Professional Associations

The following associations (and this is just a short list) support the value of lessons learned.
  • ACP: Association of Career Professionals
  • AEA: American Evaluation Association
  • AERA: American Educational Research Association
  • AHA: American Hospital Association
  • AITP: Association of Information Technology Professionals v
  • AMA: American Management Association
  • AMA: American Marketing Association
  • ANSI: American National Standards Institute
  • APA: American Psychological Association
  • APICS: Advancing Productivity Innovation for Competitive Success
  • ARL: Association of Research Libraries
  • ARMA: Association of Records Managers and Administrators
  • ASAE: American Society Association Executives
  • ASIS&T: American Society for Information Science
  • ASJA: American Society of Journalists and Authors
  • ASQ: American Society for Quality
  • ASTD: American Society for Training and Development
  • FDA: Food and Drug Administration
  • IAPPM: International Association of Project and Program Management
  • ICCP:
  • Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals
  • ITAA: Information Technology Association of America
  • ISPI: International Society for Performance Improvement
  • ISA: Instrumentation Society of America
  • ISM: Institute for Supply Management
  • ISO: International Standards Organization
  • OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  • PMI: Project Management Institute
  • PRINCE: Projects in Controlled Environments
  • SHRM: Society of Human Resource Management
  • SOL: Society for Organizational Learning
  • SRA: Society of Research Administrators
  • PDA: Parenteral Drug Association
  • PRSA: Public Relations Society of America
  • TechAmerica
  • Toastmasters
  • The Conference Board
  • The Association of MBAs
  • United States Chamber of Commerce

Professional association meetings, conferences, publications and networking should remain in your next steps of lessons learned.