Anniversary Day 6 – Organize for Health – Webinar Give Away
Organize for Health & Nutrition: Pantry, Fridge, & Meal Planning
My next anniversary give-away is a webinar on a subject I could use right now as I get ready for summer bathing suit season.
Getting healthy and fit can be very challenging.
One way to make it easier is to have a pantry and fridge that are organized for your good health.
Organizing your pantry and fridge not only keeps them looking great, but it helps you to be able to find whatever you need in seconds. That saves you preparation time, and unnecessary trips to the store.
Join me for a webinar on organizing for health and nutrition with Registered Dietitian Pramila Duphare.
Pramila has been working in Hospitals and Nursing homes for 30 years. She has extensive background in Clinical Nutrition and has been in charge of supervising hospital/ nursing home kitchens.
You will learn:
* How to store food and use it when it is at its best so you are never in doubt if it is “still good”.
* How to buy and store the food items which are healthy for you and your family so you will have healthier meals.
* How to avoid food spoilage which leads to waste, or worse: food poisoning and sickness.
* Meal planning for the best nutritional benefits.
Organize for Health and Nutrition webinar with Clinical DietitianPramila Dupahre, MS, RD, LD
Date: Thursday May 24
Time: 8pm ET/5pm PT
One Hour – includes time for your questions
Cost: Complimentary
Anniversary Day 3 & 4
Happy 10th Anniversary to Me continues with a 2-part webinar series.
This year has brought one big change to my business and personal organization and I would like to share it because it rocks!
It is Pinterest!
As an idea collector and curator, I find that this visual archiving website is the perfect fit for my style of saving, without taking up space in my office, my house, or my head!
If you haven’t heard about it yet, Pinterest.com is a website that allows you to clip pictures and articles, upload your own, and categorize them onto virtual bulletin boards. The fun part is exploring the site and seeing what other people are “pinning” and commenting and re-pinning for yourself.
The interface is simple, but some don’t find it completely intuitive.
For that reason I’m presenting two webinars.
Get Pinteresting – Part 1 – for beginners.
Get Pinteresting – Part 2 – For business
The descriptions, dates, and other information is below.
I hope you will join me and get pinning with me!
Monday May 14, 2012
8:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) for 30 minutes plus time for questions.
Cost: 0 – my gift to you!
Description:
Get on board the Pinterest train! It’s a visually exciting site that can help you to organize your ideas, inspiration, recipes, projects and much more. Find out how to get started “pinning” and join the millions who have found pinspiration!
Attendees learn how to use Pinterest features and organize information. It promises potential use for homeowners, business people, writers, crafters, cooks, researchers and hobbyists of all types.
Follow along on your computer screen as Allison carter “drives” the programs while teaching you the how to make the most of the site.
Pinterest is the hottest, fastest growing website for collecting web clippings on virtual bulletin boards. It allows users to create visual boards for any subject under the sun.
Register HERE
In Part 2 Tuesday, Find out how clever business people are using this service to store and organize ideas and share them with clients.
registration: http://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=EE51DD81884B
Boost your Business with Pinterest & Get Pinteresting!
Description:
In Part 2, we explore what businesses are doing to get noticed and why it’s important.
We show you specific examples of good and not-so-good pinning and how to be a great pinner.
Attendees learn how to use Pinterest as a marketing vehicle for business.
Follow along on your computer screen as Allison carter shows you how to make the most of the site.
All eyes are on this virtual pin board service as it gets more and more popular.
We show you how to make it work for you.
Learn:
- How to get more traffic to your website and blogs
- How to connect with other social networks and save you work
- What people are doing on pinterest and how to make them notice your pins.
- How to be a curator and not just a broadcaster.
- How to promote more than just your product or service
- What NOT to do on Pinterest
- Why it’s important to your business to get followers
If you are new to Pinterest you will want to sign up for part 1 – Get Pinteresting for Beginners.
Tuesday May 15, 8pm ET
Cost: $20.12 for 10th anniversary Live Webinar
$10.00 for the recording only (link will be sent to all registrants to view on the web)
Organizer’s Favorite Things Resources
ORGANIZER’S FAVORITE THINGS
Ultimate Resource List
“Organizer’s Favorite Things,” a dazzling parade of the latest and greatest
in organizing products and resources.
CREATED BY Allison Spitzer Carter, CPO® + Krista Colvin NAPO CONFERENCE 2012
Organizer’s Favorite Things [Tools of the Trade for the Modern Home and Home Office]
This is the portion of the presentation about home office, information, tech and more.
