Research and prep take time. We've provided a list of topics and question ideas to help you prepare for the research process.
On Productivity/Organization Consulting
- What is a Productivity Consultant/Coach?
- How is a Productivity Coach different from a Professional Organizer?
- What can one do for our audience?
- Who hires a Productivity Coach?
On Services or Products
- What is your specialty area or focus in your business?
- What are your favorite organizing or productivity products?
- What are your favorite time saving devices?
- Why is clutter a problem for so many people in society today?
- You say that organizing is "taking a deficit and turning it into an asset." What does that mean?
- How long does it take for a person to get organized and is it possible to stay that way?
- How does a person prepare for an appointment with Calahan Solutions, Inc.?
- Do they need to clean up first?
- What is the most common organizing challenge people have?
- Are there any books on organizing or productivity that you would recommend?
- What are the problems that the majority of your clients hope to solve when they contact you?
Spice and Controversy
- Do I need to be a neat freak to be organized?
- How painful is an business session?
- Why would someone be more organized at home than work or visa versa? Aren't you either an organized person or not?
- Is there really a condition called "Chronic Disorganization?"
- Have you ever been surprised that something you expected would make you organized, didn’t – or vice versa?
Organizing Tips
- How do you know what your organizing style is? There is such a thing as an organizing style?
- What is a “Don’t Forget” list?
- What is a 5-minute file and how can it help someone save time?
- How do you get piles of paper off of your desk?
- What is an Action File and how can I make one?
- Can you really find anything in 5 seconds or less?
- What is a good method for de-cluttering?
- Could you provide us tips we could use for _______________.
- Is there an organizing tip that you use with all of your clients?
- What’s a simple activity that consistently makes you or your clients better productive or organized?
Personal - Organizer Specific Questions
Founder Stephanie Calahan
- What was your inspiration for starting Calahan Solutions, Inc.?
- You've been doing this since you were quite young. Why?
- Have you always been organized or did you have to learn it?
- How long have you been a Productivity Consultant/Professional Organizer and what inspired you to start?
- You have been singing since you were old enough to talk and have played a number of different instruments. How have you incorporated music into your business consulting?
- Is there anything you find yourself doing repeatedly that gets in the way of your productivity?
- Is your husband really a "messie?" Any funny stories?
- How did you become interested in ADD/ADHD?
- What have you done to raise your "organized" son?
- I've heard that you had what some will call a near-death experience. How has that changed the way you live or work?
- You are all over social media. Isn't that a waste of time?
- You relate getting organized to potty-training - how can that be?
- You relate getting productive to learning rudimentary math. Can you tell us more?
- Did you really have your first business when you were in 3rd grade and then another in 6th grade? What did you learn from them?
- Were you really on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"? What was that like?
Free Information
- Visit www.CalahanSolutions.com to sign up for free organizing information via email. You'll also find a large selection of tips, links, articles, downloads and products to solve all of your organizing dilemmas.
- Visit www.ProductiveAndOrganized.net for up-to-date comments on organizing your business and office.
- Visit www.CalahanSolutions.net to sign up for press releases.
By the Month
January
- Get Organized Month!
- New Year's Day (01) - Why resolutions don't work
- National Organize Your Home Day (10)
- Clean Off Your Desk Day (14)
- Clean Out Your Closets Month (2nd Monday of the month)
- Be On Purpose Month
- Life Balance Month
February
- National Clean Out Your Computer Day (14)
- Valentine's Day (14)- Understand the differences in your significant other
- Pay Your Bills Week
- Archive Your Files Month
March
- National Organize Your Home Office Day (08)
- National Poison Prevention Week
- National Procrastination Week - The Second Week In March
- Clutter Awareness Week - The Third Week In March
- Clean Out Your Closet Week - The Third Week In March
- Get Ready for Tax Month
April
- Earth Day (22)
- Administrative Professionals Day (formerly Secretaries Day) (25)
- Organize Your Files Week (21-27)
- Administrative Professionals Week - delegation
May
- Maybe I Will and Maybe I Won't Month - the truth about procrastination
- National Good Car-Keeping Month
- National Mental Health Month - How mental health issues can significantly impact your organization
- National Sleep Disorder Month - How sleep issues cause organization and concentration issues - can share personal story
- Revise Your Work Schedule Month - Time management strategies to get the most of your month
June
- World Environment Day
- Small Business Week
- Rebuild Your Life Month
July
- Financial Freedom Day
- Take Charge Of Change Week
- Purposeful Parenting Month
August
- Simplify Your Life Week
- Professional Speakers Month
September
- Fight Procrastination Day (01)
- Build a Better Image Week (16-22)
- ADD / ADHD Month
- Self-Improvement Month
- Back-To-School Time
October
- Get Organized (GO) Week (07-13)
- Bosses Day
- Home-Based Business Week
- Kitchen And Bath Month
- Computer Learning Month
- Child Health Day
November
- America Recycles Day
- Pursuit Of Happiness Week
- Clean Out Your Refrigerator Month
- Buy Nothing Day
December
- Make up your mind day
