Organiz-a-rama

I haven’t had a chance to post much lately because I’m planning a spectacular event for you! To celebrate Get Organized Month, I have lined up a dozen top-notch organizing experts to teach the in’s and out’s of organizing, all by phone, from the comfort of your own couch!
So this is a save the date [...]

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Mon, December 7 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments

Part-Time Organizing

Many people start organizing on a part time basis for a variety of reasons:

Working a full time job and want to ease into new career
Other obligations such as children or aging parents
Just want to work part time - it’s a lifestyle job

Part-time would be considered less than 30 hours per week, including your desk time.
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Mon, May 11 2009 » Junk Drawer, Marketing, Uncategorized » 2 Comments

Organizing outside the boxes

Professional Organizer Jill  Ferguson, a licensee of The Professional Organizer, shows viewers how to use everyday household items for organizing. She appers on Daytime in Tampa, FL with these tips.
Great idea in tough economic times or anytime really.
Great job Jill!

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Mon, April 13 2009 » Events, In the News, Marketing, Products » No Comments

LA Organizing Awards Celeb Host

NAPO Los Angeles has announced the celebrity host for this year’s extravaganza.
The 2009 Los Angeles Organizing Awards will be hosted by Hal Sparks, stand-up comedian, former host of Talk Soup on E! Entertainment Television and star of the acclaimed Showtime series Queer As Folk.
The Los Angeles chapter of The National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO-LA) [...]

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Sun, January 11 2009 » Events » No Comments

Organizers in the News

Allison Carter, owner of The Professional Organizer and Organizer U. is featured in these pieces on organizing to save money on Ch. 11/NBC Atlanta.

Story to go with these stories is HERE.

So how did Allison land this interview?
Social networking on facebook. I was able to find old colleagues from my days at CNN. Valerie Hoff was [...]

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Tue, January 6 2009 » In the News, Publicity » No Comments

Organize Your Health

A new product is on the market that Professional Organizers may find very helpful for organizing a client’s medical history.  The Organized-Health binders are designed to make it easy for someone to bring medical information back and forth to the doctor’s office. It has  pages to fill in and pockets for easy stashing.
And one of [...]

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Sun, December 14 2008 » Home Organizing, Products » No Comments

Fascinating Facts for Organizers

Here are some timeless facts you can use it talks or with clients:

A week day edition of The New York Times contains more information than the average person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 17th century England.
Information Anxiety, Richard Saul Wurman.
People who multitask are less efficient than those who focus [...]

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Mon, November 17 2008 » Statistics » No Comments