THE MODERN OFFICE
DESK + FILES + DOCUMENTS
Laptop Cooling Pad – Targus Chill Mat
Space Saving Desks -
Space Desk
Fold-out Convertible Desk (black photo)
http://www.solutions.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&itemID=15931
Sekretar Flatmate Desk (white photo)
http://www.magazin.com/sekretaer-flatmate-p1457932/?a=28299
Files from Knock Knock
FUN File Folders from knockknock.biz
Martha Stewart Verticle File Ensemble at Staples
Martha Stewart Filing collection at Staples
http://www.staples.com/File-Folders-Filing/cat_CL166444
Smead Filing www.smead.com
Smead Stadium File
Drop Box – www. dropbox.com
Jot Not – app – scans docs www.jotnot.com
Ikea Rationell Variera – File holder (and lid organizer)
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70154800/?query=70154800
NeatDesk – www.neat.com
Neat Receipts – www.neat.com
Postit.com
Post-it pockets – www.post-it.com
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File Storage Ottoman
The Leash
The Leash – for phones and other devices
http://www.quicklipleash.com/
Leaf Keepers Cable Ties
Florafil Cord Cover – no link, still in design mode
Florafil Cord Cover
Grass Charging Station
Plug Bug
Poly Ply Stand – Design Concept not yet for sale
Poly Ply Stand
Wall Organizer
Cable Box Mini
Cordies
Cordies by Quirky - keep your cords on your desk even after unplugging.
Cable Drop
DIY cord labels using bread bag closures
APPS AND SOFTWARE
Dragon Naturally Speaking
Dragon – Speech to text
Software for PC
Apps that can be used by many devices
Flipboard and Google Currents
Great apps for viewing RSS feeds (blogs), facebook, twitter and much more!
Pinterest App
Pinterest App available at Pinterest.com
Heytell App
Heytell - voice to texting app
Goodreader App
Goodreader - Read and Annotate pdfs
CamCard
CamCard – Reads photos of business cards and organizes them
Delicious Library – Catalogs movies, books, music and other stuff
Libra – Catalog for movies and more
Cozi - life organizing/planning
About One - life organizing + document storage, photo storage and sharing + more
Rxmindme app - Reminder for taking medicines
My Health Records app – app on itunes
Care Calendar.org - coordinate care for ill people and others
TakeThemAMeal.com - coordinate bringing meals to people
PleaseBringIt.com - coordinate bringing items to parties, events, or to the sick or elderly
LotsaHelpingHands.com - coordinate care for sick, or for parties and events
ECO ORGANIZING
Earth 911
Best Buy Recycling
Ebay Rethink / Recycle
The Green Office.com
TheContainerStore.com
OrganizedAtoZ.com
SeeJaneWork.com
KEEPING UP
Getting Organized Magazine
LifeHacker
Make Use Of
Mashable
App Smitten - recommendations for best apps
THE MODERN PO
Square - turns any phone, ipad, ipod touch into a card swiping machine
Clever Container
Thirty-one Gifts
APPO.org
Come back soon… more links to come
Organizer’s Favorite Things
ORGANIZER’S FAVORITE THINGS
“Organizer’s Favorite Things,” a dazzling parade of the latest and greatest
in organizing products and resources.
CREATED BY Allison Spitzer Carter, CPO® + Krista Colvin NAPO CONFERENCE 2012
Organizer’s Favorite Things [Tools of the Trade for the Modern Home and Home Office]
It’s no surprise how much Professional Organizer’s
adore Organizing Products…
But which are our absolute faves… which products float our boat…
We Proudly Present the 2012 Organizer’s Favorite Things.
Products Chosen based on
New Problem, New Solution. Old Problem, New Solution. Design, New Design. Upcycling. Resources. Services.
Dowload the presentation slides here
See the Ultimate OrganizersFavorite Things Resource List 2012 (links to all of the goodies in the presentation)
Home items here:
http://organizethewholeshebang.com/
Home Office and Information items can be found HERE:
http://theprofessionalorganizer.com/organizers-favorite-things-resources/
Get a visual look at our favorites on our Pinterest Organizer ‘s Favorite Things Board HERE:
http://pinterest.com/kristacolvin/ideas-for-fav-things/
PInterest Tips – for organizing your group
Pinterest is all the rage for capturing and organizing ideas, and many of my readers have discovered the basics.
I hope that after seeing my recent webinar you have been able to browse, pin, re-pin and comment.
Here is your next trick: Creating a group board for sharing ideas
Why do you want to do this?? Well if not for sincere sharing then at least for numbers
When you add contributors to your board, all of your contributors magically have that board show up as one of their boards.
So the group board is seen by your followers but also those who follow the other contributors.
- To invite someone to share your profile you must have a mutual following (follow each other fully, not just one of their boards.
You can unfollow the boards you don’t want to see in your stream. - Go to you profile. In the drop-down menu & click on boards.
- Go to the board you wish to add contributors to.
- Click on Edit board (should be a button at the top of the page, under the title).
- Scroll down to “Who can pin” and click Me + Contributors.
- There will be a box and you will write the person’s name or profile handle. It will magically fill in if you are mutually following.
- Then click “Add” to the right.
- Pinterest will send a message to those you invite so that they may accept or decline.
In addition, you can remove yourself from a board by going to the board and clicking “remove”.
Now about numbers.
As a pinterest user, I have about 1600+ followers.
But my board that is a group board has 2900+ followers… so anything I post there is seen by more than twice as many people. Hmmmm. Something to munch on (like all the great food photos on pinterest).
