ISPI Individual Member Journey
Join a community focused on improving performance, not just activity.
ISPI is for professionals who help people, teams, and organizations perform better. As a member, you join a community committed to practical solutions, measurable results, and work that makes a real difference.
Why Join ISPI?
Organizations often invest in programs, training, technology, process changes, and other efforts without fully understanding what is getting in the way of performance.
ISPI members are different.
We are professionals who look beneath the surface, focus on what matters, and ask whether the work actually improved performance.
Through ISPI, members connect with others who are committed to solving performance problems at the source and proving results.
What ISPI Helps Members Do
Find what’s getting in the way.
Strengthen your ability to look beyond assumptions, symptoms, and quick fixes to understand what is affecting performance.Fix what matters.
Learn how to choose practical solutions that address the issue, not just the visible problem.Prove the result.
Build your ability to measure what changed and show whether your work improved performance.Who Should Join?
ISPI welcomes professionals who help individuals, teams, and organizations perform better, including learning and development professionals, instructional designers, performance improvement practitioners, organizational development professionals, HR and talent leaders, consultants, researchers, faculty, executives, managers, and technology professionals working to improve human performance.
If your work is about improving performance and showing meaningful results, ISPI is for you.
Why it Matters
ISPI helps professionals move from “we delivered something” to “we improved something.”
That distinction matters.
In a world of rapid change, new technology, AI, workforce disruption, and increasing pressure to show results, organizations need professionals who can focus on what matters and improve performance in measurable ways.
Gold Membership is less than $18/month*
One of the most important steps toward advancing careers in the exciting field of human performance improvement is to join a professional association. If you are a manager, practitioner, researcher, teacher, student, or professor, or if you work as a part of a learning community, ISPI is for you.
* $215 billed annually, discounts available for developing countries and students.
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Membership Benefits
As an ISPI member, you gain access to a professional community and resources that support your growth, practice, and impact.
Membership includes access to:
Professional learning opportunities
Conferences, webinars, and events
Publications and performance improvement resources
Credentialing and recognition opportunities
Chapters, communities, and professional networks
Volunteer and leadership opportunities
Member pricing for selected programs and events
Individual Membership That Fits Your Needs
ISPI has various membership levels available to fit your professional needs and budget.
Find the one that works best for you.
Most Popular
Gold
$17.92
per month*
- Gold Members receive a 30% discount on ISPI offerings like the annual conference and other eligible products.
- Unrestricted access to member content, ISPI publications, and more.
- Opportunities to apply for ISPI awards, to join or chair a committee, ...
- * $215 billed annually
Developing Countries
$8.92
per month*
ISPI is proud to support research and professional development in developing country by offering this 50% discount on Gold membership and other eligible ISPI services.
- To qualify, your country must be listed on UN Report.
- * $107.50 billed annually
Silver
$8.75
per month*
- 20% discount on selected ISPI offerings.
- Limited access to member content and ISPI publications.
- Cannot publish articles, chair a committee nor apply for ISPI Awards.
- * $105 billed annually
Bronze
$4.58
per month*
- 10% discount on selected ISPI offering.
- Restricted access to member content and benefits.
- Cannot publish articles, join a committee nor apply for ISPI Awards.
- * $55 billed annually
Membership Discounts Available
We are proud to support research and professional development in the field of performance improvement among our developing country partners. We also support student research and professional development through ongoing initiatives and programs.
Developing Countries
We offer a 50% discount on Gold membership for individuals in developing countries. To qualify, your country must be listed on UN Report (page 118).
For more information, please contact us.
Student Discount
We offer a 50% discount on Gold membership for eligible students. To qualify, email the following to membership@ispi.org: Proof of continuous enrollment in a degree-seeking program.
Become a Member
If you want to strengthen your practice, connect with people who care about results, and help shape the future of performance improvement, ISPI is the place to be.
Join ISPI and become part of a community committed to better performance, practical solutions, and measurable results.
Member Feedback
“Everyone was engaged and excited about ISPI's future. I enjoyed the presentations and workshops, but the conversations were the most significant aspect of the event for me. I spent the week talking with people who shared similar interests and who understood the meaning of Performance Improvement without needing any explanation.”
“I had the opportunity to learn new things, share my experiences with others, and forge new friendships.”
“I am already looking forward to next year's conference and the opportunity to reconnect with my ISPI family once again.”
“As a member of ISPI for nearly four years and the president of an ISPI chapter, I thought I had a good grasp of what the organization was all about. However, it was at the 2024 conference that I genuinely experienced ISPI as my community and my professional home.”
“The energy, passion, and knowledge shared by the attendees, speakers, and organizers were genuinely inspiring. I left the conference feeling reinvigorated and more connected to my fellow Performance Improvement professionals than ever before.”
Membership Policy
Membership Transference Policy
Membership fees are non-transferable.
Membership Code of Conduct
ISPI and its members use evidence-based performance improvement research and practices to effect sustainable, measurable results, and add value to stakeholders in the private, public, and social sectors. With this role comes a great responsibility for members to commit to ethical standards that promote the goal of transforming society for the better.
View the ISPI Membership Code of Conduct
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