- Association for Computing Machinery—Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI)
- Association for Computing Machinery—Special Interest Group on Design of Communication (SIGDOC)
- Association for Computing Machinery—Special Interest Group on Hypertext, Hypermedia and Web Issues (SIGWEB)
- Association for Computing Machinery—Special Interest Group on Information Technology Education (SIGITE)
- Association for Computing Machinery—Special Interest Group for Multimedia (ACM SIGMM)
- Assocation for Educational Communications and Technology
- Association for Multimedia Communications
- American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), an association for graphic designers
- American Medical Writers Association, an association for biomedical communicators.
- American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
- American Society of Indexers (ASI)
- American Society for Training & Development (ASTD)
- Association for Business Communication
- Association for Teachers of Technical Writing
- Association for Women in Communications
- CHI-SQUARED, the Chicago Chapter of SIGCHI
- Graphic Communication Association (GCA)
- Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
- IEEE Professional Communication Society
- International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)
- International Society for Performance Improvement, also: Chicago Chapter: CISPI
- Jakob Nielsen's Usable Information Technology Site
- Knowledge and Innovation Management Professional Organization (KMPro)
- National Association of Science Writers
- National Writer’s Union (NWU)
- Society for Intercultural Education Training and Research (SIETAR)
- Society for Environmental Journalism
- Society for Technical Communication (STC)
- STC Chicago Chapter
- Usability Professionals Association
Compiled by Julie Boskey (with later additions)