Comments on: Industry-specific standards are expanding http://stc-on.org/quality/topics/iso/2006/05/11/industry-specific-standards-are-expanding/ News and information from the QPI SIG, Society for Technical Communication Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:25:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Ann L. Wiley http://stc-on.org/quality/topics/iso/2006/05/11/industry-specific-standards-are-expanding/#comment-8641 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:17:26 +0000 http://stc-on.org/quality/topics/iso/2006/05/11/industry-specific-standards-are-expanding/#comment-8641 Thank you for your interest. I have replied by email. STC does have partnership arrangements with associations, but they are discussed by email until arrangements are made. Thank you for your interest. I have replied by email. STC does have partnership arrangements with associations, but they are discussed by email until arrangements are made.

]]> by: Troy Shuttleworth http://stc-on.org/quality/topics/iso/2006/05/11/industry-specific-standards-are-expanding/#comment-8608 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:41:55 +0000 http://stc-on.org/quality/topics/iso/2006/05/11/industry-specific-standards-are-expanding/#comment-8608 We are writing you today as an initial contact to ascertain if your association would be interested in building a partnership with APQC. We feel a partnership between our organizations would allow your association members to identify best practices, discover effective methods of improvement, and broadly disseminate findings. APQC connects individuals with one another to facilitate knowledge sharing, training, and tools for success. Your association would benefit by offering world-class best practices and research to its members, while building an additional revenue stream at little or no cost to your association. Founded in 1977, APQC is a member-based nonprofit serving approximately 500 organizations worldwide in all industries, and managed the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for the first three years of its existence. APQC is an internationally recognized resource for process and performance improvement. APQC helps organizations adapt to rapidly changing environments, build new and better ways to work, and succeed in a competitive marketplace. APQC focuses on: · benchmarking and metrics, · best practices, · knowledge management, · performance improvement, and · professional development. APQC works with organizations worldwide to meet its mission of disseminating best-practice findings. We carefully review each partner opportunity to ensure that the organization provides a business and ethical complement to APQC's research and work. We have four partner categories, which are described below. Global Alliances — Available by invitation only, candidates include professional service firms, technology providers, associations and media related organizations that are willing to make a significant investment of time and resources with APQC. Channel Partners — Available by invitation only, candidates will expand APQC's audience through the reselling of products while maintaining APQC's mission. Affiliates — Candidates are nonprofit organizations seeking to increase awareness through a partnership with APQC Publication Partners — Candidates are those organizations interested in a specific publication partnership with APQC related to distribution, reselling, translation, and/or reprinting. All partner organizations must agree to follow APQC's Code of Conduct. A violation of the Code of Conduct is grounds for removal from APQC's partner program. We invite you to view our list of current partners. To learn about our partnership opportunities please contact us, or reply to this email with a good day and time for me to contact you. Respectfully, Troy Shuttleworth Director, Business Development 123 North Post Oak Lane Houston, Texas 77024 713-685-4670 Direct 713-685-4750 Office 832-655-7335 Cell 713-685-7212 Fax We are writing you today as an initial contact to ascertain if your association would be interested in building a partnership with APQC. We feel a partnership between our organizations would allow your association members to identify best practices, discover effective methods of improvement, and broadly disseminate findings. APQC connects individuals with one another to facilitate knowledge sharing, training, and tools for success. Your association would benefit by offering world-class best practices and research to its members, while building an additional revenue stream at little or no cost to your association.

Founded in 1977, APQC is a member-based nonprofit serving approximately 500 organizations worldwide in all industries, and managed the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for the first three years of its existence. APQC is an internationally recognized resource for process and performance improvement. APQC helps organizations adapt to rapidly changing environments, build new and better ways to work, and succeed in a competitive marketplace. APQC focuses on:

· benchmarking and metrics,

· best practices,

· knowledge management,

· performance improvement, and

· professional development.

APQC works with organizations worldwide to meet its mission of disseminating best-practice findings. We carefully review each partner opportunity to ensure that the organization provides a business and ethical complement to APQC’s research and work.

We have four partner categories, which are described below.

Global Alliances — Available by invitation only, candidates include professional service firms, technology providers, associations and media related organizations that are willing to make a significant investment of time and resources with APQC.
Channel Partners — Available by invitation only, candidates will expand APQC’s audience through the reselling of products while maintaining APQC’s mission.
Affiliates — Candidates are nonprofit organizations seeking to increase awareness through a partnership with APQC
Publication Partners — Candidates are those organizations interested in a specific publication partnership with APQC related to distribution, reselling, translation, and/or reprinting.

All partner organizations must agree to follow APQC’s Code of Conduct. A violation of the Code of Conduct is grounds for removal from APQC’s partner program.

We invite you to view our list of current partners.

To learn about our partnership opportunities please contact us, or reply to this email with a good day and time for me to contact you.

Respectfully,

Troy Shuttleworth

Director, Business Development
123 North Post Oak Lane
Houston, Texas 77024
713-685-4670 Direct

713-685-4750 Office
832-655-7335 Cell

713-685-7212 Fax

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