There are hundreds of professional organizations dedicated to supporting learning professionals. Here is a list of some of the larger nonprofit organizations. If you have complete information on others, please send it to us. Thank you.


Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD)
PO Box 25113
Baton Rouge, LA 70894-5113
504-334-1874 tel, 504-334-1875 fax
Email: office@ahrd.org
Website: www.ahrd.org
Academy of Management
PO Box 3020
Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510-8020
914-923-2607 tel, 914-923-2615 fax
Email academy@aom.pace.edu
Website: www.aom.pace.edu
American Association for Adult & Continuing Education (AAACE)
1200 19th Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036-2401
202-429-5131 tel, 202-223-4579 fax
Email: aaace10@aol.com
Website:www.aaace.org
American Education Research Association (AERA)
1230 17th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036-3078
202-223-9485 tel
Discussion list AERA: listserv@asu.edu
Email: aera@aera.net
Website: www.aera.net
American Management Association (AMA) International
1601 Broadway
New York, New York 10019-7420
800-262-9699 or 212-586-8100 tel, 212-903-8168
Email: cust_serv@amanet.org
Website: www.amanet.org
American Society for Training & Development (ASTD)
1640 King Street, Box 1443
Alexandria, VA 22313-2043
800-NAT-ASTD (628-2783) or 703-683-8100, 703-683-8103 fax
Email: customercare@astd.org
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
PO Box 3728
Norfolk, VA 23514
757-623-7588 tel, 703-997-8760 fax
Email: info@aace.org
Executive Director & Founder, Gary H. Marks, Ph.D. GMarks@aace.org
Website: www.aace.org
Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning (ABSEL)
Center for Business Simulations, LB 8127
Georgia Southern College
Statesburo, GA 30460-8127
912-681-5457 tel
Discussion list ABSEL: mailserv@toe.towson.edu
Website: www.towson.edu/~absel/
(Journal, newsletter, conference)
Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
1025 Vermont Ave., NW, Suite 820
Washington, DC 20005
202-347-7834 tel, 202-347-7839 fax
Website: www.aect.org
(Local chapters, monthly journal, conference)
Association for Experiential Education (AEE)
2305 Canyon Boulevard, Suite #100
Boulder, CO 80302
303-440-8844 tel, 303-440-9581 fax
Email: info@aee.org
Discussion list AEELIST: listserv@pucc.princeton.edu
Website: www.princeton.edu/~rcurtis/aee.html
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development (ASCD)
1250 N. Pitt Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-1453
800-933-ASCD (2723) or 703-549-9110 tel, 703-299-8632 fax
Email: Membership, member@ascd.org
Website: www.ascd.org
Association of Management/International Association of Management (AoM/IAoM)
P. O. Box 64841
Virginia Beach, VA 23469-4841
757-482-2273 tel, 757-482-0325 fax
Email: AoMgt@infi.net
Website: www.aom-iaom.org
Center for Quality Management (CQM)
1 Alewife Center, Suite 450
Cambridge, MA 02140
617-873-8950 tel, 617-873-8980 fax
Email: cqm_mail@cqm.org
Website: www.cqm.org
CompTIA Technology Learning Group
450 East 22nd Street
Lombard, IL 60148
702-839-0975 tel
Email: Executive Director, Rachel Cheeseman rcheeseman@comptia.org
Website: www.comptia.org/itta/
Computer Education Management Association (CEdMA)
Email: members@cedma.org
Website: www.cedma.org
Council for Adult & Experiential Education (CAEL)
243 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60604
312-922-5909 tel, 312-922-1769 fax
Email: Membership, eveit@cael.org
Website: www.cael.org
Educom
1112 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-872-4200 tel, 202-872-4318 fax
Email: info@educom.edu
Website: www.educom.edu
ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, & Vocational Education
Center on Education & Training for Employment
The Ohio State University
1900 Kenny Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1090
800-848-4815 ext. 2-7069 or 614-292-7069
614-292-1260 fax, TTY/TDD: 614/688-8734
Email: ericacve@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu
Website: www.ericacve.org
Human Resources Planning Society (HRPS)
