Summary: Check out our first podcast! In this session, I will announce the launch of our new website www.OrganizeDIY.com. I will highlight interesting statistics about clutter, explain what a professional organize does and how they assist clients, and offer a few tips on things you can do today to get organized. Subscribe in a Reader Items Mentioned in this session include: Ipod and Itunes Pareto Principle Facebook Pinterest National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) Podcast Transcript: Hello and Welcome to Organize DIY. This is our first official Organize DIY podcast – session 001. Want to give a big Thank you to Doug Hayden. His voice may sound familiar. He is a radio personality and has been heard on stations around the country. If you are looking for assistance with voice overs or introductions he may be your guy. Contact Doug Hayden Welcome! I am very excited to be here with you today. I absolutely love podcasts; ipod is one of my favorite things and it’s an easy and fun way to get information while on the go. I thought why not try podcasting as a way to share info about organizing and to be a companion to my website so to speak. Let me introduce myself, I’m Dana Mitchell and my business is called Organize DIY. I’m a wife, mom of a toddler, and a professional organizing. I have learning my trade working as a Human Resources professional for over 20 years. I’m an avid do it yourselfer who loves finding cool project ideas through friends, organizing sites, or Pinterest and making them a reality in my own home. My partner in crime so to speak is my husband – he is extremely handy and creative with tools, woodworking, and making whatever I can dream up. Thank goodness he is an engineer by trade and together we are truly DIYers! Our friends think it’s hysterical that we tackle each project like a business. We have a plan, a shopping list, a project list and a timeline. Would you expect anything less from two type A personalities? As for the organizing business piece… About a year ago I decided to split the organizing side of my business from the HR side. I did this because organizing is my passion and I wanted to find a way to spend more time on doing something that I enjoy – organizing. I decided to leverage my experience helping people and businesses become more organized and my love of Do it yourself projects into Organize DIY. Our mission is to provide organizing inspiration, suggestions, and solutions for the do it yourselfer. Our primary method to share information is through our website www.organizediy.com. This is a place for all of us to share ideas, brainstorm organizing problems, and talk about cool tools & products; it's a blending of Facebook, Pinterest and if you remember from a couple of years ago HGTV's "Rate My Room". So that gives you a little background on me and brings us to our topics for today‘s podcast. I’ll give you the exciting news about the launch of our website www.organizediy.com. I’ll give you a few interesting facts related to getting organized and about professional organizers and then wrap up with details on how to get great organizing tips and connect with the Organize DIY community. Let’s get started … Interesting fact…Did you know? 80% of what people keep is never used? It’s that old 80/20 rule; officially known as The Pareto Principle. You may have heard this before when people have talked about becoming more efficient. You spend 80% of the time doing 20% of the tasks. When dealing with employees, you spend 80% of your time handing situations for 20% of your workforce. But in this case….we use only about 20% of the “stuff” we own and 80% are items just lying around as clutter. I wear the same few pieces of clothing over and over again. My child plays with the same 20% of her toys while the others sit and collect dust. I file all kinds of information,
