychosocial hazards, and risk in the third-sector. 

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Claris D'cruz, a third-sector governance expert, and they discuss strategy, governance, and risk in the third sector.

Relevant links for this episode:

https://www.gov.uk/government/5-minute-guides-for-charity-trustees

https://www.gettingonboard.org/

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/trustee-learning-programme-getting-on-board-2152929

https://www.gov.uk/email-signup?link=/government/organisations/charity-commission

https://www.linkedin.com/in/claris-d-cruz-23599625/

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Edson Marinho, Executive Director of PM4NGOs, and they discuss project management and risk management in the third sector.

Relevant links for the episode:
https://pm4ngos.org/

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Tim Leech, Managing Director of Risk Oversight Solutions, and they discuss the importance of having a clear Board purpose and how it helps organizations better achieve their objectives and manage risk.

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Paul Ronalds, Founder and CEO of Save the Children Global Ventures, as they discuss impact investing, innovative financing, and risk in the third sector. 

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Alexandra Hoffman, CEO of Crisis Ally, and they discuss crisis, resilience, and risk in the third sector. 

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Elyse Wallnutt, Founder - Agility Lab Consulting, and they discuss the impact data protection has specifically on the marketing and fundraising efforts of third-sector organizations. 

Books referenced:

The Fight for Privacy by Danielle Kats Citron

Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble

LinkedIn:

www.linkedin.com/in/elysewallnutt

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Andy Kovacs, The Audit and Leadership Communications Guy!, and they discuss the myriad of ways you can improve your audit communications.

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Veesh Sharma, Chief Assurance Officer / Interim Chief Risk Officer, of Save the Children International, as they talk about internal audit and risk in nonprofit organizations. 

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Veronica LaFemina, Founder and  CEO of LaFamina & Co., and they discuss strategy execution and the threats and opportunities that are associated with this in the third sector.
 

References for this episode
My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vlafemina

LaFemina & Co. website:  lafemina.co

LaFemina & Co. Blog Post -- Strategy = Vision + Decisions: https://lafemina.co/blog/strategy-vision-decisions

LaFemina & Co. Blog Post -- The Secret to Successful Planning: https://lafemina.co/blog/the-secret-to-successful-planning

LaFemina & Co. Blog Post (Link to Capterra) -- Advance Your Nonprofit with Better Decision Making: https://lafemina.co/blog/advance-your-nonprofit-with-better-decision-making

LaFemina & Co. Blog Post (Link to Capterra) -- Take Your Nonprofit From Stressed to Strategic: https://lafemina.co/blog/0w31itogrpd37sqjg281izow1fkc3i

LaFemina & Co. Blog Post -- Why Change Fails: https://lafemina.co/blog/why-change-fails

We Are For Good: https://www.weareforgood.com/

We Are For Good - Episode 226 "Embracing New, Creative + Better Ways of Thinking, Planning + Working" with Veronica LaFemina: https://www.weareforgood.com/episode/226

Prosci's ADKAR Model: https://www.prosci.com/methodology/adkar

Tiny Habits/Fogg Behavior Model by BJ Fogg: https://behaviormodel.org/

Atomic Habits by James Clear: https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Niki Wood, an international development MEL expert, and they discuss how monitoring, evaluation, and learning, and risk have more in common then you might think.

References and citations for this episode are:

• Rogers, P. J. (2008). Using Programme Theory to Evaluate Complicated and Complex Aspects of Interventions. Evaluation, 14(1), 29–48. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356389007084674
• Michie, S., van Stralen, M.M. & West, R. The behaviour change wheel: A new method for characterising and designing behaviour change interventions. Implementation Sci 6, 42 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-6-42
• Michie S, Atkins L, West R. (2014) The Behaviour Change Wheel: A Guide to Designing Interventions. London: Silverback Publishing. www.behaviourchangewheel.com.
• Mayne, John. (2015). Useful Theory of Change Models. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation. 30. 10.3138/cjpe.30.2.142. 

Resources:

https://www.betterevaluation.org/

https://www.evaluation.org.uk/

https://www.eval.org/

https://europeanevaluation.org/
https://rebelwithcausation.com/

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Laura Frederick, Founder and CEO of "How to Contract", and they discuss risk in contracting, demystify contracts, and provide simple and practical advice for third-sector organizations to better manage their contracting.

Links for this episode:
How to Contract
Term Scout
Contract Nerds

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Patti Blackstaffe, governance expert and CEO of GlobalSway, as they discuss the importance of governance in risk management for third-sector organizations.