NAPO Nashville

Hello NAPO Nashville members & guests! I am super excited about our July virtual meeting on Thursday, July 8th from 9-10:30 Central. YES, VIRTUAL! This means you can stay in your jammies and call in to learn about, wait for it…VIRTUAL ORGANIZING! I know, you’re thinking, what the heck is Virtual Organizing? Here’s your chance to find out from Virtual (and real life) Organizer, Heather Burke of Smart Spaces, from Ontario, Canada.

Heather Burke, founded Smart Space Organizing Inc. in 1999. She is a Silver Leaf Member and a Trained Professional Organizer with the Professional Organizers in Canada (POC). She is also a Golden Circle member with National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) Heather has earned her Chronic Disorganization (CD) Specialist and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Specialist designations through the National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization (NSGCD). She works with both residential and business clients in addition to being a speaker, author and organizing expert in the local media. Heather serves as a regional ambassador for NSGCD. Heather and her team specialize in working with square pegs and round holes, or where traditional organizing methods do not work. Heather and her husband of over 30 years have moved to right size (downsize) their lives and enjoy family time.

In order to get a count, and deliver the handout and call in information, we need you to register. This is a free teleseminar (a benefit of being a member), with our regular guest fee of $15 for non-members.

A note to CPO’s and anyone needing CEU’s: This class will (or should) count as a CEU for NAPO National and the BCPO as it will be 1 hour and be direct organizing training. Our NAPO Nashville CEU form is available on the members only portion of our website. If you are a guest, please email me directly (liz[at]afreshspace.com) and I will send you the form via email.

You can register online by clicking here!

A Virtual Organizing session is live and interactive conducted over the telephone or computer like a conference call. Without the traditional face-to-face connection, unless you use Skype it’s vital that these sessions are structured, easy to manage and focus on important information to satisfy the client.

Who: Can benefit from Virtual Organizer – both the Professional Organizer and clients that are unable to access or afford tradition organizing in person sessions.

What: Goes into planning a virtual organizing session. What kind of equipment you will need. The needs assessment needed for a virtual session.

Where: From your home or office and from your client’s home or office

When: Do you use a virtual organizing session

Why: Give potential clients a new way to work with you and add a new income stream to your business.

How: Do you get paid.

Register online here!

Monthly Meetings

Our next NAPO Nashville Meeting is a evening meeting. It will be Thursday, June 10, 2010 from 6pm till 8pm at Modern Nash Warehouse. Our speaker will be Alexa Ketchum. She will be speaking on Gaining and Retaining Clients. To learn more about Alexa Ketchum please visit her website www.alexaketchum.cabionline.com.
We will also be having our business meeting. Please come out and learn how to grow your business.

Where we are meeting:
ModerNash is a furniture company that specializes in personal shopping and delivery of IKEA furniture and accessories to Nashville locals. We provide affordable shipping rates for IKEA furnishings as well as other services such as home delivery, assembly, installation and interior design.

Location: 2905 Armory Drive, Suite C, Nashville, 37204
On the web at www.modernash.com
Email: info[at]modernash.com
Phone: 615-584-8334

Monthly Meetings Chapter Meetings

Our meeting this Thursday, the 13th at 9AM will be held at the Starbucks INSIDE Target on Charlotte Pike (6814 Charlotte Pike) in Nashville/Bellevue area. Sherry is the name of the gal who will be there and she is expecting us. This location was chosen to give us not only a place to leave our vehicles while we carpool over to the work site after the meeting, but it’s proximity to the work site location with the added benefit of coffee!

Our meeting topic this month will be a recap of the NAPO National conference with highlights of what we learned (a good sized group of us attended) and choosing which CD’s we’d like to purchase as a chapter for those who were unable to attend to have available to listen to at your convenience.

Everyone is welcome at this meeting, as well as to assist in the planning at the YWCA afterward.

Please feel free to contact Liz Jenkins if you have any questions at 509-1933.

