Member of the Board of Directors, International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction, (IBSTPI) 1975–1987.

• Co-author, Instructional Design Competencies: The Standards, 1986, with Ken Silber and Odin Westgaard.

Contributing Editor, Data Training,
1985 - 1988

• Author of Bimonthly "Principles" column

Software Reviewer for CBT authoring systems, Info World, 1995–96

External member of doctoral dissertation committees for Purdue University, 1993; Indiana University, 2003; Nova Southeastern University, 2005

Association for Education Communications and Technology, Division of Instructional Development (DID).

• DID Professional Development Committee, 1978 - 1979
• Chairman, DID Pre-Convention Workshop Committee, 1979 - 1980
• Executive Coordinator, DID, 1980 - 1981
• Board of Directors, DID 1982 - 1984
• Editorial Board, Journal of Instructional Development, 1982 - 1988
• Editorial Board, Educational Technology Research and Development, 1989 to 1996 and 1997 to 2000 and 2003-2005.  Consulting Editor, 1996 to 2003.
• Peter Dean Lecturer, 1996.

International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI; formerly National Society for Performance and Instruction, NSPI)

• Business/Government Outreach Project, 1985-89.
• Produced videotape on Performance Technology, 1988 (Sponsored by Applied Learning)
• DID/NSPI Joint Committee on Professional Certification, 1978 to 1985
• Contributing Editor, Chicago P & I, 1984 - 1988
• Long-Range Planning Task Force, 1985 - 86
• R & D Track Chair, 1988 - 1989
• Consulting Editor, Performance & Instruction Quarterly, 1988 to present
• Performance Technology System Award Chair, 1989
• Special Task Force on Research Policy, 1989
• Chair, Senior Advisor Panel, 1990 - 94
• Technology Advisory Panel, 1989 – 94
• Board of Directors, Chicago Chapter, 1991-1993
• Vice President - Communications, Chicago NSPI, 1993–94
• NSPI Distinguished Service Award, 1995
• National Board of Directors, 1995–97.
• Thomas F. Gilbert Award Chair, 2001, 2002.
• Member for Life, 2002
• Advisory Panel member for development of the Certified Human Performance Technologist professional certification.
• Certified Human Performance Technologist, 2002.
• Annual conference presentations and workshops, 1979–present.

• Division C (Learning and instruction)
• Special Interest Groups: Technology, Instruction and Cognitive Learning;, Instructional Design and technology-related groups

• Training and Support Services Committee, 1987–88

Consulting Editor, Educational Technology, Research section, 1992–96

American Society for Quality (ASQ) (formerly ASQC)

• ASQC/ANSI Working Group Z-1.11
• Accredited Standards Committee Z-1 on Quality Assurance, 1992 to 1999
• Co-authored ANSI/ASQ Z1.11.guidelines for education and training organizations under ISO-9000.

Consulting Editor, Computers and Human Behavior, 1999–present.

Consulting Editor, Technology, Instruction, and Cognitive Learning, 2003–present.

Expert Review Panel member, Telelearning Network Centres of Excellence application for continued funding, Vancouver, Canada, February, 2001.

Proposal review panel member, National Science Foundation, 2004.