Organizations that WonderWoman is Considering to Join for Communications Professioanls

After researching the many organizations available to Communication Professionals, I selected five to provide brief summaries about and listed them below.

1.       The Association for Women In Communications is an organization that caters to professional women.  They promote advancement for women by offering tools to help women pursue leadership positions.  As a woman, this group might be able to help me develop additional tools to pursue a position in the field of communications.  They also offer newsletters and an annual conference where other women will speak and offer advice and training. The link to their site is http://www.womcom.org/index.asp.

2.        IABC – The International Association of Business Communicators is an organization that provides networking opportunities.  The organization is made up of members from over 80 countries so they can offer a variety of expertise and cultures.  In addition to the networking opportunities, I am also interested in the training materials that the organization makes available to their members.  They have how-to articles, in class training, web training and conference calls.  The link to their site is http://www.iabc.com/about/.

3.       The American Communication Association is an organization that is also called ACA.  They are a non-profit organization. The interesting thing about this organization is that it is an online organization.  They have scholarly journals that they offer to their members.   I found this group to be interesting because they are on-line.  This is the way I am attending school and could easily be the way I connect to other networks.  An additional benefit is that it is free to join this group so you can try it for free.  The link to this site is http://www.americancomm.org/about/.

4.       PRSA stands for the Public Relations Society of America.  Their focus is on public relations but also touch the communications fields.  I am interested in this group because it helps me to find out more about a field similar to my communications major.  They focus on advancing the professional and to educate others on ethics.  In additional to training and networking opportunities, members get discounts from FedEx, Budget Rental Cars, Avis Rental Cars, financial planning assistance, etc.  The link to their site is http://www.prsa.org/.

5.       Maryland Communication Association is a group based out of Maryland for individuals in the field of Communications based out of Maryland.  The group is made up of communication educators, students and professionals.  The nice thing is that one does not have to wait until they have a job in the field of communications to join.  One can join as a student.  Their annual conference would be a great opportunity to meet a number of individuals in the State of Maryland that have a similar interest in communications.  The link to the site is http://www.marylandcomm.org/index.html.