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)
Happy Anniversary to Me
It’s day 1 of the 10th Anniversary – Virtual Birthday Bash for The Professional Organizer!
I’m so grateful that I’ve been a part of so many lives and helped so many people get more organized.
To celebrate today, we are having a plain ol’ give-away.
Chocolate cake with cream cheese icing from Suburban Grandma
I would give you chocolate birthday cake with cream-cheese icing and colorful sprinkles if I could… but all I can give you is a virtual bite of organizing.
In today’s goodie bag I give to you my first booklet, Scared of Your Clutter.
It contains tips, tips, tips for organizing your whole life.
I hope it inspires you to do at least one new thing or teaches you one new trick.
If you already know about organizing, it’s a nice little book to give to a friend!
Get your complimentary download of Scared of Your Clutter (pdf) TODAY from my e-junkie store HERE:
If you are using Firefox or have pop-up blockers or it’s just not working, click on this link.
THIS IS ONLY GOOD TODAY – WEDNESDAY MAY 2, 2012.
This goodie goes away Thursday morning at 8am so act fast!
We’ll have more goodies for you very soon.
Keep an eye on this blog all month for more organizing treats!!
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
)
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)
Then & Now – When he comes home
I found these tips from a 1050s Home Economics class about how to prepare your home for when your husband comes back from work each day.
Some of the tips are right on the money! Some are a sadly out-dated as the role of women has changed drastically. Gave me a good little laugh and the pleasure of I’m no longer responsible for looking refreshed when my husband arrives home. I can’t touch up my make-up if I’m not wearing any.
Compiled by Ms. Leslie Blankship
Columbus, Ohio
Have dinner ready: Plan ahead even the night before to have a delicious meal on time. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the prospects of a good meal are part of the warm welcome needed.
Yes – do plan ahead! Not just for your family but also for yourself! It saves you time, money, and last minute stress.
Prepare yourself: Take 15 minutes to rest so you will be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your makeup, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh looking. He has just been with a lot of work-wary people. Be a little gay and a little more interesting. His boring day may need a lift.
Really? So glad we’re past this era.
Clear away the clutter: Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives, gathering up school books, toys, paper, etc. Then run a dust cloth over the tables. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift, too.
Yes – do this for yourself at the end of the day and you’ll prevent the mountain of clutter that piles up from a week of overlooking it.
The rest of these are just for your enterainment:
Prepare the children: Take a few minutes to wash the children’s hands and faces (if they are small), comb their hair, and if necessary, change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the part.
Minimize all noise: At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of washer, dryer, dishwasher, or vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quite. Be happy to see him. Greet him with a warm smile and be glad to see him. Some don’ts: Don’t greet him with problems or complaints. Don’t complain if he’s late for dinner. Count this as minor compared with what he might have gone through that day.
Make him comfortable: Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or suggest he lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soft soothing and pleasant voice. Allow him to relax-unwind.
Listen to him: You may have a dozen things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first.
Make the evening his: Never complain if he does not take you out to dinner or to other places of entertainment. Instead, try to understand his world of strain and pressure, his need to be home and relax.
The goal: Try to make your home a place of peace and order where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit.
Table Cloths – Then & Now
I found some wonderful antique magazines with home organizing tips from readers. I was surprised how some of the advice was still spot-on correct. Some of the tips were far outdated (using electricity was still considered dangerous due to shocking).
I want to share some of the suggestions in a new feature: Then & Now
THEN: This tip is from Good Housekeeping in 1922:
NOW: Most people still either fold their table cloths and put them on a shelf or they hang them up on hangers.
Either method lends itself to labeling by marking the fold. Though we’re not likely to embroider the mark, it is very easy to make a tag using a simple index card and using a safety pin to pin it on. Another way to mark the linens on the fold would be to attach an inch or two of masking tape (painters tape has less stickness) and mark the tape with the size.
After marking each table cloth, arrange by size (oval, round, rectangle, square) so that you can easily put your finger on the one you want in seconds.
This method can also be used for marking bed linens that can be confused if you have several sizes with the same color or pattern.
What else can you think of that can be marked on the fold like this? Towels? Blankets?
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?
