In my role as a professional organizer, I have the privilege of working with other professionals from many different fields. One of the people I’m pleased to have in my network is Brooke Daly, who is an incredibly resourceful College Planning Consultant. I’ve invited her here today to share a few strategies to help high school students and their parents successfully navigate the many steps involved in applying for college.
Repurposing Items to Get Organized
Getting organized isn’t about running to the store and purchasing the latest style of containers. In many cases, you can organize your belongings using items that are already in your home, and I’ve invited eco-organizer Julie Seibert to tell us more.
Sketch of a Caricature Artist
It’s always great to hear from people who read my blog or have seen me on “Hoarders” and I was especially pleased to hear from Dan D’Addario. Dan owns a Detroit-area business as a caricaturist and cartoonist. As you can see (below) I was honored to be the subject of one of his recent projects.
How Do You Become a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)?
Professional organizing comes in many different forms. Some organizers specialize in residential work, others prefer business organizing, and many enjoy offering a variety of services. Quite a few professional organizers apply their organizing skills to services that go above and beyond hands-on organizing, such as event planning. If this is an area that interests you, you’ll want to read today’s post by Certified Meeting Professional Elizabeth Glau.
Are You Preparing to Attend a Conference… Or Do You Just Show Up?
One of the things I look forward to every year is catching up with my colleagues at various conferences, and I highly recommend it to all professional organizers and other small business owners. Going to conferences isn’t cheap though, so it’s really important that you don’t treat it as a strictly social occasion.

To help you get the most out of your investment, I’ve invited Certified Meeting Professional Elizabeth Glau to share a few tips.
Top Five Baby Proofing Tips
This week, I’m thrilled to introduce one of my NAPO colleagues, Deb Lee, as my guest blogger.
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Everyone wants the best for their children, and as a new parent, your protective instincts will likely kick in well before you meet your new baby. That means getting your home up to snuff for when your little person starts living in what used to be an adult only environment.
There’s a lot to consider like when to baby proof and what exactly you should do. Here are a few tips to get you started.
Tips for Organizing, Storing and Sharing Photos
With an estimated 375 billion photos taken each year, there’s no wonder we’re feeling overwhelmed! Even if they’re just sitting on our computer’s hard drive – or on our camera’s DS card – these digital memories still take up psychic and emotional space. If we don’t figure out an effective way to process, organize, and store these photos, they may as well not exist. Here are a dozen ways to organize your photos so you can enjoy and share them:
Your Favorite Movies
Last month I asked you on my Facebook page to list your favorite movies. I requested that you tell me the titles and in return, I’d categorize those titles and present them as a future blog post; a neatly organized list of movies to watch. As promised, for your viewing pleasure over the next few long, dark months of winter, your favorite movies:
Seasonal Chore List: Part 2
Hopefully by now you’re reaping the benefits from the lists of routines, chores and tasks for keeping your home maintained. If not, you may wish to go back and review my last few posts:







