Organizations

The InnovationNetwork

InnovationNetwork focuses on helping organizations develop a core competency of innovation.

Workflow Institute

The Workflow Institute serves decision-makers at the intersection of business results, enterprise systems, and human performance. Sam Adkins and Jay Cross lead the charge. Think "workflow learning."

Workflow Management Coalition

The WfMC has over 300 member organizations worldwide, representing all facets of workflow, from vendors to users, and from academics to consultants.

ISPI

Founded in 1962, the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) is the leading international association dedicated to improving productivity and performance in the workplace. ISPI represents more than 10,000 international and chapter members throughout the United States, Canada, and 40 other countries. ISPI's mission is to develop and recognize the proficiency of our members and advocate the use of Human Performance Technology. Assembling an Annual Conference & Expo and other educational events like the Institute, publishing books and periodicals, and supporting research are some of the ways ISPI works toward achieving this mission.

ACM

The Association for Computing Machinery is the world's oldest and largest educational and scientific computing society. Many of its special interest groups (SIGs) focus on issues related to performance support.

Human-Computer Interaction Resource Network

HCIRN's mission is to advance the practice of human-computer interaction (HCI) by providing HCI professionals with relevant, accurate and timely information on HCI theories, methods, practices and resources. Their scope is to represent the collective knowledge of HCI in a cross-linked knowledge-database. HCI professionals include HCI practitioners, researchers and educators, usability specialist, user interface designers, developers, technical communicators, trainers, and anybody else concerned with creating beneficial computer-supported activities.

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

The Society's mission is to promote the discovery and exchange of knowledge concerning the characteristics of human beings that are applicable to the design of systems and devices of all kinds.

@Brint.com, the BizTech Network

The Mission: Educate... Enlighten... Energize... Developing leading edge thinking and practice on contemporary business, information, technology and knowledge management issues to facilitate organizational and individual performance, success and fulfillment.

EKnowledgeCenter.com

eKnowledgeCenter provides eLearning and face-to-face workshops for the certification test. The certification test follows the strict guidelines of the NOCA and the principles of ISO 17024 Certification Standards. Certification Tests must be developed based on Psychometric Standards and validated by a panel of knowledge domain experts. Certification Testing is a combination of questions, experience, and proven performance.

Center for Creative Leadership

...an internationally recognized resource for understanding and expanding the leadership capabilities of individuals and organizations from across the public, private, nonprofit, government and education sectors. Their mission is to advance the understanding, practice and development of leadership for the benefit of society worldwide. Their role is to help address the leadership component of both business and organizational challenges - helping to build, extend and revitalize the practice of leadership.

Society for Technical Communications

Mission: Creating and supporting a forum for communities of practice in the profession of technical communication. STC is an individual membership organization dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of technical communication. It is the largest organization of its type in the world. Its 25,000 members include technical writers and editors, content developers, documentation specialists, technical illustrators, instructional designers, academics, information architects, usability and human factors professionals, visual designers, Web designers and developers, and translators - anyone whose work makes technical information available to those who need it.

Usability Professionals' Association

The UPA supports those who promote and advance the development of usable products, reaching out to people who act as advocates for usability and the user experience. Members come from across the broad family of disciplines that create the user experience. We invite you to network in our community.

AIGA Experience Design

What is experience design?Experience design strives to create experiences beyond products and services. Its boundaries extend beyond traditional design.

The Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC)

The Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC) was established in 1990 as an interdisciplinary research unit of the University of West Florida. Since that time, IHMC has grown into one of the nation's premier research institutes with more than 115 researchers and staff investigating a broad range of topics related to understanding cognition in both humans and machines with a particular emphasis on building computational tools to leverage and amplify human cognitive and perceptual capacities.

The Usability Company

The Usability Company is the UK’s foremost provider of independent, business-focused usability consultancy. We work across all digital platforms including websites, wireless services, Intranets, mobile devices and i-TV providing expertise at all stages in the development cycle.

Usability Sciences Corporation

Usability Sciences provides clients with insight and resolution to problems users have with their websites, software, or technology products. We gather insight through analysis of the user experience. We deliver resolution based on 15 years of experience in helping clients improve the performance of their products. We employ a combination of technologies, methodologies and skill sets and have solved usability problems for clients in every kind of industry, in every part of the world.

VeriTest

VeriTest offers many testing services, including performance and usability testing for Enterprise applications, Technology products, Web sites, Platforms, ISPs, Printers and peripherals.