Posts Tagged ‘National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals’
OHMIGOSH my professional society has a mascot
I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT SOOOOOOOO MUCH. I belong to the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO) and the Institute for Challenging Disorganization (ICD). ICD HAS A MASCOT. Charlie Dependable, a Build-A-Bear teddy bear. Read the whole story. I will always have a fondness for Build-A-Bear. My son’s first gift from…
Read MoreThe Container Store + NAPO GO Month = unbeatable combination
The Container Store is hosting Ask a Pro Organizer tables ALL ACROSS AMERICA in partnership with my professional society NAPO, the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals, on Saturday January 31. It’s in observance of GO (GET ORGANIZED) Month, a long-standing and dearly-loved NAPO tradition that has inspired everything from Days of Service to…
Read MoreTHANK YOU COSTCO
Costco published Corral the Chaos, a marvelous article about working with Professional Organizers, in its February 2025 Connections magazine for members. THANK YOU COSTCO!!!!! ANOTHER REASON I’M A SATISFIED MEMBER.
Read MoreReplaced by a bunch of books
I’m gonna be replaced by a bunch of books once I make this recommendation. I collect organizing books the way some people collect cookbooks (Spoiler alert, I also collect cookbooks. That’s a story for another day). One of the most illustrious members EVER of my profession, Valentina Sgro, Really Organized, wrote a fictional series about…
Read MoreApologies. Life.
Apologies. Life. I haven’t posted since June 15. Illness off-and-on. The weather. A family member who’s needed support. Some super-special, super-tiring clients. Being part of the team which converted my National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals chapter from a Seattle-based agency to a WA-state-focused body, which we formally celebrated on May 1 (YAY!!!!!). …
Read MoreUNBELIEVABLE – NAPO HAS A KNOCKOFF
Absolutely unbelievable. NAPO has a knockoff – there’s a for-profit venture calling itself a society that certifies organizers by requiring its “certified” members to take a 12-module course, an 11-module course, fill out a form and get three testimonials. Certification never expires. Absolutely unbelievable. I don’t dare name it; I can’t afford any lawsuits.…
Read MoreVolunteering for NAPO
I am perplexingly contradictorily humbled and crowingly proud that I’ve been asked to sit in volunteer service to my professional society, the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals, as a BCPO Exam Development Committee Subject Matter Expert. It’s a position with the Board that oversees the qualification process for Certified Professional Organizers. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Read MoreDon’t Toss My Memories in the Trash
Don’t Toss My Memories in the Trash: A Step-by-Step Guide to Helping Seniors Downsize, Organize, and Move is a book. But it’s also a plea, spoken by someone forced to hastily move out of his/her home because a complication of aging has caused him/her catastrophic harm. Vickie Dellaquila, a Certified Professional Organizer(R) of the National…
Read MoreNAPO Seattle Area Chapter Day of Service 2020
My Seattle Area Chapter of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO) holds an annual Day of Service in celebration of January, GO (Get Organized) Month. Five – ten Organizers come into a registered King County 501(c)3 non-profit and clear up and structure some trouble spot – a jumbled storeroom, the back office,…
Read MoreAge in Place by Lynda G. Shrager – MUST-READ
I’m preparing for the Institute for Challenging Disorganization (ICD) Level II Aging Specialist Certificate. I found Age in Place: A Guide to Modifying, Organizing, and Decluttering Mom and Dad’s Home by Lynda G. Shrager while I was looking for another book entirely. That was my momentous good fortune. I think so highly of this book…
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