These events have limited seats and are expected to book out, so if you or anyone you know might be interested, don’t wait to register! For more information, click here.

“Regardless of whether you are new to the business or have years of experience, these workshops will help you focus on what’s really important and will teach you how to systemize, market and promote yourself and your services in a way that gets noticed AND gets you booked!”

For more information about this event, visit Lisa’s website!

Fortunately for us, the Savlation Army has put a list together with the high and low values of items based on their condition. Take a look at their web-site before you finish up your tax preparation. You might be surprised how much your old things are worth!

After nearly six years in the organizing industry, I have decided to return to my marketing roots with Nature’s Path Foods. I have joined their team as the Senior Brand Manager for their “in the bowl” products. That means granola and breakfast bars, toaster treats, snacks, cookies, etc. As you know, I have a deep passion for marketing and branding, which has helped me tremendously with my business, but now I can utilize my skills to a much greater degree at Nature’s Path.

I’ve enjoyed being a professional organizer and have loved working with my clients and colleagues. A Red Bench has been so much fun and working with Angela has been one of the high points of my organizing career. I will miss her terribly and miss being on the monthly teleclasses. I wish you all the best with your organizing business – remember you can do anything you put your mind to. Best of luck to you in the new year!

Christa Wagner

Microsoft Office’s support site lays out the necessary steps as follows for Outlook 2003:

Create an e-mail template

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Mail Format tab.
2. Clear the Use Microsoft Office Word 2003 to edit e-mail messages check box.
3. Click Apply, and then click OK.
4. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Mail Message.
5. When the new message opens, give it an appropriate subject and compose your content. Leave space for variable information that will be added when you send the message.
6. On the File menu, click Save As.
7. In the Save as type list, click Outlook Template, and then click Save.
8. To restore Word as the message editor, click Options on the Tools menu, click the Mail Format tab, and then select the Use Microsoft Office Word 2003 to edit e-mail messages check box.
9. Click Apply, and then click OK.

That’s it! In just a couple of minutes, your template is ready to go. When you want to select the template for an e-mail, all you have to do is hit the down arrow on the New Message button () and select ‘Choose Form’, which will take you to a new window with all of your available forms.  Selecting ‘User Templates In File System’ in the drop-down menu at the top of the window will bring you to the templates that you’ve created and saved.  Select the one you want, click ‘Open’, and you’re good to go!

This year’s conference was truly amazing!  I met the most amazing people and learned so much.  I met many people who have taken some of our Red Bench Teleclasses.  It was such an inspiration to hear so many good words about what Christa and I are doing.  We are thrilled that people like the classes and find them beneficial. 

I will be bringing you information in the coming months about products and tools I learned about.  We’ll also be bringing some fantastic guest speakers that I met with at conference.  We are still working with different speakers to finalize a few dates so keep an eye on our calendar for the latest details.

Three cheers for organizers!