About Us - Waukesha Chapter

About Us

The Waukesha Chapter meets the first Thursday of each month, September through May, at the Venice Club 1905 N Calhoun Rd, Brookfield, WI 53005, (262) 786-8323

We start the night with networking at 5:30 pm, dinner at 6:00 pm, and then our educational program follows at 6:30 pm. We finish the night with a short chapter business meeting at 7:30 pm.

We believe in the "International IAAP theme for 2011-2012 "Making the Leap to Remarkable"- so make a commitment to yourself and join us in September and every month thereafter.

Our mission statement: Enhance the success of career-minded administrative professionals by providing opportunities for growth through education, community building, and leadership development.

About IAAP

The International Association of Administrative Professionals is a not-for-profit professional association for office professionals with approximately 40,000 members and affiliates and nearly 600 chapters worldwide. Our mission is to enhance the success of career-minded administrative professionals by providing opportunities for growth through education, community building and leadership development. The association founded in 1942 as the National Secretaries Association to provide a professional network and educational resources for secretarial staff. The association's name was changed in 1998 to the International Association of Administrative Professionals to encompass the large number of varied administrative job titles and recognize the advancing role of administrative support staff in business and government.

Our core values:

Integrity: We demonstrate this cornerstone of our profession through honesty, accountability and high ethical standards.
Respect: We create respect within our profession and association through listening, understanding and acknowledging member feedback.
Adaptability: We ensure the success of our association by embracing positive change and by nurturing diversity, creativity and visionary thinking.
Communication: We cultivate and maintain excellence by remaining approachable at all levels, communicating openly and building strong relationships.
Commitment: We are steadfast in our goals to develop learning opportunities for career-minded administrative professionals and to strengthen efficiency and effectiveness.