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boost your career February 11, 2008
Joining a professional organization is more than just a convenient way to beef up your resume. Groups such as
the ones listed below can help you enhance your technical and career skills. If you need a first-hand opinion
about a vendor—or you want the inside scoop on a competitive job—one of these associations can help.
We were surprised at the wide range of benefits and services many organizations are now offering. Besides
networking opportunities, several groups provide valuable discounts on everything from magazine subscriptions
to travel. Many have comprehensive Web sites and organize conferences or workshops. In an industry as fast-
paced as information technology, this is a valuable asset. Here are some of the best-known organizations for the
IT professional.
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#1: American Society for Information Science & Technology ................................................................................2
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10+ IT organizations that can boost your career
Dues:
• Student $40
• Regular: $140
• Corporate patron status $800
Member benefits:
Address:
320 Fenwick Lane
Suite 510
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Telephone: 301-495-0900
Fax: 301-495-0810
E-mail: asis@asis.org
Purpose: To advance the information sciences and support information professionals and organizations
Address:
2 Penn Plaza
Suite 701
New York, NY 10121
Telephone: 800-342-6626
E-mail: acmhelp@acm.org
• Bachelor's degree
• Equivalent level of education
• Two years full-time employment in IT
• Academic $125
• Student $85
Member benefits:
Address:
P.O. Box 2712
Atlanta, GA 30301-2712
Telephone: 404-413-7440
Fax: 404-413-7443
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E-mail: office@aisnet.org
Purpose: To serve as the premier global organization for academics specializing in information systems
Eligibility to join: Membership in AIS is open to anyone with an interest in information systems teaching and
research.
Member benefits:
Address:
41 Sutter Street, Suite 1006
San Francisco, CA 94104 USA
Telephone: 415-905-4663
Fax: 415-358-4667
E-mail: info@awc-hq.org
Purpose: To promote communication among women in computing, to further their professional development and
advancement, and to promote the education of women of all ages in computing
Eligibility to join: Open to all “computing professionals, such as programmers, system analysts, operators,
technical communicators, Internet and World Wide Web specialists, trainers, engineers, consultants and home
hobbyists”
• Student: $35
• Professional: $105 to $250, depending on your location
Member benefits:
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• Techniques in IT management
• Member discounts on software, insurance and other products and services
• Knowledge exchange
• Newsletter
• Career information
Year founded: 1951
Address:
401 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2400
Chicago, IL 60611-4267
Telephone: 800.224.9371 or 312.245.1070
Fax: 312.673.6659
E-mail: aitp_hq@aitp.org
Purpose: To provide opportunities for IT leadership and education through partnerships with industry,
government, and academia
Member benefits:
Telephone: 813-448-7786
Fax: 614-455-3138
E-mail: info@dama.org
Purpose: To promote the understanding, development, and practice of managing information and data as a key
enterprise asset
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Dues:
• $113 professional
• $55 student
Member benefits:
Address:
1828 L. Street N.W. Suite 1202
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: 800-272-6657 or 202-371-0101
Fax: 202-728-9614
E-mail: membership@computer.org
Purpose: To be the leading provider of technical information and services to the world's computing professionals
Eligibility to join:
Member benefits:
• Standardized contracts
• Access to legal handbooks and Web sites
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Address:
11131 South Towne Square,
Suite F
St. Louis, MO 63123
Telephone: 800-774-4222 or 314-892-1675
Fax: 314-487-1345
E-mail: membership@icca.org
Purpose: To support the success of independent computer consultants in providing professional services to their
clients
Eligibility to join: You must be a company that provides computer consulting services publicly and for a fee, or a
prospective computer consultant, seller of computer products, lawyer specializing in computer law, broker who
finds and places consultants with clients, or a professional providing accounting and business services.
Member benefits:
Address:
2350 East Devon Avenue
Suite 115
Des Plaines, IL 60018
Telephone: 800-843-8227 or 847-299-4227
Fax: 847-299-4280
E-mail: office@iccp.org
Purpose: To explore and develop new means of furthering professionalism in the computer industry
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Member benefits:
• Educational programs
• Networking opportunities
• Job listing database
• Leadership opportunities
• Publications
• Private e-mail and Web site access
Year founded: 1986
Address:
7044 S. 13th St.
Oak Creek, WI 53154
Telephone: 414- 908-4945
Fax: 414-768-8001
E-mail: customercare@naspa.com
Purpose: To serve as the means to enhance the status and promote the advancement of all network and
systems professionals
Dues:
• $175 individual
• $35 student
Member benefits:
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Address:
1401 Hermes Lane
San Diego, CA 92154
Telephone: (888) NPA-NPA0
E-mail: npa@npa.org
Purpose: To promote professionalism by supporting and building the individual and our profession
Eligibility to join:
Member benefits:
Address:
415 Cook Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
Telephone: 908-322-4020, Line #4
E-mail: info@comprof.com
Purpose: To recognize and promote the job and career advancements of qualified IT Professionals and to create
a superior benchmark for quality performance and practice, so that consumers and businesses will be able to
identify members as the highest skilled and best qualified professionals in the IT industry.
Eligibility to join:
One of the following:
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• $285 individual
• $142.50 non-profit/academic
Member benefits:
Address:
401 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Telephone: 312-527-6734
E-mail: sim@simnet.org
Purpose: To bring together senior IT executives, prominent academicians, selected consultants, and other IT
thought leaders to share and enhance their rich intellectual capital for the benefit of members and their
organizations
Eligibility to join (one of the following):
Member benefits:
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Address:
160 Riverside Drive
Suite 4E
New York, NY 10024
Telephone: 212-787-1122
Fax: 212-580-1976
E-mail: info@techforum.com
Purpose: To provide highly focused forums for information exchange between technology providers and IT
professionals and to conduct research on corporate buying concerns
Eligibility to join: You must be a technology manager for an organization with $200 million in gross annual
revenue or support at least 200 users or workstations.
• Individual, $120
• Student, $45
Member benefits:
• Optional membership in SAGE, the System Administrators Guild
• Free subscription to ;login:, the association's magazine
• Access to papers from the USENIX conferences and symposia
• Discounts on registration fees for technical meetings and symposia every year
• Discounts on the purchase of proceedings and CD-ROMs from USENIX conferences and symposia and
other technical publications
• Discounts on products, books, software, and periodicals
• USENIX voting rights
Year founded: 1975
Address:
2560 Ninth Street
Suite 215
Berkeley, CA 94710
Telephone: 510-528-8649
Fax: 510-548-5738
E-mail: office@usenix.org
Purpose: To foster technical excellence and innovation; support and disseminate research with a practical bias;
provide a neutral forum for discussion of technical issues; encourage computing outreach into the community at
large
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Member benefits:
Fax: 818.788.9410
E-mail: member-info@corp.witi.com
Purpose: The WITI Foundation is dedicated to increasing the number of women in executive roles in technology
and technology-based companies, helping women become more financially independent and technology-literate,
and encouraging young women to choose careers in science and technology.
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Version history
Version: 2.0
Originally published: February 13, 2001
Updated: February 11, 2008
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