Community Sector Council of NS -  Executive Director and Board Members Required.
There is an initiation underway to start up the Community Sector Council of Nova Scotia by January 2013, and as part of that initiative a search has begun to build a Board of Directors.   If you are interested in being on the Board of Directors for this initiative to bring nonprofit organizations together you can find more information about the organization and the application process in this link -  Community Sector Council of NS.  

As well the Council is looking for an enterprising and values-based leader who will work with the Board of Directors and other sector stakeholders to build an organization that is not only responsive to and engaged with the needs of nonprofit and voluntary organizations across Nova Scotia, but also innovative in its approach to addressing our sector’s labour force and human resources challenges.   Further information on this position is available through this link
CSCNS - Executive Director

FOCO AGM -  The AGM was held at the Westin Hotel  on Sept 7th.   The following documents are available by clicking on the links

Current Newsletter - December 2012

Nonprofit Focused Student Project.

A new national study by the HR Council for the Nonprofit Sector reports that many executive directors are dealing with a high level of stress and that this is a factor in retaining organizational leaders. The study does not reveal the causes of this stress or how individuals and organizations are responding constructively to it.

Stress is one of the topics covered in most organizational behaviour courses. If you are willing to be interviewed about your experience with workplace stress you could help a team of five second year Dalhousie management students look a little more closely at this issue. They will be expected to develop a report on stress in the nonprofit sector and present on it this Fall. The course instructor, Grant MacDonald is seeking 10 -15 executive directors as possible interviewees for this student project. If you are willing to volunteer please contact him. (grant.macdonald@dal.ca)

Upcoming Events for 2013

The FOCO/Phoenix Research Project