Management, Leadership, and Professional Development Consultant
Rose Friend Schmitt, Ph. D.
Tuesday, July 25, 2017 - IAAP Summit, New Orleans
For the past four days, I have been attending the International Association of Administrative Professional (IAAP) Summit in New Orleans. I attended this conference because this organization was kind enough to help me complete my dissertation work by allowing one of their Branches to participate in my study. I must give a special thanks to Ann Dalkhe for sending out my survey link via e-mail to her Branch members, and then following up with reminder e-mail. I had the opportunity to meet Ann while at the Summit, and she has been elected to the IAAP Board of Directors for the 2017-2018 year. I look forward to working with her in the future.
Part of my agreement with IAAP included my submitting an article for publication in the OfficePro magazine (appeared in the March/April 2017 issue) and presenting the results of the study at this Summit. I have had a lot of positive feedback from these sessions, and I thank everyone who attended and wanted to know more about my study.
I have gotten to know three special individuals, Donna Koeniges, Jackie Lopez, and Christine Mednick. I hope to continue to get to know them better and to see them again at next year's Summit in Austin, TX.


I've met some incredible people at this conference. All of the speakers have been extremely knowledgeable, very personable, and funny. Their talks and presentations have inspired me to continue my work and help administrative assistants achieve their goals.
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