AAP annual confab on March 20

The Academy for Administrative Professionals(AAP) will be celebrating its fifth anniversary with a series of activities. This will coincide with the 'international Administrative Professionals Week' Celebrations.

The celebrations will start with the annual conference "Executive PA-Beyond Excellence" which will be held at Colombo Hilton on March 20 from 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, will be the chief guest and keynote speaker. Managing Director, Eagle Insurance, Deepal Sooriyaarachchi, Management Consultant, Ranel Wijesinghe and Banquet Manager, Galadari Hotel, Bernard Croose will comprise the resource panel.

Executive Director of the AAP Sunethra Jayaratne said that the confab will be unique and exciting planned for personal assistants, secretaries and front line executives who wish to benefit the organisation and themselves. She also said that the workplace is constantly changing. More is expected from the modern personal assistants executives - new skills, initiative approaches and achieving the highest professional standards. It is less about processing and more about managing relationships and communication. Flexibility and a desire to succeed, what gives the PA the "edge and this conference is designed to meet the demand of the day.

Workshop for Sinhala medium Secretaries, Annual Award Nite and Dinner Dance, charity projects have been lined up by the Academy to coincide with the anniversary.

The Academy conducts courses in secretarial practices, English and Tamil Languages.

AAP which is currently conducting the London Chamber of Commerce Private and Executive Secretaries Diplomas, intends to commence Arabic classes, PR and shorthand classes this year.

AAP membership is free and it also operates a job bank for its members.