The Joy of Organizing

This week we talk about organizing the heart of your home- the kitchen. The kitchen is where we cook and eat our meals, but often it is used for homework, and projects due to the large flat space in the kitchen table. We will share our best organizing tips and tricks to help you tackle clutter and keep the heart of your home healthy!

Well, it's mid-June, and most recent college graduates have started their careers, or will be shortly. Taking your first step in the "real world" can be challenging, but with a little organization you can ensure you put your best foot forward! Even if you're not a new college grad, these tips are certainly applicable to anyone!

This week we discuss our best tips to start getting rid of clutter, and make some money in the process by having a successful yard sale. Whether you have experience with hosting a yard sale, or this will be your first time, we have tips for every level of experience.

This week we are excited to introduce our audience to a great organizing product guaranteed to keep your boxes, totes, and anything that needs a label- organized! We are joined by owners Nancy Andreotta and Colleen Kachele as they tell us about all of the ways you can get organized using the NACKit line of products.They have kindly given our listeners the opportunity to get 10% off their NACKit purchases by entering the code "Joy" at checkout. So take a look at their website http://www.nackit.com

Do you have "House Rules" and "Standard Operating Procedures" at your home? If you don't, you should! Find out what they are, and how they can change the way your home runs when Certified Professional Organizer, Ellen Delap stops by The Joy of Organizing radio show. She gives us some wonderful tips to organize your family unit as a whole. When your family runs like a well-oiled machine, you have more time to do things you love to do! Be sure to listen for her advice on how to get your kids to to buy into doing household chores! About Ellen: Ellen's passion for organizing, as well as her desire to assist and empower others, led her to create Professional-Organizer.com in 2000. Ellen is a Golden Circle member of the National Association Of Professional Organizers (NAPO) and a founding member of the NAPO Houston Chapter. In addition to being a member of the education and certification committees in NAPO, she has been 2008 NAPO National Conference Chair and past President of NAPO Houston. She currently serves on the national associationâ??s Leadership Development Committee and Statistics Database Committee. As a member of the National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization (NSGCD), she holds two certificates of study concerning Chronic Disorganization and ADD issues and the Level II Chronic Disorganization Specialist Certificate. In May 2007 Ellen earned the highly esteemed and elite title of Certified Professional Organizer (CPO®) through the Board of Certification for Professional Organizers. Ellen has trained with Coach Approach for Professional Organizersâ?¢ and is a Certified Family Manager Coachâ?¢.

This week we are joined by Certified Professional Organizer, Anne Blumer of Portland, Oregon. Anne shares some wonderful organizing tips that you can apply to any room in the home. She also explains to our audience some of the benefits of getting organized. Take a listen and share these great, free organizing tips with friends and family. Anne Blumer is the owner and founder of SolutionsForYou, Inc., a Portland, Oregon based company, offering professional organizing services to corporate, home-based business, residential and small business clients and offering training programs for professional organizers.Anne is among the inaugural 200 Professional Organizers in the world to receive the Certified Professional Organizer CPO® Designation from the Board of Certified Professional Organizers (BCPO). Additionally, Anne holds a certificate of training from the Coach Approach for Organizers™ and from the NSGCD a Level II ADD Specialist Certificate (Graduates at this level have completed approximately 65 hours of study and passed the ADD Exam in addition to having earned their CD Specialist designation.), Level II Chronic Disorganization Specialist Certificate (Graduates at this level have completed approximately 25 hours of study and passed the General Exam), Certificate of Study in Learning Styles and Modalities, Certificate of Study in Chronic Disorganization, Certificate of Study in Basic ADD Issues With the CD Client, and Certificate of Study in CD Client Administration. Anne is a certified Freedom Filer™ consultant and certified GO System Trainer and Consultant. You can take a look at her book, Get Rich Organizing, at http://www.getrichorganizing.com

This week we have the great pleasure of welcoming ADD/ADHD organizing expert Juli Shulem to the show. She has been working extensively with ADD/ADHD organizing clients for over a decade. She understands the organizing challenges associated with ADD/ADHD, and gives proven tips to help the unique challenges associated with them. If you know someone with ADD/ADHD, please share this show with them as Juli shares some great tips that will make a difference in their lives. About Juli: As a Professional Organizer since 1984, I specialize in helping companies and individuals become more efficient, less stressed, and better able to manage their time so they can enjoy life more fully. Through my private practice, I provide services in space planning and design, workflow management, resource efficiency, prioritizing, paper control, time management and ADHD coaching.

