www.aiga.org
AIGA is the oldest and largest association of professionals engaged in the discipline, practice and culture of designing. Their site offers helpful resources for designers and those working with them.
www.corporatecomm.orgUniversity-based research-driven corporate communication educational center. Offers information on the best practices and theory of the profession to practicing professionals, scholars, and university students through professional seminars and symposia, traditional publications, electronic and on-line media, briefings and white papers, and traditional university courses.
http://www.nedma.comThe New England Direct Marketing Association is a regional, professional association for all those interested in direct marketing. Membership is composed of leading area companies that use direct marketing, direct marketing agencies, independent professionals, educators, and students. NEDMA sponsors an extensive series of events, including monthly business/dinner meetings with a Creative Forum immediately preceding the meetings.
http://www.the-dma.orgThe Direct Marketing Association (DMA) is today the largest trade association for businesses interested in direct, database, and interactive global marketing, with about 5,200 member companies from the United States and 44 foreign nations on six continents. Both consumer and business-to-business marketers are the users of direct marketing techniques. These marketers employ a number of media, including telephone marketing, catalogs and other direct mail pieces, television, radio, newspaper, magazines, and the Internet to market directly to their customers. The suppliers, of course, are those companies that provide users with supplies and services.
www.thecorporatelibrary.comInternational corporate governance research repository focusing on the relationship between company management, boards and shareholders.
www.fortune.comFortune 500, Global 500, Most Powerful and other executive lists, articles on investing, career, personal fortune and business trends from a leader among business publications.
www.inc.comSmall business resources, advice, events & discussions.
www.iabc.comIABC is a terrific resource for communicators. The organization provides many avenues to help people and organizations achieve excellence in communication, including literature, conferences and seminars, and local chapter meetings.
www.aiga.org/clientsguide (PDF available on AIGA website)
Excellent primer for corporate communications and investor relations professionals and others charged with hiring or working with a design firm. Topics covered include selecting a firm, understanding the objectives, evaluating costs and managing the process.
online.wsj.com
Money, marketing and investment news and discussions from the most influential business-oriented newspaper in the U.S. Access to some portions of the site requires a paid subscription, but there is still a wealth of free information and articles available.
www.ironthenet.comGreat site for keeping up with the changes in the investor relations world: breaking news, trends, IR-related technology, global issues.
www.smpsboston.orgSMPS Boston is the local chapter of a larger national organization, the Society for Marketing Professional Services. SMPS was established in 1973 as the only professional society devoted to the marketing of professional services for businesses in the built environment. Today, SMPS has thousands of members who are active in 55 chapters across the U.S. With over 300 members, the Boston Chapter is one of the largest and most active chapters of the society. The mission of SMPS Boston is to be the primary resource for education, team building and strategic and marketing information for SMPS members and others involved in the built environment.
www.architects.orgThe Boston Society of Architects(BSA), the largest chapter of the American Institute of Architects, is a professional association for building industry ...
Inspiration:www.metropolismag.comMETROPOLIS is read by more than 51,000 architects, designers, and leaders in business, government, and education nationwide. For 23 years METROPOLIS has delivered groundbreaking editorial in an award-winning graphic environment. Our readers rely on us for interdisciplinary design information and a look at "what's next" in technology, material innovation, and product.
www.howdesign.comHOW Magazine provides graphic-design professionals with essential business information, features cutting-edge technological advances, profiles renowned and up-and-coming designers, details noteworthy projects, and provides creative inspiration.
www.wired.com WIRED's mission is to uncover the most surprising and resonant stories about the people, companies, technologies, and ideas that are transforming our world. WIRED's community of business leaders depend on WIRED to identify future technologies and trends impacting their business. From business, entertainment, education, science, and politics, WIRED is "What's Next."
www.printmag.comPRINT - America's Graphic Design Magazine. Where tradition meets the cutting edge.
www.idonline.comI.D. Magazine is America’s leading critical magazine covering the art, business and culture of design.
www.commarts.com/CACommunication Arts is the leading trade journal for visual communications. It's the largest design magazine in the world and showcases the top work in graphic design, advertising, illustration, photography and interactive design.
www.gdusa.comGraphic Design: USA is the monthly business-to-business magazine for professional graphic designers and related creative and production professionals. It reaches the design field's freshest, most targeted business-to-business circulation at design firms, corporations, ad agencies and publishers. The magazine covers the latest in news, trends, people, events, projects, products, services and ideas.