Professional Associations often provide guidance and training to its members, and some Professional Service Organizations provide numerous training resources to the public in different areas, which can be taken in the form of a webinar, or as online courses that you can accomplish from the comfort of your home, a café, or library.
Below are some Professional Associations and Professional Service Organizations for your reference.
Professional Associations
The following is a partial list of Professional Associations in the U.S. A comprehensive listing of approximately 23,000 national and international organizations can be found in the Encyclopedia of Associations, available in most public libraries and online.- American Management Association – AMA
- American Marketing Association – AMA
- American Nurses Association - ANA
- American Accounting Association – AAC
- Biomedical Engineering Society - BMES
- American Chemical Society – ACS
- Association of Information Technology Professionals - AITP
- American Society of Civil Engineers – ASCE
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME
- International Project Management association – IPMA-USA
- Maryville University Online Degrees
- Project Management Institute - PMI
Professional Service Firms
Professional Service Firms provide consulting services in administrative and general management; human resources; marketing; process, physical distribution, and logistics; environmental; and other scientific and technical services. Below are some of the firms that provide online training and the links to access those resources.
DeloitteDeloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax and related services to select clients.Anticipating tomorrow's complex issues and new strategies is a challenge. Dbriefs offers live webcasts featuring practical knowledge from Deloitte specialists. In addition, earn CPE credit – from the convenience of your home.
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Interests and SubscriptionsPricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)PwC provides audit and assurance, tax and consulting services. Additionally, in the US, PwC concentrates on 16 key industries and provides targeted services that include - but are not limited to - human resources, deals, forensics, and consulting services.PwC webcasts focuses on financial reporting, regulatory and business issues.