Employee benefits can include employee insurance coverage (medical, life, dental, disability, unemployment and worker’s compensation), paid leave and holidays, and contributions to retirement plans, as well as a host of other “fringe benefits” that are valuable to attract and retain staff in a competitive hiring environment. Offering too many or too few, benefits can throw a nonprofit’s budget, programs—and ultimately its mission—off course. Attend this Webinar to hear from a benefits expert about emerging trends in nonprofit benefits and how to reduce risks related to your employees’ participation in your nonprofit’s benefits package.

Register your decision-makers for this Webinar to:

• Analyze the competition’s benefit menus.
• Determine what aspects of your nonprofit’s benefits are required by law.
• Weigh market position with and without certain benefits.
• Assess the risks to the organization if the benefit menu is too sparse or too generous.

Screening is critical to the selection process, but too often shortcuts are taken or basic steps overlooked that can make the difference between a great hire and a future lawsuit. This Webinar will review the basics and delve into the details of effective screening procedures to help your nonprofit be confident that you are doing your best to hire super staff.

Register your decision-makers for this Webinar to:

• Determine whether your organization’s current selection methods for staff and volunteer positions take advantage of available methods of screening and background checking.
• Identify which paid and volunteer positions responsibly require which types of screening methods.
• Identify which federal and state laws impact the use of various types of background checks.
• Learn about available tools to help your organization with its selection and screening process.

Did you know that two-thirds of adults who volunteer began volunteering when they were young? It is popular today for schools and court systems to require graduates and juvenile offenders to engage in community service. As a result, your nonprofit may be asked to accept youth volunteers who may not otherwise be part of your program. What is your obligation to accept those volunteers? And, if you incorporate youth volunteers in your programs anyway, what special protections should your nonprofit have in place both to encourage and protect youth volunteers, as well as to protect your nonprofit?

Register your decision-makers for this Webinar to learn:

• The do’s and don’ts of selection and screening procedures for youth volunteers.
• Special orientation considerations for programs that involve youth volunteers.
• Insurance protections useful to address typical exposures involving youth volunteers.
• Your nonprofit’s right to decline, or obligation to accept, certain youth volunteers referred from probation or school community service programs.

Raising money for your organization is a noble affair, right? Are their potholes along the path to riches? You bet! Attend this Webinar to refresh yourself about regulatory requirements that govern registration, solicitation language and disclosure in various states as well as fundraising on the Internet, and learn more about specific challenges that emerge when nonprofits hired professional fund raisers, partner with other organizations to raise funds, and solicit gifts for annual, capital and endowment campaigns.

Register your decision-makers, especially board members and development officers, for this Webinar to:

• Identify risk management safeguards for the fundraising activities of the organization.
• Get a refresher course on charitable registration and learn about emerging trends in the regulatory landscape.
• Learn about gift agreements and other ways to clarify restricted gifts and donor intent.
• Learn about safeguards in hiring professional outside fundraisers.
• Recognize commercial co ventures and cause-related marketing and learn the warning signs that may require your organization to register special fundraising activities with the state.

Special events are multifaceted opportunities for surprise. When your nonprofit is planning a special event is the time to consider what can go wrong and what harm can come to your critical assets—the people, income, reputation and goodwill of the organization. Is your nonprofit ready to deal with: unexpected large crowds, guests that out-stay their welcome, unpredictable weather, alcohol and food service, onsite volunteers, permits, contracts with vendors, certificates of insurance, security details, and parking? Attend this Webinar to be prepared!

Register your decision-makers, including volunteer board members on special event committees, for this Webinar to:

• Identify and assess the specific risks that could derail your special event.
• Determine what insurance coverage may be needed for the nonprofit and volunteers.
• Be prepared to accommodate volunteers’ and guests’ requirements at special events.
• Learn the Center’s 10 steps to help your nonprofit plan, prepare for, and run a safe event.