The HR Council on Social Development, the United Community Services Co-op, and Fraserside Community Services Society have been working on a project to promote shared services and collective business activities to the voluntary and non-profit sector.

Lee Rose, the HR Council's communications manager, says the project "aims to bring together a group of regional and national partner organizations to explore opportunities to develop shared service models in their particular regions or areas of activity."

Seniors today have many valuable skills and experiences. They have put time and effort into their communities and need to be recognized for their contributions. On January 15, 2008 Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, announced $16,592,175 in funding for “New Horizons for Seniors” projects across Canada.

A new “how to” book outlines the successful practices of high impact non profits and how to replicate them within your own organization.

A recently-published study suggests non profit leaders are more effective and rate highly on their leadership skills than their for profit counterparts.

Ever wonder how your nonprofit organization will cope with upcoming demographic shifts – baby boomer retirement, appealing to a new generations of workers – or how to find individuals with the right skill sets to volunteer with, staff and lead your organization? If so, you will be happy to know you are not alone - so has the top leadership of Canada’s non-profit sector, this according to a recent study by Imagine Canada

Bridgestar, an American non-profit organization providing talent-matching services, content and capacity-building toolkits designed to help non-profit organizations build strong leadership teams recently released “Hiring Toolkit – Navigating the Hiring Process”. The purpose of the toolkit is to help create a hiring process that will produce a match between an organization’s talent needs and potential candidates.

The Carold Institute for the Advancement of Citizenship in Social Change has recently launched a $50,000 fellowship, to be awarded annually to leaders in the nonprofit sector. The goal of the Alan Thomas Fellowship is to promote greater public understanding of the significance of voluntary action and to strengthen leadership for civil society and democratic/voluntary action.

Long work hours and low pay were two of the biggest reasons why young non-profit employees in the United States would consider leaving the non-profit sector and finding careers in the government and business sectors.