Jumpstart Your Policies with Our Online Resources

Your RMnet™ subscription provides you with access to online resources to help you create customized policies in the key risk areas common to nonprofits and religious organizations. These resources are packaged in individual trainings, each addressing a specific policy area. Most trainings include the following:

Audio training by an attorney or consultant that specializes in nonprofit or religious law and risk management. Trainings explain the risks addressed by the policy, things to consider when drafting your policy, and best practices for nonprofits and religious organizations.
A policy creation “Road Map” that provides an action list of steps to take to complete your policy
Some model forms and policy templates

About Our Instructors

Our instructors are experts in nonprofit and church law and risk management. Click below to learn more:

Melanie Herman, Nonprofit Risk Management Center
Jennifer Chandler Hauge, Nonprofit Risk Management Center
John C. Paterson, Nonprofit Risk Management Center
Adrienne A. Newsom, Esq
David W. Adams, Esq.

Our Policy Trainings

There are two trainings tracks: a track for nonprofits and a track for churches. The following trainings are currently available or will be released soon and are available with a subscription to the RMnetÔ tool:

Nonprofit Policy Trainings

Church Policy Trainings

Currently Available:

Creating Facility Safety Policies

Coming in 2008:

Creating an Employee Handbook
Creating a Harassment Policy
Creating a Hiring/Screening Policy
Creating a Conflicts of Interest Policy
Creating a Confidentiality Policy
Creating Youth Worker Supervision Policies, Pt. 1
Creating Youth Worker Supervision Policies, Pt. 2
Creating a Risk Management Committee
Creating a Risk Management Policy
Creating an Abuse Reporting Policy
Creating a Disaster Response Policy
Creating a Whistle-blower Policy
Creating a Web-site policy
Creating a Charitable Gifting Program

Currently Available:

Creating an Employee Handbook
Creating a Conflicts of Interest Policy
Creating Facility Safety Policies

Coming in 2008:

Creating a Whistleblower Policy
Creating Benevolence Policies
Creating Pastoral Counseling Policies
Creating an Abuse Reporting Policy
Creating Youth Ministry Screening Policies
Creating Children’s Ministry Supervision Policies
Creating Youth Ministry Supervision Policies
Creating a Confidentiality Policy
Creating a Risk Management Committee
Creating a Harassment Policy
Creating Charitable Gifting Program
Creating Copyright and IP Policies
Creating Website Policies
Creating a Disaster Response Policy