Top organizing experts and celebrity presenters Peter Walsh (”The Oprah Winfrey Show”, “Clean Sweep”), Julie Morgenstern (Author and Time Management Expert), Dorothy Breininger (”Dr. Phil”, “Hoarders”), Hellen Buttigieg (Author and Host of HGTV’s “Neat”), Monica Ricci (”MISSION: Organization”), Jodie Watson (”Real Simple. Real Life”) and Lissanne Oliver (Australian Organizing Expert and host of “Better Homes & Gardens”, “Life on the Lawn”) scheduled time to celebrate at this year’s Fifth Annual Los Angeles Organizing Awards at the Historic Raleigh Studios, Hollywood, California.
Almost 200 celebrity organizers, industry professionals and members of the public assembled at the Saturday, January 30th gala, which was hosted by actress and comedian Kim Coles. Throughout the evening, Coles humorously shared her personal experiences anticipating working with a professional organizer as well her own battle with time management and productivity.
About the Organizing Awards:
The Los Angeles Organizing Awards were introduced in 2006 by the Los Angeles chapter of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO-LA) to honor professional organizers, organizing retailers, organizing products services & resources, charities, technology providers, authors and the media for their contributions to the organizing industry. The Awards conclude “National Get Organized Month.”
About NAPO-Los Angeles:
The Los Angeles chapter of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO-LA) is a group of 150 professional organizers and associate members dedicated to helping individuals and businesses bring order and efficiency to their lives. The Founding Chapter of the National Association of Professional Organizers, “The Organizing Authority®,” our mission is to develop, lead and promote professional organizers and the organizing industry since 1985. The chapter produces the Los Angeles Organizing Expo as well as the Los Angeles Organizing Awards and is the recipient of the 2008 NAPO National President’s Award for innovative contributions to the organizing industry. For details visit http://www.napola.org or http://www.organizingawards.com.
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Getting rid of what is not wanted in a home starts with going through each room in a house and writing down items to donate or throw out. Start a list of unneeded household items with tips from a professional house cleaner and organizer in this free video on housekeeping.
Expert: Ann Myrick
Bio: Since 1997, Ann Myrick has been a professional decorator, house cleaner, home organizer and planner.
Filmmaker: Tim Brown
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Out-of-season clothes are easily stored away in long, plastic containers that simply slide underneath the bed. Avoid running out of room in a closet by storing winter clothes with tips from a professional house cleaner and organizer in this free video on housekeeping.
Expert: Ann Myrick
Bio: Since 1997, Ann Myrick has been a professional decorator, house cleaner, home organizer and planner.
Filmmaker: Tim Brown
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Finding good storage solutions for rooms include using great containers, book cases and baskets for unnecessary clutter. Keep a room clean and functional by using proper storage receptacles with organizational advice from a professional house cleaner and organizer in this free video on housekeeping.
Expert: Ann Myrick
Bio: Since 1997, Ann Myrick has been a professional decorator, house cleaner, home organizer and planner.
Filmmaker: Tim Brown
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Tidying up a house in 15 minutes is all about multi-tasking, like wiping down the sink while brushing teeth. Discover other ways to organize a house in 15 minutes with tips from a professional house cleaner and organizer in this free video on housekeeping.
Expert: Ann Myrick
Bio: Since 1997, Ann Myrick has been a professional decorator, house cleaner, home organizer and planner.
Filmmaker: Tim Brown
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Housework can be happily done without a prescription by first putting on music and starting in one area of the house with a simple task like stacking cups in the kitchen. Whistle and smile while cleaning a house with tips from a professional house cleaner and organizer in this free video on housekeeping.
Expert: Ann Myrick
Bio: Since 1997, Ann Myrick has been a professional decorator, house cleaner, home organizer and planner.
Filmmaker: Tim Brown
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Watch as a professional organizer — a former project manager on TLC’s “Clean Sweep” — discusses the basics of closet organization in this free online video about home organization.
Expert: louisnathan
Bio: After serving as the project manager for “Clean Sweep” on TLC, Pete D’Alessandro began working as a professional organizer for his own clients.
Filmmaker: Louis Nathan
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Watch as a professional organizer — a former project manager on TLC’s “Clean Sweep” — explains how to use shoe racks and dressers in closets in this free online video about home organization.