317 Madison Avenue, Suite 1509
New York, NY 10017
212-490-6387 tel, 212-682-6851 fax
Email: info@hrps.org
Website: www.hrps.org
Instructional Systems Association (ISA)
12427 Hedges Run Drive, #120
Lake Ridge, VA 22192
703-730-2838 tel, 703-730-2857 fax
Email: info@isaconnection.org
Website: www.isaconnection.org
International Association of Computer Trainers
9810 Patuxent Woods Drive
Columbia, Maryland 21046-1561
410-290-7000 tel, 410-290-7790 fax
Email: member@itrain.org
Website: www.itrain.org
International Association of Facilitators
7630 West 145th Street, Suite 202
St. Paul, Minnesota 55124
612-891-3541 tel, 612-891-1800 fax
Email: office@iaf-world.org
Website: www.iaf-world.org
International Association for Human Resource Information Management, Inc. (IHRIM)
formerly Human Resource Systems Professionals (HRSP)
PO Box 801646
Dallas, TX 75380-1646
972-661-3727 tel, 972-386-8180 fax
Email: moreinfo@ihrim.org
Website: www.ihrim.org
International Association for Management Education (AACSB)
600 Emerson Road, Suite 300
St. Louis, MO 63141-6762, USA
314-872-8481
Website: www.aacsb.edu
Business Schools and Executive Education
International Board of Standards for Training, Performance, and Instruction (ibstpi)
1931 West Wilson Street, Suite 4370
Batavia, Illinois 60510
847-304-5571 tel
International Personnel Management Association (IPMA)
1617 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
800-220-IPMA(4762) or 703-549-7100 tel, 703/684-0948 fax
Email: ipma@ipma-hr.org
Website: www.ipma-hr.org
International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI)
formerly National Society for Performance and Instruction (NSPI)
1400 Spring Street, Suite 260
Silver Spring, MD, 20910
301-587-8570 tel, 301-587-8573 fax
Email: Information, info@ispi.org
Website: www.ispi.org
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
1787 Agate Street
Eugene, OR 97403-1923
503-346-4414 tel, 800-336-5191 order desk, 503-346-5890 fax
Email: iste@oregon.uoregon.edu
Website: www.iste.org
National Association of Government Training and Development Directors (NAGTADD)
167 W. Main St., Suite 600
Lexington, KY 40607
606-231-1948 tel, 606-231-1928 fax
Email: Meredith Cash meridmeredithc@bop.state.sd.us
National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE)
2030 Addison Street, Suite 500
Berkeley, CA 94720-1674
800-762-4093 or 510-642-4004 tel, 510-642-2124 fax
Email: AskNCRVE@vocserve.berkeley.edu
Website: http://vocserve.berkeley.edu
National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE)
9001 Braddock Road Suite 380 (updated 12/29/01)
Springfield, VA 22151
800.528.3492 or 703-933-0017 tel, 703.426.8400 fax
Email: info@nsee.org
Website: www.nsee.org
North American Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA)
Website: www.nasaga.org
Email: nasaga98@nasaga.org
888-432-GAME tel, 317-387-1921 fax
Organizational Development Network (ODN)
76 South Orange Avenue, Suite 101
South Orange, New Jersey 07079-1923
201-763-7337 tel, 201-763-7488 fax
Email: webmaster@odnetwork.org
Website: www.odnetwork.org
Sales and Marketing Training (SMT) Professional Society
1900 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1498
215-564-3484 tel, 215-963-9785 fax
Charlene Mayfield, Executive Director
Email: assnhqt@netaxs.com
Website: www.smt.org
Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT)
50 Culpepper Street
Warrenton, VA 22186
800-457-6812 or 540-347-0055 tel, 540-349-3169 fax
Email: program@salt.org
Website: www.salt.org
Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM)
1800 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
800-283-SHRM or 703-548-3440 tel
703-548-6999 TDD, 703-836-0367 fax
Email: shrm@shrm.org
Website: www.shrm.org
Toastmasters International
PO Box 9052
Mission Viejo, CA 92690 USA
949-858-8255 tel, 949-858-1207 fax
Email: tminfo@toastmasters.org
Website: www.toastmasters.org
United States Distance Learning Association
PO Box 376
Watertown, MA 02471-0376
800-275-5162 tel, 781-453-2533 fax
Email: Dr. John G. Flores, Executive Director, jflores@usdla.org
Website: www.usdla.org