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Our recorded classes include: How to Unpack and Organize a Home in 3 Days with Melinda Anderson and Kim Cossette, Organizing Elders with Nancy Wesson, The Importance of Photo Organizing with Andee Young, and Organize In Your Own Learning Style with Hellen Buttigieg of HGTV, and many more!

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Clients with ADD may have particular issues getting and staying organized, and face specific challenges in the organizing process. As a Professional Organizer, being able to identify and address these issues can be of great benefit both to you and your clients.

In the next A Red Bench teleclass on Wednesday, June 15th, Angela will interview Professional Organizer and ADD Coach Denslow Brown of The Coach Approach for Organizers.

On this call you will learn:

• What is ADD?
• What types of ADD are there, and how do they differ?
• What are some of the positive and negative traits of ADD?
• What should we keep in mind when working with clients who have ADD?

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Out of our 70 recorded teleclasses with expert organizers and small business owners, we have picked the audio classes we think are most helpful to the beginning organizer and created The Amazing Organizer Package. This set of conversations are a “best of” A Red Bench for those paving a new path.

The Amazing Organizer Audio Package includes:

• Organizing For Your Brain Type with Lanna Nakone Cairns
• Powerful Needs Assessment with Marla Dee
• Managing Client Expectations with Mindy Godding, CPO®
• Successful Pricing Strategies with Krista Green
• Secrets for Asking Effective Questions with Byron van Arnsdale

The package also includes a free A Red Bench Teleclass Membership for one month! Depending on your services, some courses may apply towards your continuing education units (CEUs).

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Clear & SIMPLE’s Professional Organizer Self Study Course, which has previously only been offered as part of the five-day training, is now available as a standalone course for anyone anywhere who wants to get started in this industry with the best systems, expert guidance, and tools. This course has been completely updated, and includes: a comprehensive 125 page manual taking you through everything you need in your first year, customizable forms to help you start and run your organizing business, two audios (an audiobook version of Marla’s “Get Organized, the Clear & SIMPLE Way”, as well as a new audio entitled “Become a Professional Organizer”), and an assortment of her favorite tools for being an excellent professional.

If you order this course by March 5, 2011, you will also receive two special gifts: a complete line of C&S products worth $50, as well as a 30-minute personal coaching session with Marla Dee worth $90. Click here to register for this course, which will be come available on March 15th!

Don’t forget! Our next teleclass Addressing Your Client’s Paper Pains is next Monday, the 17th of January.

We all have so many different types of documents with records and information about every aspect of our lives, so it’s no wonder that one of the most common problem areas for residential clients is paper! Luckily, our next guest expert Seth Odam of Freedom Filer has studied all aspects of paper retention and how to make filing systems that work. As the creator of one of the most unique filing systems on the market, Seth will talk with us about how to create and maintain a paper organizing system that actually works, and how to address your clients’ most challenging paper questions.

When registering, comment with the biggest filing challenge you’ve had with a client, and we’ll be sure to ask Seth fore recommendations!

On this call you will learn:

• Why many filing systems fail and what you can do to prevent that.
• Retention guidelines for how long you need to keep certain documents and why.
• What to do with some of the most common filing challenges like investment papers, explanation of benefits, and medical bills.
• The key items that must be in place when setting up a filing system.

Click here to register! Remember, even if you can’t make the live class, registering will ensure you receive an audio recording direct to your e-mail inbox within a couple business days of the call.

With so many different types of documents with records and information about every aspect of our lives, it’s no wonder that one of the most common problem areas for residential clients is paper! Luckily, our next guest expert Seth Odam of Freedom Filer has studied all aspects of paper retention and how to make systems that work for any client. As the creator of one of the most unique filing systems on the market, Seth will talk with us about how to create and maintain a filing system that works, and how to address your clients’ most challenging paper questions.

Attend this teleclass on Monday, January 17th and kick off the New Year with a new set of tools in your organizing toolbox! Click here to register! When registering, comment with the biggest filing challenge you’ve had with a client, and we’ll be sure to ask Seth fore recommendations.

On this call you will learn:

• Why many filing systems fail and what you can do to prevent that.
• Retention guidelines for how long you need to keep certain documents and why.
• What to do with some of the most common filing challenges like investment papers, explanation of benefits, and medical bills.
• The key items that must be in place when setting up a filing system.

Remember, even if you can’t make the live class, registering will ensure you receive an audio recording direct to your e-mail inbox within a couple business days of the call.

Nancy will discuss and answer questions regarding the unique opportunities and challenges of working with elder clients. She will address the post-war mindset of those who grew up in The Depression, the resulting neural networks, and how those influence the process of organizing, right-sizing, and divesting of life’s treasures at a time in life where priorities and physical demands may be shifting. She will also touch on family dynamics and building trust with your client.

On this call, you will learn:

• The top characteristics that make this group of clients unique.
• Questions and behaviours to make downsizing less traumatic.
• How hearing loss impacts work, and strategies to support communication.
• Means of adapting the environment that is responsive to common physical limitations.

Click here to check this class out our calendar page, or add it to your shopping cart directly by clicking here. Remember, even if you can’t make the live class, registering will ensure you receive an audio recording direct to your e-mail inbox within a couple business days of the call.

Join us on Monday, November 22nd as we speak with Barbara Browning of OrderWithin about successfully managing time to accomplish our goals and priorities.  This is the first in a two-part series, the second half of which will take place two weeks later on Monday, December 6th.

The overall goals of this series include: connecting you to your values as a way to make conscious choices about how you spend your time, helping you focus your time and attention on the people and activities that matter most, and reducing stress by better organizing your time. Part 1 will focus on ‘defeating self-defeating behaviors’ including managing interruptions, reducing multi-tasking, and overcoming procrastination.

Interested? Click here to visit our calendar page, or here to add this class to your shopping cart.

Remember, even if you can’t make the live class, registering will ensure you recieve a copy of the teleclass audio direct to your e-mail inbox within a couple buisness days of the call.