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).

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.

 

Chapters in Europe:

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.

TWIN

Technical Writers of India.

Other

Organizations in other countries (websites in local languages):

Finland: http://www.stvy.fi
Netherlands: http://www.stic.nl

ACES

American Copy Editors Society.

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

American Society for Indexing.

asis&t

American Society for Information Science and Technology.

asja

American Society of Journalists and Authors.

ASP

Association of Support Professionals.

Association for Computational Linguistics

The Association for Computational Linguistics.

ASTD

American Society for Training and Development.

ATA

American Translators Association.

ATTW

Association of Teachers of Technical Writing.

BDÜ

Bundesverband der Dolmetscher und Übersetzer.

DNI

Deutsches Netzwerk der Indexer.

EFA

Editorial Freelancers Association

eLearning Guild

Community for e-Learning Professionals.

ELIA

European Language Industry Association.

EUATC

European Union of Associations of Translation Companies.

GAL

Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik.

GALA

Globalization and Localization Association.

GI

Gesellschaft für Informatik. Hat u.a. auch einen Fachbereich zur Mensch-Computer-Interaktion.

HFES

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

IABC

International Association of Business Communicators.

IEEE PCS

Professional Communication Society.

IA Institute

Information Architecture Institute.

Indexing Society of Canada

Indexing Society of Canada / Société canadienne d'indexation

Interaction, the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Group

British HCI group, a specialist group of the British Computer Society.

ISPI

International Society for Performance Improvement.

ITI

Institute of Translation and Interpreting.

ITIA

Irish Translators’ and Interpreters’ Association.

IxDA

Interaction Design Association.

OASIS

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards.

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.

TILP

The Institute of Localisation Professionals.

UNIVERSITAS AUSTRIA

Berufsverband für Dolmetscher und Übersetzer in Österreich.

UPA

Usability Professionals Association.

VDI

Verein Deutscher Ingenieure.

VFLL

Verband der Freien Lektorinnen und Lektoren.

Xplor International

Association of users and suppliers of products and services that create, modify and deliver customized information.

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This page was last updated 12/2011.

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