Fifty years in public causes : stories from a road less traveled
"In this memoir, Brian O'Connell traces a lifetime of organizing beginning at the local level and extending to national and international crusades. O'Connell worked with the American Heart Association in its earliest efforts to reduce death and disability from heart attack and stroke, spent 12 years as a national head of the Mental Health Association during major breakthroughs in understanding and treatment of depression, and chaired the founding committee of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation. In 1980 he and John Gardner launched INDEPENDENT SECTOR where O'Connell served for 15 years as president and CEO of a vast coalition devoted to strengthening voluntary initiative, philanthropy, and civic action." "A dynamic activist, O'Connell is also a compelling author and inspiring teacher, who uses every opportunity to pass along his experiences to others who are also trying to build public causes. His latest book provides practical and appealing examples of how much is accomplished by impassioned and organized people."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2005
Tufts University Press, Medford, Mass., ©2005
Biography
xii, 228 pages ; 24 cm.
9781584654766, 1584654767
57168519
Which road to where? : false starts, unexpected influences, and a special mentor, 1953-1956
A straight-up learning curve : American Heart Association Maryland director, 1956-1961
Riding the golden bear : American Heart Association California director, 1961-1966
Herding cats, tiger-size : Mental Health Association national director, 1966-1971
Survival, successes, and enough : Mental Health Association national director, 1971-1978
"It won't fly, Orville" : creating Independent Sector, 1978-1980
Early victories and lessons : Independent Sector, 1980-1985
Powered by coalition : Independent Sector, 1985-1995
What's a community organizer doing globally? : international assignments, 1985-2005
Bridging the worlds of action and writing : fourteen books from the practitioner's view, 1975-2005
Improbable professor : university college of citizenship and public service, Tufts University, 1995-2005
If the past is prologue : for those going forward, 2005-2055
Appendix: chief volunteer officers with whom I served
"Published by University Press of England."