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Gailute Urbonaite-Narkeviciene received her Masters degree in Linguistics from the University of Vilnius, Lithuania, and also later taught in the Department of Lithuanian Studies. She serves as a principal of the Boston Lithuanian School and belongs to the Lithuanian Board of Education of the Lithuanian-American Community. She has previously co-authored, with Loreta Vilkiene, Kalbekime lietuviskai (Beginner's Lithuanian) and currently resides in Danvers, Massachusetts.

Poverty, illbeing and wellbeing; The development environment; Stakeholders in community development; The principles of community development; The features and outcome of community development; The community as main actor in community development; The place and role of community development workers; Community development workers and their organisations; Participatory decision-making, problem-solving and management; Communication skills; Group facilitation and leadership development; Conflict resolution, mediation and negotiation; Mobilisation and motivation; Operational writing; Meetings; Public speaking; Contact-making; Participatory research methodology; The start of a project; Planning and implementation; Evaluation and control; The training dialogue; Planning and presenting a training workshop.