Dues: $34 per year; no application fee
Requirements: open to retired communications professionals, age 62 or older (work less than 20 hours per week) or age 72 or older regardless of employment status.
Memberships are available in local chapters in many cities. Additional dues apply. For more information, go to the AWC Professional Chapters List.
Benefits of Belonging
Just For You
- Membership pin
- Professional Membership certificate
- Professional Membership card
- AWC branded credit card (if qualified)
Access (online)
- Members Only sections of AWC Web site
- Communicator's Connection Online Directory
- The Matrix quarterly magazine
- Job/Salary Survey data access
- InterCom monthly newsletter
- Career Center
- Leadership materials
- Trend Survey results postings
Via Email
- AWC Info-flash periodic email announcements
- AWC Update monthly
- Quick response to inquiries to AWC Headquarters
- Online renewal notice and processing
- Opportunity to participate in choice of AWC Retired Communicators listserve
Taking a Stand
- Literacy (in cooperation with Laubach Literacy)
- First Amendment and freedom of information
- Gender equity in the communications workplace
- Recognizing the accomplishments of women in communications
Opportunities
- Participation in a growing online and personal network of communicators
- Membership in an AWC student chapter or local professional chapter (dues apply)
- Inclusion in Communicator's Connection Online Directory
- Priority for inclusion of articles in AWC publications
- Option to apply to serve as an AWC Mentor
- Participate in Member Bios Web Site (fee applies [details provided separately]
- Priority highlighting of member published books in AWC online bookstore
- Opton of running for election to the AWC international board of directors or serving as an officer of a local chapter
- Authorized purchase of AWC logo merchandise
- Right to display special AWC member logo on business cards
- Participation in AWC Trend Surveys
- Vote in AWC international board elections
- Recognition possibilities at local and national level
Discounts
- Clarion Awards competition
- Annual Professional Conference registration
- Leadership Forum registration
- Matrix Foundation Golf Initiative events
- Hotels
- Rental Cars
- Office Supplies
- Professional Publications
- Electronic news release service
- Personal care products