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Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL)Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) provides access to the highest-quality learning and performance aiding that can be tailored to individual needs and delivered cost-effectively, anytime and anywhere. Members from government, academia, and industry seek to develop an open architecture for online learning. Phone: 703-575-2000. Web: http://www.adlnet.org |
Advertising Research Foundation (ARF)Advertising Research Foundation (ARF), founded in 1936, has members from more than 400 advertisers, advertising agencies, research firms, media companies, educational institutions, and international organizations. Its mission is to improve the practice of advertising, marketing, and media research in pursuit of more effective marketing and advertising communications. Phone: 212-751-5656. Web: www.thearf.org |
American Advertising Federation (AAF)American Advertising Federation (AAF) binds the mutual interests of corporate advertisers, agencies, media companies, suppliers, and academia as well as promoting diversity in advertising by hiring from a diverse culture pool. Member benefits include an annual marketing conference, an advertising conference, a government conference, publications, and a job bank. Phone: (800) 999-2231. Web: http://www.aaf.org |
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) is a nonprofit membership organization for people over 50. AARP’s Research Center gathers information about the mature market. AARP provides a wide range of unique benefits, special products, and services for our members. Some benefits include "AARP The Magazine," the monthly "AARP Bulletin," and a Spanish-language newspaper, "Segunda Juventud" Phone: (888) 687-2277 . Web: http://www.aarp.org |
American Business MediaFounded in 1906, American Business Media is the association of business information providers, delivering business intelligence to industry, Madison Avenue, Wall Street and the Beltway. Its 350 -plus member companies reach an audience of more than 100 million professionals and represent nearly 6,000 print and online titles and 1,000 trade shows and well over $26 billion in annual revenues. Phone: 212-661-6360; fax 212.370.0736. Web: http://www.americanbusinessmedia.com |
American Marketing Association (AMA)The American Marketing Association, one of the largest professional associations for marketers, has 38,000 members worldwide in every area of marketing. For over six decades the AMA has been the leading source for information, knowledge sharing and development in the marketing profession. Phone: 800-262-1150 or (312) 542-9000. Web: http://www.marketingpower.com/Pages/default.aspx |
American Psychological Association (APA)Based in Washington, DC, the American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States. With 148,000 members, APA is the largest association of psychologists worldwide. Phone: 800-374-2721 or 202-336-5500. Web: http://www.apa.org |
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) is the world’s largest association dedicated to workplace learning and performance professionals. ASTD’s members come from more than 100 countries and connect locally in almost 136 U.S. chapters and 26 Global Networks. Members work in thousands of organizations of all sizes, in government, as independent consultants, and suppliers. Phone: (800) 628-2783 or (703) 683-8100. Web: http://www.astd.org |
American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) is an organization of more than 23,500 association executives and suppliers of products and services. ASAE is open to all staff members of trade associations, individual membership societies, voluntary organizations, and other nonprofit associations. ASAE members manage trade associations, individual membership societies and voluntary organizations. ASAE's International Section publishes a bimonthly newsletter, International News, and a peer networking and resource directory. ASAE sponsors sessions on international topics at major meetings and monthly round-table luncheons in the Washington, DC, area that are now available by audio broadcast. ASAE also offers research on international topics through the ASAE ASSIST database. ASAE offers a number of other publications including a Peer Resource and Networking Directory, research studies on meetings, and guides on the future of trade shows. The organization has 13 professional-interest sections, including a Meetings & Expositions Section. Most events are open to nonmembers. Phone: (888) 950-2723 or (202) 371-8315. Web: http://www.asaenet.org |
American Strategic Management InstituteThe American Strategic Management Institute (ASMI) is the nation's leading authority on measurement and management methodologies for improving individual and organizational performance. ASMI's mission is to identify, study and disseminate the leading strategic management and performance measurement practices pioneered by best-in-class organizations.Through national conferences, in-house training programs, consulting services and on-going research, ASMI helps organizations access cutting-edge expertise in planning, implementing and evaluating business strategies to address their management challenges and improve organizational results. Phone: 703-894-0920. Web: www.asmiweb.com |
Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) represents nearly 30,000 members in more than 197 chapters throughout the world, working to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education and certification programs. The association fosters development and growth of fundraising professionals and promotes high ethical standards in the fundraising profession. For more information or to join the world’s largest association of fundraising professionals. Phone: 703-684-0410. Web: http://www.nsfre.org |
Association of Test PublishersEstablished in 1992, ATP is a non-profit, member-run organization that represents providers of tests and assessment tools and/or services related to assessment, selection, screening, certification, licensing, educational or clinical uses. For more than a decade ATP has worked to educate the public and government bodies about the positive contributions that tests, when professionally developed and properly used, can provide to society, while also promoting awareness of and compliance with laws regarding copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights. Phone: 866-240-7909 . Web: http://www.testpublishers.org |
Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR)Formerly known as the Trade Show Bureau, for 30 years, CEIR has been highlighting the importance of exhibitions in today's business environment. Our goal is to promote the image, value and growth of exhibitions. This is accomplished through producing primary research studies that prove the effectiveness and efficiency of exhibitions as a marketing medium. We then incorporate those findings within a targeted, ongoing promotional campaign. Phone: (972) 687-9242. Web: http://www.ceir.org |
CommerceNetCommerceNet is a not-for-profit business-development organization that focuses on promoting the cause of electronic commerce. It combines elements of research labs, start-up incubator, and public interest initiative to create a unique entrepreneurial R&D organization. Members include leading banks, telecommunications companies, online services, and software companies as well as major end users. Phone: (650) 289-4040. Web: http://www.commerce.net |
