Communication Strategies

Best Practices of Effective Parties: Three training modules for political parties

Resource Summary: 

NDI developed a series of modules for use by party trainers, on internal democracy, transparency and outreach. These modules aim to help parties examine and improve current organizational practices and institute new practices as needed.

Links for trainers

A good training includes auditory, visual and kinesthetic methodologies. See below for links to movies that can be used in training as well as free sites for creating your own online courses.

Movies for party training
Tips on using movies for training includes lesson plans
Leadership films

Create Online Courses
Dokeos e-learning select "create a free course"

Presidential debate via youtube 23 July

In case anyone still doubts how much technology is changing politics, on July 23, the Democratic candidates for president are going to debate issues and answer questions posed by citizens via youtube! In other words, whoever has a video camera on their computer can submit a question.

See more in The New York Times.

Political Campaign Planning Manual: A Step by Step Guide to Winning Elections

Resource Summary: 

A political campaign can be an exciting experience. A great deal will happen between now and Election Day and with a little forethought and planning, you can be prepared for all the twists and turns and, in many cases, control de situation. This manual is designed to help you anticipate what will happen and be better prepared.

Triangle of Best Practices of Effective Parties

flashv4 Around the world, healthy parties develop and maintain democratic internal structures, promote and enforce transparency and accountability, and consistently revitalize their membership through outreach to new sectors.

The Triangle of Best Practices of Effective Parties moves beyond the theoretical by identifying the best practices that political parties can adopt to improve their performance.

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