Risk Management for Charities – A Practical Guide for Irish & UK Trustees & Staff is the essential, no-nonsense handbook for protecting your organisation and fulfilling your mission with confidence. Written by experienced charity governor and consultant Joe Houghton, this book demystifies risk management, transforming it from a bureaucratic chore into a powerful strategic tool for building resilience.

Inside this practical guide, you will find:

Real-World Lessons from Major Scandals: Go behind the headlines of the failures at Console, Kids Company, Central Remedial Clinic (CRC), Oxfam, and more. Understand what went wrong and how to prevent it from happening in your organisation.

A Step-by-Step Guide to Your Legal Duties: Master your obligations under the Irish Charities Regulator and the UK Charity Commission. This book provides a crucial breakdown of trustee duties and personal liability – essential reading for anyone on a board.

The Complete Risk Management Toolkit: Learn how to build a robust framework from the ground up. This guide provides clear, actionable steps for creating a risk register, developing a risk management policy, and defining your risk appetite.

A Focus on the UK & Ireland: With tailored content and resources specific to the regulatory environments in Ireland and the UK's devolved nations, this guide is perfectly aligned with your local context.

AI is Here. Is Your Irish Financial Institution Ready?

Artificial Intelligence isn't just knocking on the door of Irish finance – it's already reshaping the landscape. From Dublin's IFSC to regional credit unions, AI promises unprecedented efficiency and innovation. But navigating this new frontier brings immense challenges: How do you comply with the EU AI Act? What are the Central Bank of Ireland's expectations? How do you manage the critical risks of bias, data privacy, and accountability?

Stop guessing. Start governing.

In AI Governance in Irish Finance, Joe Houghton delivers the essential practical guide specifically tailored for professionals grappling with these questions now. Drawing on deep expertise at the intersection of project management, AI, and the Irish regulatory environment, this book cuts through the hype to provide actionable strategies and frameworks.

Project Management is really just applied common sense. In this easy-to-understand guide, Joe Houghton unpacks all the jargon into clear and actionable steps that anyone can use to run projects that will deliver - on time, to budget, and to the quality needed.

The author's ECCSR framework is a modern lens through which any project can be set up and run with reference to key issues of importance to our world and the societies we are a part of.

With over 30 years of practical project management behind him, Joe has been there and done it, as well as co-creating and directing the Masters' In Project Management at one of the world's top business schools. Joe also consults and has trained thousands of corporate, Government, and non-profit staff and managers in project management, giving him rich insight into what you need to know to get projects done.

Inside, you will discover how to:

Accelerate Business Strategy & Planning: Conduct AI-assisted SWOT analyses, generate Blue Ocean strategies, and build dynamic strategic roadmaps.

Enhance Financial & Operational Analysis: Automate financial statement analysis, model cash flow forecasts, and identify process bottlenecks in minutes, not days.

Lead Digital Transformations: Master everything from cloud migration planning and cybersecurity risk analysis to developing sophisticated data analytics and visualisation.

Streamline M&A and Change Management: Supercharge due diligence with AI document analysis, model financial synergies, and design data-driven culture integration plans.

Innovate in ESG and Sustainability: Gather materiality assessment data, develop climate risk scenarios, and create compelling sustainability reports with ease.

Whether you are a partner at a leading firm, a solo practitioner, or an analyst starting your career, this book is your essential companion for navigating the next frontier of management consulting.

Don’t get left behind. Future-proof your skills, elevate your client impact, and secure your competitive edge.

Inside this game-changing book, you will discover how to:

Master the Entire Project Lifecycle: Get AI-powered assistance from initial strategy and stakeholder mapping to delivery, monitoring, and risk management.

Eliminate ‘Blank Page’ Syndrome: Instantly draft a complete Project Charter from scattered meeting notes, create a detailed Work Breakdown Structure from a few bullet points, and generate a full Project Initiation Document (PID) outline in minutes.

Enhance Stakeholder Communication: Use AI to build stakeholder empathy maps, draft tailored updates for different audiences, and create compelling visual roadmaps and executive summaries.

Boost Team Collaboration and Learning: Generate onboarding guides for new team members, create facilitation games for workshops, and get psychological safety nudges for more effective retrospectives.

Navigate Compliance with Confidence: Understand the ethical landscape of AI use in projects, with clear guidance on crucial regulations like the EU AI Act.

Become Instantly Fluent: A comprehensive glossary demystifies both project management and AI terminology, making this book accessible for everyone. Whether you’re a seasoned PMP, a Scrum Master, or just starting your project management career, this book will revolutionise the way you work. Stop getting bogged down in the details and start focusing on what truly matters: delivering value and leading with strategic vision.

Other titles planned for this series include:

- Small Businesses

- LEAN practitioners

- Adult educators

- Teachers

- Non-profits

- University students

- Trainers

- Sales

- Board members

- Therapists

- Academic researchers

Any other ideas - let me know!

Imagine having a personal tutor available 24/7, a research assistant that never sleeps, and a study buddy that's always eager to help. Now, picture all of these rolled into one, accessible right from your smartphone or laptop. Welcome to the world of AI-powered studying! In 'Study smart with AI – 150 essential tools", I'll show you how to harness the incredible potential of artificial intelligence to transform your learning experience.

Whether you're cramming for exams, tackling complex assignments, or simply trying to make sense of difficult concepts, this guide will equip you with practical AI tools and techniques to supercharge your study sessions. Get ready to unlock a new level of academic success – it's time to study smarter, not harder!

If you're an educator, you should read this book! Practical ways to make your learning spaces more accessible for all students, leveraging the power of artificial intelligence and modern technologies.

Lillian Nave, host of the Think UDL podcast writes "... this is more than an ordinary resource depot. In this voluminous book, Houghton goes far beyond just culling the best ideas, illustrations, and representative cases to offer the reader a full plate of choices to put into practice.

The accessibility section fully delineates how learning differences can be viewed as assets first. It is this strength based and talent focussed approach that sets Houghton’s work apart from most and offers a pathway for success for both teachers and learners alike. "

What actually is AI - artificial intelligence - in the field of education? How can you as an an educator, leverage it's potential, stay ahead of the game of student plagiarism and make AI work for you, your students and turn your classroom into a space that embraces and teaches your learners how to best use AI?

Drawing on principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), this book helps you help your students become expert learners in the new and rapidly changing world we inhabit where AI is a part of the toolset everyone can draw upon. Pandora's Box is well and truly open, and AI is out there and WILL be used, whether we like it or not.

So come on in and see how as an educator AI can help you, your students and make creating content for your learning experiences easier and more fun than ever before!

Full of practical examples for teachers and links to further resources, I wrote this book as one I would like to read myself. It will help you with ideas and tools that you can take and apply straight into your teaching!