Career Development

• Administrative Resources Network
• Grant Writing Tips  - how tos for Grant writting
• Writer's Workshop - tips given for specific types of writing such as coverletters, proposals and thesis statments
• Desk Demon  - business writing skills
• CEO Express  - search news articles from across the country
• Speaking your Truth  - tips for better communication
• Free Computer Training Products - free quick reference cards (members only)

Consultants

• C2ROI - At C2ROI, the facilitated solutions company, our mission is to help you develop and catch a vision that will become a compass, guiding you on your journey, and showing you when you are out of line with your core values--needing to make a course correction.

• American Management Association - free educational resources
• College of DuPage  - AHCAP^TM 's preferred online education provider
• Free College Information - Research the Internet's leading online universities
• Knowledge Hound - The How to Hunter  - directory of do-it-yourself tips
• Marylhurst University
   - MBA
   - Bachelor of Science in Business Management
• Merriam-Webster  - online dictionary and thesaurus
• Word of the Day   - free daily vocabulary word

Federal Agencies

• Centers for Medicare & Medical Services (CMS)
• Environmental Protection agency (EPA)
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
• US Chamber of Commerce
• US Department of Labor Occupational Saftey & Health Administration (OSHA)
  

Indicators and Data Resources

• Association for Community Health Improvement
  

Miscellaneous

• #1 Online Catalog - online office supply store 
• Administrative Excellence, Inc. - specializes in personal and professional development techniques
• Better Homes and Gardens - premiere home & family site
• Boston Market - catering 
• Draw Smart   - allows anyone to create professional-quality business graphics 
• FilePorter - file transfer service 
• Geico - insurance (special IAAP member discount) 
• Plantronics - wireless phone headsets 
• See Jane Work - office supplies for women 
• Smead - office supplies 
• TRIAD Consulting - researches and evaluates software and hardware
  

Professional Non-Profit Resources

• American Hospital Association  - home page for the AHA
• Association for Healthcare Administrative Professionals  - home page for AHCAP^TM
• Tennessee Chapter of HCEA  - home page for the TN Chapter of AHCAP^TM
• The National Center for Nonprofit Boards  - resources for managing and creating effective boards
• International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP)  - resources, education and information for adminstrative professionals
• Association of Health Care Administrative Assistants (AHCAA)   - professional affiliation of Executive and Administrative Assistants working in healthcare and health service organizations. AHCAA's membership includes the Northwestern United States.

Publications

• Health Forum
• AHA Online Store

Research Tools

• AHA Resource Center
  

Travel/Meeting Planning

• Club Quarters