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Voices from the Voluntary Sector
Perspectives on Leadership Challenges
Frederick Bird (Author), Frances 'Westley (Author)
9780802091017
Hardback, published 15 January 2011
448 pages, 4 figures; 1 table; 4 halftones
23.6 x 15.9 x 3.3 cm, 0.84 kg
’If you are interested in reading 15 well-written, diverse, stimulating, and sometimes moving essays from Canadian nonprofit leaders, this is your book... A refreshing combination of nonprofit leadership experience and well-digested management theory and research.’ - Michael O’Neill (Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, vol 20:10:2011)
The voluntary sector is made up primarily of not-for-profit and non-governmental organizations that engage with social issues. Voices from the Voluntary Sector contains reasoned reflections by practitioners on some of the significant challenges faced by today's not-for-profit organizations in Canada. Broad in scope, these essays present a rich, multi-dimensional set of vignettes that as a whole express the vitality and humanity of the voluntary sector in Canada. The contributors discuss organizational and managerial challenges, social entrepreneurship, and how to foster effective global movements. The essays include a reflection on the ways that young people can find the courage to become leaders, an exploration of the absence of First Nations peoples within voluntary sector organizations, and a consideration how parental incarceration affects the life prospects of children. Voices from the Voluntary Sector is a valuable resource that addresses a wide range of concerns related to the responsiveness, character, and leadership of third sector organizations.