Related Fields
Professional Usability/HCI Organizations
**NEED TO BE LINKED ANCHORS***HCI and Human Factors
Technical Communication and Information Design
Information Architecture and Design
Training and Human Performance
Software Development and Project Management
Other Societies
HCI and Human Factors
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Human Factors and Ergonomics Society |
Theory, principles, data, and other methods applied to design to optimize human well-being and overall system performance |
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Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction |
Human technology and human-computer interaction (HCI) |
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AIS Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction |
Human-computer interaction (HCI) for business information systems |
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The British HCI group |
Analysis, design, implementation and evaluation of technologies for human use |
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The Ergonomics Society |
Application of scientific information concerning humans to the design of objects, systems and environment for human use. |
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International Ergonomics Association |
Federation of ergonomics and human factors societies |
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Internet Technical Group |
Internet technologies and related behavioral phenomena |
Technical Communication and Information Design
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Society for Technical Communication |
Advancing the arts and sciences of technical communication |
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STC Usability and User Experience |
Usability and usability assessment of technical communication |
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STC Information Design and Architecture SIG |
Application of design principles to translating complex, unorganized, or unstructured data into valuable, meaningful information, combining skills in areas including graphic design, writing and editing, instructional design, human performance technology, and human factors. |
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Professional Communication Society of IEEE |
Understanding and promoting effective communication in engineering, scientific, and other technical environments |
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ACM Special Interest Group for Documentation |
Teacher, researcher, or practitioner of technical communication, computer science, user interface design |
Information Architecture and Design
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AIGA Experience Design |
Organizational connection and communication, understanding people, in ways useful for business and design, and conceive, envision, and inform what products, services, and communications to make. |
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Interaction Design Association |
Defines the structure and behaviors of interactive products and services and user interactions with those products and services |
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The Information Architecture Institute |
The art and science of organizing and labeling web sites, intranets, online communities, software, and hardware controls to support usability and findability. |
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Association for Computing Machinery special interest group on computer graphics and interactive techniques |
Promote the generation and dissemination of information on computer graphics and interactive techniques |
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International Institute for Information Design |
Design of visual information |
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American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) Special Interest Group Information Needs Seeking and Use (USE) |
People's behavioral and cognitive activities as well as their affective [many people don’t know what this means – should we use a synonym (emotional) ?] states as they interact with information |
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American Society for Information Science and Technology Special Interest Group Information Architecture |
Art, science, and business of organizing information so that it makes sense to people who use it |
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American Institute of Graphic Arts |
Includes book and type design, communication design, interaction design, experience design and motion graphics. |
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Design Management Institute |
To advocate the economic and cultural importance of design, and to make accessible a body of knowledge on design effectiveness in business |
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Industrial Designers Society of America |
Creating and developing concepts and specifications that optimize the function, value and appearance of products and systems for the mutual benefit of both user and manufacturer |
Training and Human Performance
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International Society for Performance Improvement |
Improving productivity and performance in the workplace |
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American Society for Training and Development |
Workplace learning and performance professionals |
Software Development and Project Management
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Association for Computing Machinery |
Advancing the skills of information technology professionals and students worldwide |
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society |
Provider of technical information, community services, and personalized services to the world's computing professionals |
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Project Management Institute |
Project management professionals worldwide |
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American Society for Quality |
Advances learning, quality improvement, and knowledge exchange to improve business results, and to create better workplaces and communities worldwide |
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International Federation for Information Processing |
Umbrella organization for national societies working in the field of information processing. |
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American Society for Information Science & Technology |
New and better theories, techniques, and technologies to improve access to information |
Other Societies
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Marketing Research Association |
Your link to a world of powerful resources |
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The Product Development and Management Association |
Resources for professional development, information, collaboration and promotion of new product development and management. |
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American Psychological Association - |
Professional and scientific organization for psychologists in the USA. [note that there is probably an international organization but I’m not up on that.] |
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APA Division of Applied and Experimental and Engineering Psychology |
The division of APA that focuses on applied experimental and engineering psychology research to improve the ability of humans to operate more effectively in a technological society. |
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Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility |
A public interest group that is concerned about the impact of technology on people. |
