Professional Organizations

Links for technical writers and others who create technical documentation and software documentation: professional organizations.

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ASTC NSW

Australian Society for Technical Communication (NSW).

ASTC Vic

Australian Society for Technical Communication (Vic).

CRT

French professional organization of technical writers. Most information is also available in English.

ISTC

Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators, the largest UK-based society for professional communicators.

JTCA

Japan Technical Communicators Association.

SA-STC

South African Society for Technical Communication.

STC

Society for Technical Communication.

 

SIGs and chapters in Europe:

STC Europe SIG: http://www.stc-europe.org

STC Belgium: http://www.stc-belgium.org

STC France: http://www.stcfrance.org

STC TransAlpine: http://www.stc-transalpine.org

STC UK and Ireland: http://www.stcuk.org

TCANZ

The Technical Communicators Association of New Zealand.

Tecom

Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Technische Kommunikation.

tekom

German professional association for technical communication and information development. Members can also read articles of the tk magazine in English and German.
Select your country and language in the upper right corner.

TWIN

Technical Writers of India.

ACM SIGCHI

The Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on computer-human interaction.

ACM SIGDOC

The Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Design of Communication.

AIGA

The professional association for design.

ANZSI

Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers.

ASI

The American Society of Indexers, devoted to the advancement of indexing, abstracting, and database building.

asis&t

American Society for Information Science and Technology.

asja

American Society of Journalists and Authors.

ASP

Association of Support Professionals.

ASTD

American Society for Training and Development, dedicated to workplace learning and performance professionals.

ATA

American Translators Association.

ATTW

Association of Teachers of Technical Writing.

BDÜ

Bundesverband der Dolmetscher und Übersetzer e.V.

DGI

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Informationswissenschaft und Informationspraxis e.V.

DNI

Deutsches Netzwerk der Indexer.

eLearning Guild

Community for e-Learning Professionals.

GAL

Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik e.V.

GI

Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), die größte Informatikfachvertretung im deutschsprachigen Raum. Hat u.a. einen Fachbereich zur Mensch-Computer-Interaktion (MCI).

HFES

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

IABC

International Association of Business Communicators.

IEEE PCS

Professional Communication Society.

IA Institute

The Information Architecture Institute.

Interaction, the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Group

The British HCI group, a specialist group of the British Computer Society (BCS).

ISPI

International Society for Performance Improvement.

ITI

Institute of Translation and Interpreting.

ITIA

Irish Translators’ and Interpreters’ Association

IxDA

Interaction Design Association.

LISA

Localization Industry Standards Association, a non-profit organization for globalization, internationalization, localization and translation.

PACT

Professional Association for Computer Training.

PLAIN

Plain Language Association International.

Society of Indexers

British and Irish professional body for indexing.

TELI

Journalistenvereinigung für technisch-wissenschaftliche Publizistik, die weltweit älteste Organisation von Technik- und Wissenschaftsjournalisten.

UNIVERSITAS AUSTRIA

Berufsverband für Dolmetscher und Übersetzer.

UPA

Usability Professionals Association. There is a good link list on this web site. For the link list, go to "Usability Resources" in the main menu on top.

VDI

Verein Deutscher Ingenieure. Mit rund 125.000 persönlichen Mitgliedern der größte technisch-wissenschaftliche Verein in Deutschland.

VFLL

Verband der Freien Lektorinnen und Lektoren.

Xplor International

Worldwide association of users and suppliers of products and services that create customized information.

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This page was last updated 08/2010.

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