Indiana STC Society for Technical Communication - Indiana Chapter

American Medical Writers Association

Subject: Medical Writing, Scientific Writing, Life Sciences Industry
Publisher: American Medical Writers Association
Category: Organizations
Type: Website
Description: The American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), founded in 1940, is the leading professional organization for biomedical communicators. If you write, edit, or are employed in the field of biomedical communication as a teacher or as a specialist in multimedia, public relations, advertising, or marketing, check out what's going on at the local level. The Indiana Chapter website contains information about local educational events, employment opportunities and more.

Source/URI: http://www.amwa.org/

American Society for Training and Development

Subject: Training, Curriculum Development, Instructional Design
Publisher: American Society of Training and Development
Category: Organizations
Type: Website
Description: ASTD is a leading association of workplace learning and performance professionals, forming a world-class community of practice. ASTD's 70,000 members and associates come from more than 100 countries and thousands of organizations--multinational corporations, medium-sized and small businesses, government, academia, consulting firms, and product and service suppliers. Check out the Central Indiana Chapter website for information about local events and employment opportunities.

Source/URI: http://www.astd.org/astd

Association for Information and Image Management

Subject: Enterprise Content Management, Image Management, Records Management
Publisher: Association for Information and Image Management
Category: Organizations
Type: Website
Description: AIIM International is the enterprise content management industry’s leading global organization. AIIM members work to establish an effective business infrastructure in the digital age including the ability to capture, manage, store, preserve and deliver enterprise content to support business processes. Check out the Hoosier Chapter website for information about local events.

Source/URI: http://www.aiim.org/

Association of Proposal Management Professionals

Subject: Business Proposals, Proposal Development
Publisher: Association of Proposal Management Professionals
Category: Organizations
Type: Website
Description: The mission of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) is to advance the arts, sciences, and technology of new business acquisition and to promote the professionalism of those engaged in those pursuits. APMP assists senior management executives, proposal managers, business developers, and market professionals get a jump start on their competition by learning the latest trends and issues in the world of proposal development. The website for the Greater Midwest Chapter, APMP's first virtual chapter, provides information on local events, job opportunities, and other resources.

Source/URI: http://www.apmp.org/

Content Management Professionals

Subject: Content Management, Web Content Management, Digital Asset Management, Enterprise Content Management, Component Content Management, Single-Sourcing
Publisher: Content Management Professionals
Category: Organizations
Type: Website
Description: Content Management Professionals (CM Pros) is the international content management community of practice. CM Pros believes that content management is essential to organizations of every type ... that it harvests and promotes both financial and human value for the companies and organizations that can tap its potential. CM Pros is a membership organization that fosters the sharing of content management information, practices, and strategies. Members are content management practitioners, both inside and outside organizations who want to develop their expertise and share it with others.

Source/URI: http://www.cmpros.org

Editorial Freelancers Association

Subject: Freelance Editors, Writers, Indexers, Proofreaders, Researchers, Desktop Publishers, Translators
Publisher: Editorial Freelancers Association
Category: Organizations
Type: Website
Description: The Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) is a national, nonprofit, professional organization of self-employed workers in the publishing and communications industries. Members are editors, writers, indexers, proofreaders, researchers, desktop publishers, translators, and others who offer a broad range of skills and specialties. For information on local EFA events, visit the Indianapolis Chapter web site.

Source/URI: http://www.the-efa.org/

Information Architecture Institute

Subject: Information Architecture, Tools, Library, Resources
Publisher: Information Architecture Institute
Category: Organizations
Type: Website
Description: The Information Architecture Institute is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to advancing and promoting information architecture. Founded in 2002, the Institute has over 1000 members in 60 countries.

Source/URI: http://iainstitute.org/

Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators

Subject: Technical Communication, Technical Writing, Technical Illustration, Science, Scientific Communication
Publisher: Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators
Category: Organizations
Type: Website
Description: The Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC) is the largest UK body representing professional communicators and information designers. A member of INTECOM (International Council for Technical Communication), the ISTC's mission is to set and improve standards for communication of scientific and technical information.

Source/URI: http://www.istc.org.uk/

International Association of Business Communicators

Subject: Business Communication, Organizational Communication
Publisher: International Association of Business Communicators
Category: Organizations
Type: Website
Description: The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is the premier international knowledge network for professionals engaged in strategic business communication management. Check out the Indiana Chapter website for local educational and networking opportunities.

Source/URI: http://www.iabc.com/

Localization Industry Standards Association

Subject: Localization, Globalization, Translation, Internationalization, Standards
Publisher: Localization Industry Standards Association
Category: Organizations
Type: Website
Description: Founded in 1990 as a non-profit association, LISA is the premier organization for the GILT (Globalization, Internationalization, Localization, and Translation) business communities. Over 400 leading IT manufacturers and solutions providers, along with industry professionals and an increasing number of vertical market corporations with an international business focus, have helped establish LISA best practice guidelines and language-technology standards for enterprise globalization.

Source/URI: http://www.lisa.org/

Public Relations Society of America

Subject: Public Relations, Marketing Communications
Publisher: Public Relations Society of America
Category: Organizations
Type: Website
Description: Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) is the world's largest organization for public relations professionals. Its nearly 20,000 members, organized into 114 chapters, represent business and industry, technology, counseling firms, government, associations, hospitals, schools, professional services firms and nonprofit organizations. Chartered in 1947, PRSA's primary objectives are to advance the standards of the public relations profession and to provide members with professional development opportunities through continuing education programs, information exchange forums and research projects conducted on the national and local levels. Visit the Hoosier Chapter website for local event information.

Source/URI: http://www.prsa.org/

Special Libraries Association

Subject: Library Sciences, Information Professionals
Publisher: Special Libraries Association
Category: Organizations
Type: Website
Description: The Special Libraries Association (SLA) was founded in 1909 in the state of New York and is now the international association representing the interests of thousands of information professionals in over eighty countries worldwide. Special librarians are information resource experts who collect, analyze, evaluate, package, and disseminate information to facilitate accurate decision-making in corporate, academic, and government settings. To learn more about Indiana-area SLA events, check out the Indiana Special Libraries Association website.

Source/URI: http://www.sla.org/

TechPoint

Subject: Information Technology, Indiana
Publisher: TechPoint
Category: Organizations
Type: Website
Description: TechPoint is the leading change agent for Indiana’s technology industry. TechPoint programs, member services, advocacy and economic development efforts drive the growth, development and retention of the state’s technology clusters: Advanced Manufacturing, Distribution and Logistics, Health and Life Sciences, and Information Technology. TechPoint has nearly 400 members, including software developers, systems integrators, automobile systems manufacturers, Internet providers, IT consultants, pharmaceutical companies, health providers, law firms, financial institutions, insurance providers, venture capitalists, accounting firms, recruiters and others.

Source/URI: http://www.techpoint.org/

Women and Hi Tech

Subject: Technology, Indiana
Publisher: Women and Hi Tech
Category: Organizations
Type: Website
Description: Women and Hi Tech is an organization of women and men whose goal is to attract, develop, retain, support and promote women who are interested in technology, through networking, mentoring, education and professional development. W&HT define technology broadly to include science, engineering, health care, information systems, computer science and other established and emerging technologies. The organization serves women in any field in which technology has had an impact, starting in grade school and continuing through their professional careers.

Source/URI: http://www.womenandhitech.org/