Links

= Links =
 * Useful links including webpages, blogs, and wikis. **

American Medical Writers Association
The American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) is the professional organization for writers, editors, and other communicators of medical information. The association offers a highly regarded continuing education program, including distance learning and a certificate program; an annual conference featuring prominent speakers, discussion sessions, and workshops; networking opportunities through the annual conference and chapter activities. []

American Society of Business and Publication Editors
The American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) is the professional association for full-time and freelance editors and writers employed in the business, trade, and specialty press. [|http://www.asbpe.org]

American Society of Indexers
The American Society for Indexing, Inc. (ASI) is a national association founded in 1968 to promote excellence in indexing and increase awareness of the value of well-written and well-designed indexes. ASI serves indexers, librarians, abstractors, editors, publishers, database producers, data searchers, product developers, technical writers, academic professionals, researchers and readers, and others concerned with indexing. []

American Society of Journalists and Authors
ASJA is the only professional association focused on independent nonfiction writers. Members share expertise, ideas, opportunities, and inside information critical to success in a constantly changing environment. [|http://www.asja.org]

The Canadian Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (CATTW)
The Canadian Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (CATTW) had two e-lists administered by Simon Fraser University: cattw-announce and cattw-net. The CATTW e-list moved to a new home at the University of Winnipeg and is now administered there. []

Docsymmetry.com
This site, whether you are a manager or a technical writer, will get you all working on the same page—a kind of unified communications! If you are a writer, you will see that technical writing requires skills other than the ability to write. []

The EServer Technical Communication Library
The EServer Technical Communication Library is a free, open-access, categorized index of 21,393 works available online for professional, scientific and technical communicators (such as technical writers). We seek to help people inside and outside these fields to browse, read, and learn more about the profession. This site is part of the EServer, a nonprofit dedicated since 1990 to accessible quality writing, and is based in the Rhetoric and Professional Communication programs at Iowa State University. []

HTML Writers Guild
This Web Design Training Program has provided the very best in online web design training to more than 100,000 individuals interested in web design and development since 1998. This Web Design Courses cover a breadth of Web work, from html to Flash; from Dreamweaver to Photoshop. Each online Web class is taught by our fellow experts and working professionals in the field. [|http://www.hwg.org]

IEEE Professional Communication Society
IEEE Professional Communication Society is concerned with the art of clear writing and speaking. Now their interests extend to distance learning, web design and hypertext, document usability, video, team writing, visual communication, information design, communication and publication management and production, user interface design, and information dissemination, retrieval, and use. []

Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators
Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators produces several types of publication: Journal - a quarterly journal for members only, or by subscription, Newsletter - the latest news in the world of communication, available to all, Books - reference material published by the ISTC and reviews of other publications, Courses guide.- details of communication courses available in the UK. []

Language Software Reviews
Language Software Reviews provides reviews and comparisons of the most popular language learning software. []

Los Angeles County Society for Technical Communication
The Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Technical Communication offers opportunities for networking with technical communication professionals in a convivial atmosphere. [|http://www.lastc.org]

MSU STC Blog
Minnesota State University, Mankato consists of 11 members. The chapter organizes seasonal events, which help members promote professionalism, network, and learn about the technical communication industry. []

OJR: The Online Journalism Reveiw
Dedicated to helping good journalism and good journalists thrive in the Digital Now. A partnership between USC Annenberg and UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism funded by the Knight Foundation. []

Plain Language
Improving Communication from the Federal Government to the Public []

Society for Technical Communication
The Society for Technical Communication is a professional association dedicated to the advancement of technical communication. Technical communicators research and create information about technical processes or products directed to a targeted audience through various forms of media. []

TECHWHIRL
TechWhirl.Com is an online magazine and email discussion group for technical communicators around the world. Our vision is to be a platform that allows technical communicators to receive Information, do Networking, and gain Knowledge throughout their career. []

Women in Technology International
Carolyn Leighton founded WITI to help women advance by providing access to - and support from - other professional women working in all sectors of technology. WITI is the premiere global organization empowering women in business and technology to achieve unimagined possibilities. []