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ILA Partners
The ILA is often approached by organizations wishing to partner with us. These are usually companies, universities, non-profits and others who are interested in extending listening capability in their organizations. Individual people can be ILA one or two year Members, and organizations can be Organizational Members, or ILA Affiliates. Small, or large organizations can become Partners of the International Listening Association. Businesses, universities, healthcare centers, voluntary organizations, music groups are all becoming part of the ILA worldwide network spanning 25 countries.
When your organization becomes an ILA Partner, the International Listening Association (ILA) agrees to:
- List the name of your Organization on the ILA website and include a link to your Organization’s website
- Provide your Organization with a shared space at the ILA Annual Convention for brochures and other information subject to ILA policies and procedures
- Offer the opportunity to your Organization to present as part of the ILA Webinar Series where appropriate
- Encourage your Organization to send proposals for inclusion in the ILA Annual International Convention
- Disseminate your Organization’s news and announcements through the ILA website and electronic newsletters
- Consider the inclusion of the names of your Organization’s speakers in the ILA Speakers Bureau
- Include your Organization’s books, articles, blogs in the ILA website Resources section as determined by ILA policies and procedures
- Include your Organization’s suggestions in ILA social media posts on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
- Write articles for inclusion in your Organization’s publications
- Consider articles and papers from your Organization for publication in ILA journals and/or newsletters
Organizational Members are entitled to all of these benefits and more. For example, Organizational member companies can register two people to our ILA international convention for special reduced fees held annually at different locations throughout the world.
Apply to become an ILA Partner by clicking Join and choosing either the Organizational Membership or the Special Affiliate Status option.
Contact Jennifer Grau, Director, ILA Partners Program: jennifer.grau@listen.org
ILA Organizational Members
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ILA Affiliates
The National Communication Association, (NCA,) founded in 1914, advances Communication as the discipline that studies all forms, modes, media, and consequences of communication through humanistic, social scientific, and aesthetic inquiry. It promotes the importance of communication in public and private life, the application of communication to improve the quality of human life and relationships, and the use of knowledge about communication to solve human problems.