The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) has high-quality PDFs of its new "Organizational Effectiveness Series" available for downloading from its website.

"Organizational Effectiveness Series" is a collection of 14 technical assistance manuals geared to community-based organizations; HIV prevention community planning groups; health departments; and other nonprofit organizations in the United States and its territories. The series will be available in Spanish in 2004.

Produced by the Council's Technical Assistance, Training and Treatment Division, with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the series may be used alone, or in conjunction with NMAC guidance and programs, such as the United States Conference on AIDS or the KIC Regional Trainings.

Each volume in the series, listed below, is named after the element of the capacity-building experience it explores in-depth, providing guidance and cutting-edge information:

• Board Development
• Faith-based Leadership Development
• Fiscal Management
• Grant Writing
• Human Resources
• Leadership Development
• Needs Assessment
• Program Development
• Program Evaluation
• Starting a Nonprofit
• Strategic Planning
• Surviving an Audit
• Technology Development
• Volunteer Management

Also available is the "HIV Prevention Community Planning" training manual.

Visit www.nmac.org, click on "Publications," then click on "TA Publications" to download the series. Please note: The manuals' PDF files are large, and may take several minutes to download. A CD-Rom containing the complete set of manuals also is available free-of-charge. To request a copy, please contact the NMAC Publications Coordinator by e-mail at publications@nmac.org; fax: 202-483-1135; or phone: 202-483-6622.