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POSSIBLE KEYWORDS:

Personal Productivity, Productivity, Organization, Time Management, Information Management, Document Management, Filing, Clutter, De-Clutter, Time Management Skills, Clutter Free, Organize Paperwork, Desk Organization, Business Organization, Paper Piles, Professional Organizer, Productivity Coach, Stephanie LH Calahan, StephCalahan, Steph Calahan, Stephanie Calahan, Stephanie Callahan, Steph Callahan

 

POSSIBLE IDEAS FOR PROMO PAGE:

•Does the success (or survival) of your business depend on your ability to get things done?

•Are you sick of the continuous paper clutter in your office?

•Do you waste time looking for information you need for important client meetings?

•Do you want to make certain you remember important occasions of friends, family and business associates, and say "Thank you" to people who do business with you?

•Is lack of organization putting a strain on your bottom line?

•Do you feel overwhelmed deciding what information you should keep and what you can throw away?

•Is electronic information weighing you down, making you feel less than productive?

•Do you feel that you could keep up if you just had a good system?

•Are you ready for some help?

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