Community Events, Monthly Meetings

Monday, May 10. from 6:30pm to 7:30pm is the time for our next quarterly NAPO Newbies Meeting and coffee. Join NAPO Nashville members at Panera Bread in Brentwood to learn more about what it takes to be a Professional Organizer and the benefits of being a NAPO member. Contact Liz Jenkins at 615-509-1933 or www.afreshspace.com for more information. Or visit www.naponashville.com for directions. Interested in becoming a Professional Organizer, or just starting out in the organizing business? Join the Nashville Chapter of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO Nashville) to learn more about who we are and what we do.

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Our next meeting is going to be on Thursday, April 15th (hope you have your taxes done!) from 9-10:30. Our meeting is going to be hosted by our speakers, Cindy Martin and John Wade, at their office located at 3000 Meridian Blvd., Ste 180 in Franklin. Our topic this month is “Organizing Financial Documents: What You Need To Know”. Cindy & John are with Wunderlich Securities. Our goal for this meeting is to gain an understanding of what to look for when working with client’s papers, specifically with their financial documents. Often our clients have questions about what to keep, what’s important and how to categorize these documents. Cindy & John will answer those questions and more at our next meeting. See you there!

About our Speakers:
John E. Wade CFP®
Mr. Wade brings 17 years of strong banking and wealth-planning experience to his clients providing them with solutions, tools and personalized service in order to pursue their goals. He has earned the highly regarded CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® designation from the Financial Planning Board of Standards and is licensed by FINRA as a Registered Investment Advisor Representative. He also holds state licenses to provide life, disability and long term care insurance.

Cindy F. Martin AAMS®
Ms. Martin has focused exclusively on the development of strong successful clients for more than 30 years. She has earned the highly regarded ACCREDITED ASSET MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST® designation from the College for Financial Planning and is licensed by FINRA as a Registered Investment Advisor Representative. Her sensitivity to client needs, market trends and global relationships enables her to produce customized solutions for her clients. She also holds state licenses to provide life, disability and long term care insurance.

Directions: Going South on Interstate 65: Take Exit 68A, Cool Springs Blvd exit. This exit is the 2nd exit for Cool Springs Blvd, and Cool Springs Blvd is the next major road past the Mall. Follow Cool Spring Blvd to Carothers, turn LEFT on Carothers. At 2nd light, turn LEFT onto Meridian Blvd. Go to the end of Meridian(less than ½ mile) to stop sign, immediately in front of you is 4000 Meridian. Turn RIGHT, 3000 Meridian is next door to 4000 Meridian. We are on the first floor.

Monthly Meetings

Our next NAPO Nashville Chapter meeting in March is a evening meeting and will be held by Associate Member Lana Randolph at Randolph Design at her new showroom at 6442 Nolensville Rd. in Nashville. Click on the map below to get directions from your house. The meeting is on Thursday, March 11th from 6-8PM. Our guests are Toni & Troy Birdsong of Birdsong Creative, professional problem solvers who create connections between you and your customers. They are the experts in print, web and package design, branding, identity development, and communications strategy. This meetings focus is on branding – the art of creating your own identity so you can communicate it to your clients and grow your business. Toni & Troy are experts in this field with years of experience both nationally and locally. This isn’t just about Professional Organizing, it’s about building and growing your business. We encourage you to invite business owners you know in affiliated industries such as closets companies, interior designers, contractors, cleaning services, and more who will benefit from this presentation as well. Find Birdsong Creative on the web at: www.birdsongcreative.com.

Monthly Meetings NAPO Nashville Meeting

Thank you to everyone who participated in our first NAPO Nashville teleseminar on Chronic Disorganization. If you are a member you can access the handouts from the members only section as well as hear the recorded call. Also, to get some additional information on Chronic Disorganization, go to the NSGCD website (www.nsgcd.org) and click on the Resources tab.  There you will find the Clutter Hoarding Scale and several free fact sheets about Chronic Disorganization.  If this is a topic that interests you, the NSGCD offers many classes on the subject as well as certification.

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