This list is courtesy of Mike Sullivan, Training Specialist with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Mike compiled these resources as a quick overview of associations, training sources, newsletters, and web pages providing free or low cost training and/or traning-related articles. If you have other sources, please comment this post and share them with everyone!

Free Membership/Training Resources

• SACC Training & Delopment Subcommittee [http://www.dir.state.tx.us/sacc/training/]
• Intergovernmental Training Council [contact Mike Sullivan]
• DIR Internet Links and Resources [http://www.dir.state.tx.us/education/links.htm]
• DIR Statewide Accessibility Online Training and Tutorials [http://www1.dir.state.tx.us/accessibility/training/tutorials.htm]
• Public Electronic Services On-the-Internet (PESO) Working Group [http://www.dir.state.tx.us/peso/]
• State Office of Risk Management Agency Outreach & Training [http://www.sorm.state.tx.us/training/training.php]
• State Purchasing Training & Certification [http://www.window.state.tx.us/procurement/prog/training-cert/]
• Fiscal Management Training [https://fmx.cpa.state.tx.us/fmx/training/]
• HHSC Project Management [http://www.hhs.state.tx.us/IT/schools.html]
• HHSC Accessibility Center [http://architecture.hhsc.state.tx.us/myweb/Accessibility/website/index.shtml]
• Austin Adobe User Group [http://ammug.nhive.com/], [http://groups.google.com/group/aaug (Google Groups membership required)]
• E-Learning Council [http://www.elearningcouncil.com/]
• Austin Community of the Society for Technical Communication [http://www.stc-austin.org/]
• Greater Austin Forum on Diversity and Inclusion (GAFDI) [contact Lenell Duggan or Jeremy Solomans]

Online Resources

• Vital Smarts: Crucial Skills Newsletter [http://www.vitalsmarts.com/subscribenewsletter.aspx]
• Managing Young Talent Video Newsletter [http://www.rainmakerthinking.com/subscribe.php]
• Fresh Milk Leadership Newsletter ( [http://www.contentedcows.com/]
• Leadership Library [http://www.marshallgoldsmithlibrary.com/]
• Management Library [http://www.managementhelp.org/]
• Retaining Talent Articles [http://www.keepem.com/ResourcesArticles.asp]
• Development Dimensions International Events [http://www.ddiworld.com/events/events.asp?type=2&sort=3]
• Employment Practices Solutions Newsletter [http://www.epspros.com/]
• ADA Related Info/Webcasts [[email protected]]
• “Corporate University” Xchange [http://www.corpu.com/]
• Train the Trainer e-Zine [http://www.bobpikegroup.com/pages.asp?pageid=37783]
• Employee Motivation Articles [http://www.trainingmag.com/msg/index.jsp]
• Workforce Management [http://www.workforce.com/]
• Online Education Resources [http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/]
• Instrucitonal Media Selection Guide [http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/]
• Computer Training Blogs [http://www.intelligentedu.com/blogs/]
• Effective PowerPoint Tips [http://www.thinkoutsidetheslide.com/newsletter.htm]
• Microsoft Office 2003 Tutorials [http://www.pitt.edu/~edindex/Office2003frame.html]
• GroupWise 7 Help [http://www.cedarville.edu/cf/compserv/help/helppages.cfm?Category=Groupwise]
• Web-Building Tutorials [http://www.w3schools.com/]
• Purdue Online Writing Lab [http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/]
• UV Hyptertext Writer’s Guide [http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/welcome.html]
• Accessibility Consulting [http://www.jimthatcher.com/]
• Creating Accessibility on the Web [http://www.peregrineproject.com/accessibility/]
• Accessible Distance Learning [http://www.accesselearning.net/]
• FEMA Independent Study Program [http://training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp]

Low Cost

• Texas Department of Insurance Audiovisual Library [http://www.tdi.state.tx.us/wc/safety/videoresources/avcatalog.html]
• Society of Government Meeting Professionals [http://www.sgmpaustin.org/home/]
• Austin Free-Net Computer Classes [http://www.austinfree.net/classes/]
• Skillpoint Alliance [http://www.skillpointalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=94&Itemid=446]
• Center for Community Based and Non-Profits at ACC [http://www.austincc.edu/npo/development/current.php]
• Texas Distance Learning Association [http://www.txdla.org/]
• Texas Workforce Commission Training & Development [http://www.twc.state.tx.us/development/train/twc_training.html]
• Knowbility/AIR [http://www.knowbility.org/main/]