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Community Quality Management Organizations Worldwide

• Madison Area Quality Improvement Network Learn about MAQIN (one of the first and still one of the most important community quality organizations) located in Madison, Wisconsin. Their annual Hunter Conference is one of the best conferences anywhere with past speakers including (W. Edwards Deming, George Box, David Langford, Peter Scholtes, Gerald Suarez, Brian Joiner, Alfie Kohn and many more). (Curious Cat Creations manage this site and the Curious Cat Management Improvement Connections site)
• Curious Cat Deming Connections Connect to online Deming resources: articles, web sites, training material, handbooks, consultants, conferences, mailing lists and more.
• Quality New Mexico Listen to weekly Quality Radio show.
• Community Quality Electronic Network Assists Community Quality Efforts by facilitating electronic communication.
• Quality New Jersey "Advance the state of excellence in New Jersey in partnership with our stakeholders through education, assessment and recognition, and the application of performance excellence methodologies." They offer many events for networking and learning.
• ASQ Metropolitan Secton (New York) Deming and Ott Award information. Conference and seminar information.
• Quality Las Cruces "non-profit, membership organization that engages in activities which seek to educate southern New Mexico about quality principles, tools and methods."
• Capital Quality Initiative - Lansing, Michigan
• ASQ Boston Section Includes online archive of newsletters in addtion to calendar of events and a directory of links.
• Dubai Quality Group
• South Carolina State Government Improvement Network "Creates opportunities for organizations and individuals in state government to improve services they deliver.
  We do this by providing a central point of contact for education and information sharing on innovative management practices."
  
• ASQ Memphis Section
• ASQ Montreal Section "To promote and enhance the quality profession by providing support to our Section membership, offering information, educational programs and events, and promoting the awareness and value of quality in the community."
• Lothian Quality Forum "The forum promotes Business excellence through quality management throughout Edinburgh and the Lothians."
• ASQ Chicago Section
• ASQ Ann Arbor
• ASQ San Diego "The purpose of this website is to enhance the support services we provide to our customers, the membership and quality community in general."
• NHS Improvement Network The United Kingdom National Health Service Improvement Network site.
• Southern Center for Organizational Excellence "catalyst for community-wide improvement through systemic solutions."
• ASQ Community Quality Councils Committee They aim to become the focal point for research and development of CQ theory, practice, and information.
• ASQ Detroit
• Center for Quality of Management A non-profit organization founded by senior executives to promote Mutual Learning through educational programs, advising services, research initiatives, and networking events. An excellent online journal (though no new issues are being published.
• ASQ Washington DC Section
• South Carolina Quality Forum Includes information on South Carolina Governor?s Quality Award (Baldrige based).
• Washington State Quality Award Washington's Baldrige based quality award.
• ASQ Seattle Section
• ASQ Merrimack Valley Section
• ASQ Indianapolis Section
• Manitoba Quality Network "Focused on the pursuit of organizational effectiveness and quality improvement."
• Vermont Council for Quality "promote and recognize high performance in employer organizations in order to enhance the quality of life throughout Vermont"
• Connecticut Quality Improvement Award "improving the economic vitality of our state using the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Criteria for Performance Excellence"
• French Deming Association
• Quality Council of Indiana "We specialize in providing comprehensive, up-to-date study materials for all ASQ certification exams."
• ASQ Cincinnati
• Center for Organizational Excellence
• ASQ Delaware Section
• Florida Sterling Award Florida's Baldrige based award.
• Phoenix Arizona Local ASQ Section
• Network for Quality, Productivity, Competitiveness - Nepal "A Network of Entrepreneurs, Managers, Academicians and Consultants of Nepal to enhance competitiveness through sharing, learning and applying globally developed quality and productivity tools and techniques."
• Center for Quality People and Organizations Joint effort of Toyota and The Georgetown, Kentucky school system to improve education, business and community.
• Arizona Excellence Arizona's Baldrige based award with online newsletter, links...
• ASQ Edmonton Section
• ASQ Louisville
• ASQ Toronto Section
• Eastern Michigan University: Center for Quality
• Connecticut Quality Council
• Deming Learning Network Aberdeen, Scotland
• Student Quality Association - UW Madison "To provide a dynamic environment that fosters student awareness and understanding of Quality principles and their applications through a cooperative effort across university disciplines with external organizations."
• ASQ Minnesota Section
• Kentucky Quality Council "Strives to promote and accelerate the economic well-being of the state of Kentucky by fostering quality awareness and education."
• Kentucky Quality Council "Strives to promote and accelerate the economic well-being of the state of Kentucky by fostering quality awareness and education."
• ASQ San Fernando Valley Section
• Singapore Quality Institute
• ASQ - Carolina High Country
• Iowa Quality Center Manages Iowa Recognition for Performance Excellence, the Iowa Baldrige based quality award.
• San Diego Deming User Group
• AQP Greater Chicago Chapter
• Louisiana Quality Foundation Louisiana Baldrige based award program.
• ASQ Baltimore
• Lincoln Foundation for Business Excellence Illinois' Baldrige Award organization.
• Oklahoma Quality Award Foundation
• Tennessee Quality Award
• Northern New Jersey chapter of the Association for Quality and Participation
• Quality Texas Foundation
• Michigan Quality Council
• Margaret Chase Smith Quality Association Maine's Baldrige Award organization.
• Ohio Award for Excellence "Through a progressive four-tiered process, we are building a learning environment dedicated to accelerating continuous improvement within the State of Ohio, among business, education, health care, government, and not-for-profit sectors."
• ASQ Buffalo Section
• ASQ Silicon Valley Section
• ASQ Greater El Paso Section Mission: to be the leading authority for quality in the southwest borderplex area. We are always ready to further the cause of quality through education, knowledge, mentoring, and general hard work.
• ASQ Long Island Section
• ASQ Princeton Section (New Jersey)
• California Council for Quality and Service Manage the California Awards for Performance Excellence (Baldrige based).
• ASQ Salt Lake City Section
• ASQ Raleigh Section
• ASQ Pittsburgh Section
• ASQ Madison Section
• Nevada Quality Alliance "To facilitate the pursuit of excellence through leadership and coordination of improvement expertise, resources, and energy in our Nevada communities."
• ASQ New Haven Section "Our Mission is to develop members' professional knowledge, skills and abilities and be recognized in the New Haven area as the premier resource for Quality principles, concepts and technologies."
• Excellence in Missouri Foundation Manage the Missouri Quality Award (Baldrige based).
• Granite State Quality Council Manage New Hampshire's Baldrige quality based award.
• ASQ Pine Tree State Section (Maine)
• Alabama Productivity Center "works to improve Alabama companies' productivity, quality, and competitiveness through the use of the University's research and educational resources." The Center manages the Alabama Quality Award.
• ASQ Knoxville, Tennessee Section
• ASQ Wichita Section
• ASQ Golden Gate Section
• ASQ Philadelphia Section
• ASQ Saskatchewan
• MassExcellence
• Kansas Award for Excellence
• Greater Memphis Association for Quality
• ASQ Southeast Florida Section
• ASQ London Section
• ASQ Baton Rouge, Louisiana Section
• ASQ San Antonio Section
• ASQ Greater Detroit Section