By
Eva Wallace
You too can have an organized work environment!
Join Marcia Francois for her next Virtual Organizing Seminar on Tuesday, February 24th from 11am to 3pm EST. This is an excellent seminar for those of you who work at home, have a small business, or simply want a more organized and efficiently run office. The seminar is divided into separate sessions with work-time in between for you to put the lessons into action!
What do you get …
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By
Eva Wallace
SheFinds.com is a great site with tips on fashion and beauty, buying guides and more. A few days ago, they featured a couple of Stacks and Stacks products - both the shoe stretcher and waist band stretcher.
Here's a portion of the post:
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By
Eva Wallace
Vicky and Jen.com is excited to release their 18th episode of The Big O: Organization with Monica Ricci, author and professional organizer. This time we covered Kids & Organizing - it was an informative and helpful topic! During the show, we announced the give-a-way of Monica's book "Organize Your Office in No Time".
Give it a listen, check out the companion page of resources here!
You can check out their blog here.
By
Eva Wallace
Monica Ricci, Organizing Expert, Motivational Speaker, Author and Founder of Catalyst Organizing Solutions, LLC. is the special guest on the latest episode of The Big O on VickyandJen.com.
"Your time is short and your to-do list is long, so give us an hour and we’ll give you an organized life!" Not really, but use our Under 60 ideas and you will be much closer. Join us for this episode of The Big O: Under 60 where we share lots of projects that can be done in 1, 5, 15, 30 and 60 minutes.
Some examples:
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By
Marcia Francois
How to set and achieve BIG, juicy goals that bring BIG, juicy results - teleclass/ webcast
Thursday 23 October 2008
Did you know that there are just over two months left before the end of the year?
Last year, a friend and I participated in an online goals challenge at exactly this time of year. We set some goals and my "big thing" that resulted from the challenge was 7 easy steps to organise your office, which is now a bestselling product in my store.
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By
Eva Wallace
For all of our Monica Ricci fans, Vicky and Jen.com is hosting the podcast "The Big O: Ask Monica!"
In this special episode of the organizing series, listeners present Monica with their personal organizing challenges. They cover messy cars, toys, school papers, artwork and much more. They even have a surprise personal pop quiz for Monica to help us learn more about our favorite organizer!
Check it out!
By
Marcia Francois
* Do you find yourself wasting time looking for files on your computer?
* Do you get frustrated because you just don't know where to start?
* Do you know when and how often to do a back up?
* Has your computer ever crashed and you lost everything?
* Do you know how to organise and contain all those free things you keep downloading off the internet?
* Do you know how to name and store files so they're easy to find?
We can help you!
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By
Marcia Francois
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by a marketing specialist in Canada.
While we were chatting on the phone, she volunteered to be a guinea pig as I taught her some office organising principles. It worked really well because she and I were both at our desks while we talked on the phone.
We identified her clutter personality
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We want you to contribute tips, before & after photos, videos, stories, and advice to Stacks and Stacks' Clutter Control Freak Blog. Other readers will get to vote on which contributions are the most useful. Here are some of the ways you can participate:
• Freak of the Week
Send us your nomination for the Clutter Control Freak of the Week with photos or videos and readers will pick the winner, who will get a cool prize.
The Freak of the Week can be a person, a process, a before & after, or a how-to.
• Clutter Hacks
Send us ideas, products, and tips on clearing clutter from your life. We especially love to hear about clutter hacks that take less than 10 minutes to do.
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By
Marcia Francois
I'm hosting a free Skypecast on goal-setting next week. Want to join me?
Topic: 7 things you MUST do to reach your goals
When: Thursday 13 March
Time: 8PM Jhb time/ 1PM EST (New York time)
Duration: 45 mins plus 15 mins Q&A
How: via Skypecast
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It's important that the backpack your child carries is not only cool, says the American Academy of Pediatrics, but also ergonomically correct.
• Choose a backpack with wide, padded shoulder straps and a padded back.
• Pack light. Organize the backpack to use all of its compartments. Pack heavier items closest to the center of the back. The backpack should never weigh more than 10 to 20 percent of the student's body weight.
• Always use both shoulder straps. Slinging a backpack over one shoulder can strain muscles. Wearing a backpack on one shoulder may also increase curvature of the spine.
• Consider a rolling backpack. This type of backpack may be a good choice for students who must tote a heavy load. Remember that rolling backpacks still must be carried up stairs, and they may be difficult to roll in snow.
Here's a video about how to measure hips and torso for the right backpack size.
Here are some backpack safety tips from the American Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons
And here's a company that actually sells a toy called Pete the Posture Parrot. I bet kids just can't wait to get one! :>)
There are many many backpack choices at School-backpacks.com
and L.L. Bean will custom-design a backpack to your specifications.
By
BL Ochman
Is your time being burgled by your email? 43 Folders publisher Merlin Mann's recently explained to Google staff (slide show here) how to create a system that will let you actually achieve "Inbox Zero". You can watch the whole talk after the jump
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