Group boards are great for personal use:
Wedding ideas
Fan followings
Hobby boards (scrapbooking, knitting, modgepodge)
Similar interests
They are also great for business sharing.
Group board ideas:Teachers sharing resources
Graphic design fonts, designs, templates
Technology new gizmos and gadgets
My group board is Organizing Ideas and you can follow us HERE.
Happy Pinning!
Why You Should Be on Pinterest (Businesses)
If you haven’t heard about it yet, Pinterest is the newest, hottest, most happening, uh, social media site. I hesitate to say social because it’s up-and-coming socially speakiing. Right now it’s mostly a lot of very interesting people posting pictures of pretty cool stuff on “virtual bulletin boards”.
Imagine you’re in a room with a stack of of magazines cutting out articles and pictures and you get to put the pictures up on an unlimited number of bulletin boards on the walls around the room. You This is what Pinterest would be like if it was just you. But it’s not just you. There are now 11 Million other people out there also creating bulletin boards and “pinning” cool stuff on them… and you can look at all of their boards and they can look at yours.When they like something on your board, they can ‘like it’, ‘re-pin’ it, or comment on it, or a combo.These virtual pin boards are the reason so many visual people are drawn to the site. It’s a never-ending series of shiny objects to distract you.But it’s much more than that. When used to it’s max,it is also a place to categorize, classify, and organize your hobbies, projects, collections, and much more.
So now that you know what it is, why should you bother knowing what it is?
1. 11 million people are there today and it’s growing exponentially. That’s a lot of potential to brand you and your biz.
2. People share and re-pin things they like, a lot!! It creates instant buzz and traffic to your website. Each “pin” leads you back to the site where it came from.
3. It’s fun, so people are spending a lot of time there. The average person spends more than an hour on the site (from latest stats I saw). I personally flip through it for hours like reading a magazine while watching TV. Can you say addicted? Yes! That’s because I am the prime demographic which leads to #4.
4. Women make up more than 90% of the website users!!! If you’re business and you like to market to women, this is the place to be right now.
The learning curve is pretty easy – compared to Facebook and Twitter.
I have many tips for making the most of your business branding on Pinterest that I will share in Tuesday’s webinar – using Evernote and Pinterest to Capture Ideas and Information (and organize them too).
More information on the webinar HERE
The webinar is hosted by NAPO Georgia – (National Association of Professional Organizers, Georgia chapter)
Professional Organizing Guide Book
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Favorite Containers for Home Organizing
Favorite Containers for Home Organizing → edit
By Allison Carter, CPO®
Every organizer comes to rely upon a few choice containers and other products that can be used in a variety of situations.
And we love to share our favorites with our friends and colleagues.
Here is a list of some old standbys.
Home Office:
- file folders
- hanging files
- file Drawers
- drawer Dividers
- screen Risers
- printer stand
- pencil holder
- cd binders and cases
- magazine boxes
- desktop file box
- good chair
KITCHEN
- lazy susan
- can risers/tiers
- lid organizers
- drawer dividers
- shelf risers
- elfa door spice rack
- glideout shelves
- tupperware® Modular Mates
CLOSET
- huggable hangers
- shoebag
- purse bag
- purse cubbies
- elfa drawers
- sweater bags
- overdoor hooks
- valet rod
- tie-belt rack
- scarf hanger
- clear shoe boxes
- sock drawers
- Command hooks
BATHROOM
- shelf risers
- pull out drawers
- shower caddy
- little drawers – Sterilite
- 3m command hooks
LAUNDRY ROOM
- little bins
- elfa drawers
- shoe bags (to catch little items)
- pull out drying rack
- lingerie hanger
- pull out ironing board
- ironing board and iron rack
- hamper in every room
What are your favorites? And where do you use them most?
Organizer Tool Kit
By Allison Carter, CPO®
Starting projects with the right supplies can really make the job easier and it will go faster.
Imagine trying to make a cake without a big mixing bowl. You could probably make do, but the right tools make every job easier.
Here is a long list of tools that organizers like to carry.
Every organizer is going to operate a little differently from the next, so you might not need them all.
We welcome you to comment with your favorite tools of the trade.
General Organizing
- Post-it notes – extra sticky, various sizes
- Sharpies – thick and thin
- masking tape
- folding boxes, laundry baskets, something to sort into
- tape measure – sturdy – 25 feet
- scissors
- rubber bands
- little zip lock baggies to catch small items
- garment rack (portable) for closet organizing
- catalogs – to show your favorite products
- resource list – useful services
- label maker
- extra label tape
- extra batteries or charger
- gloves (for dusty or dirty spaces)
- face mask (for dusty or dirty spaces)
- hand sanitizer / wet wipes
- allergy medication – in case they act up
- tool kit – sometimes you just need to find a screwdriver
- level for hanging things
- apron with pockets
Home Office
- extra hanging files
- extra manila folders
- extra plastic tabs
- Post-it tabs
- notebooks
- page protectors
- mini stapler
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