Expert: louisnathan
Bio: After serving as the project manager for “Clean Sweep” on TLC, Pete D’Alessandro began working as a professional organizer for his own clients.
Filmmaker: Louis Nathan
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In this exerpt from Fox Business Happy Hour, professional organizer Vicki Norris shares desk and paper organizing tips and organizing information. More organizing info can be found at http://www.restoringorder.com/
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I entered this video into the USAService.org contest. Its not just telling the world what Im going to do on MLK day, its more. Its my quest I began on 11.4, my service to this world to re-ignite the passion of civic involvement so it doesn’t fade away post the inaugural. Our involvement is key to our world solving its problems. This video is my service and I will continue my entire life to try to inspire us all to be involved. I know now, that is why I was put on this Earth.
YOU can help re-ignite our world’s passion for change that was at an all time high just prior to the election simply by watching this video and forwarding it. Our world needs your passion now, more then ever. FORWARD this video to everyone you know and ask them to do the same.
BEHIND THE SCENES WHY AND HOW THIS VIDEO WAS CREATED: Anyone who joined the Obama administration, I would assume, thought long and hard before making that commitment, understanding the personal sacrifices they would have to make. But they did join, because I would imagine they felt compelled, as I do, to do something for our world, and they knew this was their time.
I also know this is my time. Im 53 (CEO of a production company) and I have no time to waste. So what I did was create an organization I believe anyone wanting to effect change in this world will be interested in, and most importantly, an organization which can help our new President keep the momentum of involvement as strong now as it was before the election (a very difficult task).
The organization is called The Yes We Can (Change our Destiny) Project
What makes me who I am: My father survived the holocaust in Europe, I grew up with very little and was raised by my grandmother, I survived cancer as a young man, my wife and I lost 7 babies as we tried post my cancer to have children and my wife may now be ill herself. So I know something of hardship, but I also know that out of hardship, such as our world faces now, comes resolve. I mention the above publicly only so that all who read this understand the resolve which is within me.
When on Nov. 4th at Grant Park, President Elect Obama said we have an opportunity to put our hands on the “arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope for a better day, I resolved to grab that opportunity. I resolved to proactively do more then just help get our President elected.
Realizing that I can personally help bend the arc of history meaning that I can literally change our destiny, was a tipping point for me.
So I resolved to create the Yes We Can (Change our Destiny) Project
YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwspAagg8uw
This organization and its first video can inspire millions to continue to stay involved.
Ive tested our first project and it works as expected, thousands of hits in the first few days. This puts the power to re-engage millions at our collective fingertips. But I cant do it alone, I need everyone who reads this post to forward the YouTube link for this project to everyone they know, so as to help re-ignite the fervor and commitment to change that existed prior to the election.
Will.i.am inspired us by his video to get Barack Obama elected. Now lets finish the job and keep everyone inspired.
To be clear: I wish nothing; no fame, no fortune, not even any credit. I just want to know I did something to help and to inspire. Because I know that inspiration is one of the most powerful forces in the world and I know the President elect is brilliant at creating and harnessing it.
The high def video was carefully produced. I created, produced and funded it entirely myself, which, from a practical standpoint, I know I should not have. But I did so to create a high quality effective video, as that is what is needed to re-ignite our collective passion. 40 of Chicagos and the nations top artists, engineers, directors of photography, musicians and philosophical confidents of mine were behind this video.
It was recorded at the Chicago Recording Company, interestingly, though accidentally, on December 7th, Pearl Harbor day (that day that lived in infamy engaging Americans so many years ago at a different time of strife in our nations history).
I would like to ask you to please pass on the link above to everyone you know, so as to help ensure that our world stays inspired.
I fully expect the President elect to have as one of his key messages during the inaugural, that we must all ask not what our country can do for you I will be there to watch Mr. Obama give that message to us all. I hope this video can be of some help to him in his quest to keep us all involved in bending the arc of history.
(note: all Barack Obama footage from Grant Park used in this video is fully licensed through a stock house).
Steve Sulkin
Founder, The Yes We Can (Change our Destiny) Project.
You may contact me anytime at Steve.Sulkin@MBMProductions.com
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