This week we welcome Kimberly Eagles to the show. She shares some great tips for getting your kitchen organized, as we work through the steps for a successful kitchen reorganization. Kimberly also shares her philosophy about being "organized enough"- meaning your home doesn't have to look like a Pottery Barn ad, as long as the organizing systems work for you and your family. One of our favorite tips was about the family lost and found. Take a listen and see what its all about. About Kimberly: Owner of Kaos Solutions and Co-Owner of OrganizingConnection.com , Kimberly has for as long as she can remember loved to organize. Just ask her mom; while other kids were banging pots, Kimberly was rearranging them. In the past few years Kimberly has expanded her reach by Co-founding OrganizingConnection.com, a business dedicated to creating and producing organizing videos to assist more people with their organizing issues, allowing people to learn the secrets of organizing in the privacy of their own homes. Kimberly is a current member of the Professional Organizers in Canada, National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization, Moncton Chamber of Commerce, South Eastern Diva network, as well as Vice-Chair of Project Under the Tree. She has studied and attended conferences in Montreal, Toronto, Boston, Vancouver and Reno to name a few, meeting and networking with professionals from around the world. Kimberly is dedicated to learning and growing on a continuous basis and being a leader in her industry Kimberly has been since 2005 dedicated to providing clients with expertise in organizing solutions and helping them regain control of their space and time.

This week we welcome Nancy Michaels of Grow Your Business Network. Many of our listeners are small business owners, and Nancy joins us with tips to help you grow your business beyond what you thought possible. With an organized approach to small business growth, the sky is the limit. About Nancy-Nancy Michaels is CEO and Founder of GrowYourBusinessNetwork, Inc., a company devoted to empowering business owners around the world with the strategies to live a financially secure life of their dreams. More recently, she partnered with 7-Figure Strategist Monaica Ledell (www.SheBuildsEmpires.com) to launch a revolutionary program thatâ??s sweeping the globe â?? www.TheBusinesSkinny.com.

This week we welcome current NAPO President Laura Leist to the show. She is a leader in our industry and we are excited that she is joining us on the show. Laura shares her best home organizing tips with our listeners so they can live their best life.Laura Leist, owner of Eliminate Chaos LLC., provides productivity consulting services to corporations, small businesses, and individuals as well as helping them achieve computer literacy.Laura is the author of Organizing Your Workday Using Microsoft Outlook 2007, E-mail Productivity Solutions for Microsoft Outlook 2007, Business Solutions Using Microsoft Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager, Organizing and Customizing with Microsoft Outlook 2003 and the best-seller Eliminate Chaos: The 10-Step Process to Organize Your Home & Life. She recently finished Eliminate Paper Chaos which will be released in 2010.Laura's work has been featured on Radio and TV - including NW Afternoon, Evening Magazine and Seattle Live. She is a regular columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Additionally, her work and articles have appeared in Entrepreneur Magazine, Real Simple, Family Circle, Cosmopolitan, 425, NW Home and Garden Magazine, Balance Magazine, the Puget Sound Business Journal and a variety of national newspapers.Laura is a regular presenter of Organizing Seminars for IKEA and also speaks to a variety of groups nationally. Laura's book "Eliminate Chaos...The 10-Step Process to Organize Your Home & Life" (Sasquatch Books, 2006) is available in bookstores nationwide. Previously published books include "Eliminate Chaos...In Your Home" and "Organizing and Customizing with Microsoft Outlook."Laura serves as the President of NAPO (National Association of Professional Organizers). In May 2007, Laura was one of the first in the nation to earn the prestigious Certified Professional Organizer, CPO® designation. She also holds the CRTS (Certified Relocation and Transition Specialist) designation and is one of a few to have earned

This is the second of a two part series with organizing pioneer Barbara Hemphill. She shares her best tips to live a more productive life through getting organized. She is known as "The Paper Tiger Lady" due to her highly successful book series Kiplinger's Taming the Paper Tiger. These are tips that will make an immediate impact on your quest for an organized life!

This is the first of a two part series with organizing pioneer Barbara Hemphill. She shares her best tips to live a more productive life through getting organized. She is known as "The Paper Tiger Lady" due to her highly successful book series Kiplinger's Taming the Paper Tiger. These are tips that will make an immediate impact on your quest for an organized life!

Organizing Expert and Motivational Speaker Elizabeth Hagen joins us this week to share her simple steps to tackle paper flow and disorganization in your office. These simple steps will change the way you work and handle the items in your office. They will make a difference in your life. She also has some wonderful resources on her website that she shares with our listeners that you won't want to miss!

This week we have the pleasure of welcoming Certified Professional Organizer, Diane Albright to the show! Diane is the owner of All Bright Ideas in Allentown, PA. She was the organizing expert featured in Season 5 of Jon & Kate Plus 8- Time to Organize! This week we discuss how to set time aside to organize, closet tips, and her experience organizing in front of the cameras of reality TV. Don't miss it!

Take a look around your home. Do you think you have things you could identify as "easy to get rid of?" This week we challenge you to clean out the clutter and fill one black trash bag with things to throw away, and one of things that are in good condition that can be donated to those less fortunate. We will give you the organizing tips to make great strides in the fight against clutter!