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!

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

Abigail Sasser of the YWCA rounded up the Nashville volunteers making the event a success. We could not have done it without them. I am so impressed with our group of Organizers and the volunteers in this area as they are truly committed to their profession and to the community.

The local NAPO chapter organized the Basement, Toy Closet and School Supply Closet (see pictures) in 6 hours with an average of 20 volunteers, including the Professional Organizers. All totaled that comes to about 120 man hours of volunteered time.

Tami Walker, Director of the center, said, “The building looks amazing! Thank you and your team so much for your hard work and fantastic skills! “

A huge thank you also goes out to Hayden Cross and her team from College Hunks that Haul Junk, hayd...@1800junkusa.com. Hayden did not hesitate to help us succeed in this endeavor. She delivered her crew and truck to haul off donation items and trash, to carry items out and to lend support where ever it was needed. They were an integral part of the success of this project.

We also send a thank you to Lowe’s in Cool Springs and Spring Hill, as well as Kroger for donating supplies to the project. Having the right supplies made the project much easier.

Thank you again to all who participated in this fun and rewarding project!
Cynthia Lindsey, CPO®, Event Coordinator and VP NAPO Nashville

Enjoy the pictures of the project below!

NAPO Nashville YWCA Event

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.

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.

“Nashville Crime Stoppers and the Nashville Police Department will be holding the city’s first-ever Community Shred Day. It is a project designed to help prevent families and businesses from becoming the victims of identity theft, while, at the same time, ensuring the viability of the Crime Stoppers program.

Shred Day is set for Saturday, April 10th, at LP Field. From 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Middle Tennesseans are welcome to bring all of their sensitive documents they no longer want or need to the stadium’s main parking lot, where the paper will be destroyed on the spot by machinery provided by Shred-it, a Securit Company, the world’s leading on-site document destruction entity. The only cost is a $5 tax deductible donation to Crime Stoppers per banker box of records. All proceeds will go to Crime Stoppers’ reward fund, which is used to solve serious felony crimes in the Nashville community.”