Capacity Building

This survey on the opinions of female senior public administrators in Orissa, India, reveals the degree of women administrators' awareness of and interest in public administration university degree programs and public administration journals.

This booklet provides recommendations to women leaders on obtaining and securing powerful positions within governments and local communities. It identifies the traps women face in securing increased and fair power, and provides a guide on how to avoid them.

This document includes a series of questions that serve to identify and evaluate leadership skills. It covers leadership aspects such as values, personal mastery skills, communication skills, team skills, and organizational skills.

This manual provides seven tips for writing an effective speech. It offers advice for assessing an audience, keeping it simple, and involving an audience in the speech.

This manual provides political candidates with techniques to use during press briefings and interviews. It offers tips on writing effective press releases and general guidelines for effective campaign communication.

This training material discusses organizational development in order to explain how people function within an organization. It addresses group decision-making and the role of the leader in maximizing the skills of a team. It can be used as a resource in campaign development workshops.

This guide highlights some important issues to consider when organizing training programs. It offers recommendations on adult training and development, mapping out the purpose and process of a program, and evaluating the results of a program.

This training material was designed for a National Democratic Institute for International Affairs' (NDI) professional development workshop on “Adult Audiences, Training Agendas and You.” The objective of the guide is to enhance the ability of NDI program staff to design and evaluate training act

This guide provides information on how to use the internet for legislative research.