'Risk governance’ and ‘Legal Liability’ - two phrases that board directors dread to hear. But it’s important that boards manage risk effectively, to avoid facing problems further down the line.

Richard LeBlanc, an award-winning board governance expert, is here to help! In this episode, he shares top tips and insights for how not-for-profit boards can manage risk and minimize liability.

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Episode 52: Risk Governance and Minimizing Liability on Not-For-Profit Boards

In an evolving publishing landscape, how can you ensure your society’s revenue is sustainable? You can explore diversifying your revenue in a few ways, by adapting the ways you currently serve your community – as well as looking at new opportunities. Gavin Sharrock has over 20 years of experience of helping society partners to diversify and build their revenue streams. He’s here with his top tips on what your approach should be.

Episode 53: How Societies Can Diversify Revenue

What’s the difference between engagement and inclusion? 1 in 5 researchers is an Early Career Researcher, which means there is plenty of opportunity to develop closer connections with this group. In turn, societies and their journals can benefit from the innovative ideas of ECRs. Actively including ECRs in the day-to-day workings and development of a journal, over engaging with them from time to time, can offer mutual advantages. Paul Trevorrow takes us through some case studies of ECR engagement and inclusion, discussing the pros and cons of each.

Episode 54: Case Studies for Engaging and Including ECRs

What’s the secret to successfully launching an open access journal? And what are some of the opportunities available to us, through which we can innovate and collaborate? In this episode, we hear how two societies launched an open access journal with Wiley, and how they achieved success.

Episode 55: Case Study: Joint-Society OA Journal

Why is it important that societies communicate their impact and value to their communities? And how can you approach this exercise effectively? To help overcome the challenges of declining membership, societies need to communicate their role and all the work they undertake to their communities effectively, to build transparency and understanding of who they are and what they do. Not only that, but reflection is an important aspect of successful strategizing, and exercises to articulate your impact helps you build accountability and ensure you’re staying relevant.

FENS is the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies. Such a large organization has its work cut out, to capture all the work they do and distill it in an engaging format for their communities. So how did they approach this exercise and what did they learn from the experience? Jackie Jones, Associate Editorial Director here at Wiley, had a conversation with them to find out more.

Thank you FENS, for sharing your insights!

Episode 56: How To Articulate Your Value to Your Communities: An Interview with FENS Society

How do we develop journals, so they are fit for an open future? We don’t just need to adapt our workflows and infrastructure, we also need to adapt our mindset. Evolution and Ecology is an open access journal, launched by multiple societies working together. Their philosophy and innovative mindset have helped them to succeed in the current market and to deliver for authors via their Refer & Transfer network. But it has also helped them to build the foundations for them to thrive in an open future.

Episode 57: The Journal of the Future: Developing Journal Mission and the Role of Refer & Transfer

How can societies shape their strategies, to make the most of opportunities in open access and position their journals for an open future? And what role do transformational agreements (TAs) play in those strategies; how can societies use TAs to develop and enhance the way that they deliver for their communities?

In this episode, we hear from the Tri-Societies (the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America, and the Soil Science Society of America). They share their own perspective on OA and the role of TAs in helping them to achieve their goals. Thanks to Matt and the Tri-Societies for sharing their insights!

Episode 58: An Interview With the Tri-Societies: OA and the Role of Transformational Agreements

As we transition towards Open, societies, publishers and institutions all have a part to play in breaking down barriers and improving equity in Research Publishing. So how can we go about achieving this goal? This is where R4Life comes in. We talked to Sarah Phibbs, Director of Publisher Partnerships, to find out about the work they are doing and how publishers and societies can work with them to break down barriers to open access.

Episode 59: Tackling Equity in Open Access, Together: A Conversation with Research4Life

With seismic shifts in the research publishing landscape, how do societies need to adapt for their members? Embracing ‘openness’ in every sense – championing collaborative, diverse and inclusive communities, and advancing research that is accessible to all – is the key to societies remaining sustainable in an open future and staying at the heart of their communities.

Taking a 360-degree view on ‘openness’, we dive into insights from this year’s Wiley Society Member Survey, to explore what matters to members, and how societies can deliver the support they need now and in the future.

Episode 60: Sustainable Societies and Communities without Barriers

Let’s go behind the scenes with the Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH), to talk about the work they do to advance knowledge and learning in their subject field, and to hear about some of their initiatives to make the discipline more accessible for all. They also share their vision for the future and explore how they think they will need to adapt in order to navigate new challenges and opportunities. 

Episode 61: Societies delivering for their communities: A conversation with ACAMH

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Episode 59: Tackling Equity in Open Access, Together: A Conversation with Research4Life

Special Issue: A Podcast About Society Publishing