associations

The International Webmasters Association. IWA, a non-profit professional association, is the industry's recognized leader in providing educational and certification standards for Web professionals. IWA's accomplishments include the industry's first guidelines for ethical and professional standards, Web certification and education programs, specialized employment resources, and technical assistance to individuals and businesses.

The HTML Writers Guild. HWG was founded in 1994 as the World Wide Web's leading training organization for the Web design community, with over 150,000 members in more than 160 countries. In 2001 the Guild joined with the International Webmaster's Association to form IWA-HWG.

National Association of Photoshop Professionals. NAPP is likely one of the largest and most successful technical associations in the arena of Digital Arts. It supports two national training conventions per year and many regional training seminars. It's monthly magazine is so highly regarded that it is sold on magazine racks.