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Links to Helpful Resources

These are a few of the professional membership organizations to which BäyoGraphics and Fostering Strategies are actively involved. You might want to visit these Web sites to gather additional information on the subject of nonprofit and for-profit direct marketing and graphic design or to become members of these organizations, yourself:

American Marketing Association
www.ama.org

The American Marketing Association is an international professional organization for people involved in the practice, study and teaching of marketing. Its principal roles are: to always understand and satisfy the needs of marketers so as to provide them with products and services that will help them be better marketers; to empower marketers through information, education, relationships and resources that will enrich their professional development and careers; and to advance the thought, application and ethical practice of marketing.

Direct Marketing Association of Washington (DC)
www.dmaw.org

With more than 1,700 members, the Direct Marketing Association of Washington (DC) is the second-largest regional direct marketing association in the US. Most DMAW members are end-users, vendors, suppliers, agencies, freelancers, educators and students. The purpose of this association is to promote the exchange of information among its members; to encourage and support the highest ethical business standards; to promote use and understanding of direct marketing; and to encourage and support the teaching and study of direct marketing in an academic environment, as well as through the association itself.

Direct Marketing Fundraisers Association
www.dmfa.org

The Direct Marketing Fundraisers Association's mission is to enhance the professionalism of all those engaged in the business of direct marketing fundraising, and to promote good fellowship, cooperation and mutual interest among its members. Also, to help improve the direct marketing knowledge and skills of its members; to aid one another and the industry as a whole; to encourage the exchange of ideas among its members for their common good and welfare, and that of the organizations and companies they represent; to promote harmony and ethical conduct; and to do any and all things necessary and lawful for the accomplishment of these purposes.

Graphics Artists Guild
www.gag.org

The Graphic Artists Guild promotes and protects the economic interest of its members. It is committed to improving conditions for all creators of graphic art and raising standards for the entire industry. The Guild is a union that embraces creators of graphic art at all levels of skill and expertise who create works of graphic art intended for presentation as originals or reproductions.

The National Press Photographers Association
www.nppa.org

The National Press Photographers Association is dedicated to the advancement of photojournalism, its creation, editing and distribution, in all news media. NPPA encourages photojournalists to reflect high standards of quality in their professional performance and in their personal code of ethics. NPPA vigorously promotes freedom of the press in all its forms. To this end, NPPA provides continuing educational programs and fraternalism without bias, as we support and acknowledge the best the profession has to offer.