Convention Industry Council (CIC)CIC's member represent more than 103,500 individuals and 17,300 firms and properties involved in the meetings, conventions and exhibitions industry. CIC offers many tools and programs designed to support the industry and meet its challenges; facilitate the exchange of information and ideas; and educate the public on its profound economic impact. Phone: (571) 527-3116 . Web: http://www.conventionindustry.org/ |
Council for Marketing & Opinion Research (CMOR)Council for Marketing & Opinion Research (CMOR) is a non-profit organization which works on behalf of the survey research industry to improve respondent cooperation in research and to promote positive legislation and prevent restrictive legislation which could impact the survey research industry. CMOR membership is comprised of more than 150 organizations, including industry trade associations, research providers, end users or client companies, academic institutions and individuals. All of these CMOR members work together to protect the integrity of the marketing and opinion research process by improving respondent cooperation, improving the research process, and positively impacting privacy and other legislation related to survey research. Phone: (860) 682-1000. Web: http://www.cmor.org |
Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO)Founded in 1975, The Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO) represents over 300 companies and research operations in the United States and abroad. CASRO is the “Voice and Values” of the survey research industry. - We promote a rigorous code of conduct that enhances the image of survey research and protects the public’s rights and privacy - We advocate our industry’s effective self-regulation when legislators propose bills that threaten legitimate survey research - We champion legitimate research companies and marginalize disreputable research “pretenders” who threaten to tarnish the industry’s reputation and alienate respondents Phone: (631) 928-6954. Web: http://www.casro.org |
Customer Care Institute (CCI)Customer Care Institute (CCI) is an international organization serving customer care professionals. It focuses on issues found in the customer service, consumer affairs, telemarketing, and help-desk professions. With more than 7,000 members, CCI provides Customer Care assessments, Customer Care Manager and Customer Care Professional certification courses, Customer satisfaction measurement programs, front-line skills and management training, as well as many others. Phone: 404-352-9291. Web: http://www.customercare.com |
Customer Relationship Management Association (CRMA)Customer Relationship Management Association (CRMA) represents what is now becoming an organized body of knowledge and strategy to be reckoned with. The CRM Association aims at representing the industry as not just a purveyor of knowledge and information, but an action-oriented association that will protect and promote the interests of customer relationship management and its institutions and provide the members with the tools that it needs to enrich and improve that customer experience – be it the member’s direct customers or the customers of the members customers. Phone: 770-642-1834. Web: http://www.crmassociation.org |
Customer Service Benchmarking AssociationCustomer Service Benchmarking Association is an association of companies that conducts benchmarking studies to identify the best practices surrounding Customer Service issues that improve the overall operations of the members. Members of Customer Service Benchmarking Association are concerned with establishing and managing effective Customer Service agreements, as well as, developing measures of real performance and processes for maintaining relationships with customers. Phone: (281)440-5044. Web: http://csbenchmarking.com/ |
Destination Marketing Association InternationalAs the world’s largest and most reliable resource for official destination marketing organizations (DMOs), with offices in North America and Europe, Destination Marketing Association International is dedicated to improving the effectiveness of over 1,500 professionals from 625+ destination marketing organizations in more than 25 countries. We provide our members—professionals, industry partners, students & educators—the most cutting-edge educational resources, networking opportunities, and marketing benefits available worldwide. Phone: 202-296-7888. Web: http://www.iacvb.org |
Direct Marketing Association (DMA)The Direct Marketing Association is the leading global trade association of businesses and nonprofit organizations using and supporting multichannel direct marketing tools and techniques. DMA advocates industry standards for responsible marketing, promotes relevance as the key to reaching consumers with desirable offers, and provides cutting-edge research, education, and networking opportunities to improve results throughout the end-to-end direct marketing process. Founded in 1917, DMA today represents more than 3,600 companies from dozens of vertical industries in the US and 50 other nations, including the majority of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as nonprofit organizations. Phone: 212-768-7277. Web: http://www.the-dma.org |
Direct Marketing Association (DMA)The Direct Marketing Association is the leading global trade association of businesses and nonprofit organizations using and supporting multichannel direct marketing tools and techniques. DMA advocates industry standards for responsible marketing, promotes relevance as the key to reaching consumers with desirable offers, and provides cutting-edge research, education, and networking opportunities to improve results throughout the end-to-end direct marketing process. Founded in 1917, DMA today represents more than 3,600 companies from dozens of vertical industries in the US and 50 other nations, including the majority of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as nonprofit organizations. Phone: 212-768-7277 or 212-790-1500. Web: http://www.the-dma.org |
Employee Involvement Association (EIA)The Employee Involvement Association is a non-profit service organization composed of members from finance, commerce, industry and government, dedicated to the worth, contributions and benefits of employee suggestion systems and other employee involvement processes. It renders to all members of the Association services which cannot be accomplished by individual members or companies, but only through the collective efforts of all concerned. The Association will support all methods of communication between employees and employer for the purpose of ideas expression and exchange. Phone: 937-586-3724. Web: http://www.eianet.org |
Employee Services Management AssociationEmployee Services Management Association, (ESM Association), is a nonprofit association that serves as an information resource network for 1,000 members nationwide. These members are responsible for implementing and maintaining a diverse range of employee services. ESM Association believes that employee services, practical solutions to work/life issues, are essential to sound business management. These programs improve relations between employees and management, increase overall productivity, boost morale and reduce absenteeism and turnover. Phone: 630-559-0020. Web: www.esmassn.org |
