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  • Organizing Your Life with School Age Children and Teaching Them to Organize Theirs

    Geneva Public Library District ,227 S Seventh St, Geneva, Illinois

    This presentation is a perfect mix of some basic Organizational tips for people to apply at home and important information to share with kids so that they can more easily organize the information received at school. We look at what it means for a child to be responsible. Then we explore specific organizational tools that can be applied at home by the adults and serve as a powerful example to the kids. Next, discussion turns to practical examples of what the kids can do to learn to be responsible and organized. Finally, we look at how to maintain the new habits or organization.

    Free

  • Cut the Chaos, Reduce the Stress: The IMPACT of Good Time and Task Management

    Indian Trails Public Library Virtual

    How do I get anything done when I am so busy? We answer this question by talking about boundaries and providing simple practical tips for how to manage our time. Next, we look at the variety of tasks that we face and how to concretely and simply manage them day to day. Organization definitely comes into play with Time and Task Management and we help get you on the road to better organizational habits and end with a look at how to maintain those habits over time.

    Free

  • Organizing 101: Organizing for the Holidays

    Thomas Ford Memorial Library Virtual

    This Virtual Event is free and open to the public. Does just the thought of the holiday season make you feel stressed? Would you like to start the holiday season on a good note - feeling more organized and in control? In this presentation we give you practical ways to decrease the stress and increase

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    Free

  • Organizing Quick Tips and Cool Hacks

    Town and Country Public Library Virtual

    This presentation is free and open to the public. It will be conducted in a hybrid format whereby you can attend in person or log on virtually.  This presentation starts with a quick, yet poignant reminder to let go of comparisons. We then move on to the 5 Organizing Principles and the 5 T’s of

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    Free

  • Decluttering Our Hearts and Homes: The Emotional Connection To Stuff

    Crete Public Library District Virtual

    Join us for this free Virtual Presentation! “I can’t get rid of that!” ….. This statement can be heard in every home, in every business, in every place…. No one is immune from the pull that “things” have on us. Everyone faces the task of decluttering at some point. In this presentation we look at

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    Free

  • How to Get Motivated, Stay Motivated, and THRIVE

    Antioch Public Library District Virtual, IL

    This FREE event is virtual and open to the public. Do you want to get organized? Learn something new? We share practical tips for getting motivated- no matter what you want to accomplish. Then we identify some of the obstacles that often keep us from staying motivated and learn some strategies for overcoming them. We

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    Free

  • Organizing 101: Organizing Anything Anywhere

    Gail Borden Public Library Virtual

    This Free event is virtual and open to the public. Starting with a reminder that we, our homes, and our families are all unique and different; we press on with a reminder to not compare! The presentation highlights the different types of Organizers and how our personalities impact how we must organize in order to

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    Free

  • Organizing 101: Managing the Paper Trail

    Homer Township Library Virtual

    This Virtual Presentation is free and open to the public. Drowning in paper? We are all inundated by information and paper every day. “Managing the Paper Trail” helps each person determine what type of organizer they are and where the most common paper hotspots are in our homes. We then look at some practical ways

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    Free

  • Time and Information Management: Organizing in the Digital World

    Virtual through New Lenox Library

    Free Virtual Event that is Open to the Public.
    “I don’t have time!” We hear this and say this so often in this fast paced digital world we live in! Can we change this? Yes! While we can’t create more hours, we can be more efficient with the hours we do have. In this presentation, we look at how we receive and manage our time and information…..this will highlight the “why bother” behind learning to use the tools available to us in this Digital age. Then, we look at the top Apps/Programs for managing everything from our schedule and tasks to our projects and teams.

    Free

  • Organizing 101: Hitting the Clutter Hotspots

    Virtual through the Winnetka Women's Exchange

    We begin by learning about the different types of organizers and asking “What type of Organizer am I?”. Next we pinpoint our “hotspots”. We then move on to what a Control Center is and how to set one up in our home. After that we address some other common trouble spots like organization of Children’s art supplies and artwork, as well as toys and other areas. We close with some tips on how to maintain the organization and keep the systems of organization in place.

    $30