Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve had the honor of hearing from Certified Meeting Professional Elizabeth Glau about various topics. Today Elizabeth is back with some insight about the way Twitter is being used by conference attendees to communicate with each other and with conference organizers.
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 Your 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:
Seasonal Chore List: Part 1
The Tiny Tasks I’ve outlined over the past few weeks, when completed regularly, (daily, weekly or monthly) will go a long way towards keeping your home organized, clean and tidy.
Other chores need only be done once a year, or seasonally, but are equally important. To get you started, here are a few tasks that should be done as you prepare for the long, dark, winter months.
Weekly Chore List: Part 2
Last week, I provided you with a list of weekly chores for the “public” rooms in your home. Today, we’ll venture into the other rooms.
Weekly Chore List: Part 1
This week we return to scheduling tasks for the public areas of your home (rooms seen by guests). The advantage of using a list is two-fold; you won’t forget anything and chores can be divided by family members.







