Crea%ng

and Sustaining
a Risk Management Culture

MODERATOR
David J. Fournier
Marketing & Communication

PRESENTER
Arthur F. Blinci
VP Chief Risk Management Officer

Risk Management

Its More Than Insurance

Our Mission, Is to Protect your Mission

Rela%onship Building

Surrounded by Risks
Natural Disasters
Physical Injuries
Financial Loss
Criminal Ac%ons
Personal Injury
Sexual Misconduct
Governmental Ac%ons
Fines and Penal%es
Li%gious Climate

Poten%al Impacts
q Loss of Assets

Human Resources
Physical Resources
Financial Resources
q Impacted Lives and
Reputations
q Loss of Confidence in Church
Leadership
q Loss of Membership
q Achievement of our Mission

MANAGEMENT

Risk Management
Risk Iden%ca%on
Analyze Risks, Hazards and Values

Risk Control
Preven6on, Minimize or Avoidance

Risk Financing
Insure, Retain or Transfer

A Three Step Process

Looking Back to Plan Forward

Plan

Review

Learn

 You are Seed plan6ng

The genesis of many accidents begins in the Boardroom.
Marvin Rienke, President (retired)
YMCA Services, Inc.

Planning ahead
Good planning and hard work lead to
prosperity, but hasty plans lead to poverty.
Proverbs 21:5

Where there is no counsel,

the people fall; But in a multitude
of counselors there is safety.
~ Proverbs 11:14

Governance
Denomina6onal rela6onships

Churches in
Conferences

Union
Conferences

General
Conference
& World
Divisions

Ascending Liability

Churches
Schools
Community Services
Camps
Employees & Volunteers

Conference

Union
Conference

Unions
GC Ins%tu%ons

Conferences
Union Ins%tu%ons

General
Conference

Risk Iden%ca%on
q Identifying Potential Risks
q Assessing the Activity and
special needs
q Keeping Alert for
Changing Conditions
q Making Informed Decisions
to implement Safeguards

Strategic Ministry

requires
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Planning Ahead

Planning the Details

Planning for the Un-Expected

Planning for Emergencies

Planning for Contingencies

Being Willing to Just say No or Wait

Risk Control
Developing and implemen6ng
safeguards in order to minimize or
prevent the impact of a loss if and
when it occurs.

Making Loss Preven%on a Priority

Apathy and
Unsafe Ac6ons

Child Abuse
Awareness

Focus
Poor Maintenance
Prac6ces

Careless
Supervision

Risk Financing

Remember Dollars alone are often times

a very poor compensator for damages caused
due to your Organizations negligence

The Challenge and Privilege

I think people want to be magnicent.
It is the job of the ministry leader to bring out the magnicence in
people and to create an environment where they feel safe and
supported and ready to do the best job possible in accomplishing key
goals.



is
taken
of
need to
available

This responsibility is a sacred trust that

should not be violated. The opportunity
to guide others to their fullest poten=al
an honor and one that should not be
lightly. As leaders, we hold the lives
others in our hands. These hands
be gentle and caring and always
for support.

Dr. Ken Blanchard

Comments

or
Suggestions

DFournier@Adventistrisk.org
www.Adventistrisk.org

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