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eLearning: Visit our sister site, ABetterWayTo.co, for 50+ courses on workplace efficiency, specializing on the topics: Organization, Productivity, Microsoft’s traditional apps: Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access as well as Microsoft 365 apps: Teams, OneDrive, OneNote, Forms and more! Each course is one-hour (ish), $29, includes handouts, and offers a certificate upon completion. Check out our Content Catalog.
Coasters: Clients and workshop attendees love my collection of tips and keyboard shortcuts and have expressed needing a way to remember them. So, I’ve captured some of my favorite tips and shortcuts on coasters. Stage the coaster at your desk and you’ll soon have them committed to memory.
- Getting & Staying Organized Coaster This coaster reminds you of the foundational principles for organization at work, home, and life. If you have heard me speak on workplace organization and productivity, it will be an ever-present reminder. No worries if you haven’t though, the coaster comes with a simple explanation of those principles.
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Microsoft Excel Coaster My personal favorite shortcuts – ones I use every day!
- Windows Coaster More shortcuts I use every day!
- Microsoft Office Coaster Keyboard shortcuts that apply to all the traditional Microsoft apps: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- A-ha! Coaster Multi-Pack Can’t decide and want them all? Or want a bunch of the same to share with others? Purchase a bundle and save!
My Recommended Tools
Time Timer I frequently share that my favorite organizing and productivity tool, for work and home, is a timer. For most situations, any timer will do but a Time Timer timer takes it one step further by providing a large face to quickly see time remaining. Use it to keep your meetings on track, to minimize interruptions by communicating to colleagues that you’re focusing, or any time you need to stick to your boundaries. Learn how to use it for meetings with this quick video. BONUS: Use promo code ORGSOLUTIONS24 for 10% off your purchase of a Time Timer!
Rocketbook If you’re a notetaker and prefer writing your notes instead of typing them yet value having your notes digital, this product is for you! Use like pen and paper, then use the app to take a picture of your notes, and send them to your computer. It really couldn’t be easier. All the benefits of notetaking with digital access, plus, saving the environment one piece of paper at a time! Get started with Rocketbook by watching my video.
- Rocketbook 8.5″ x 11″, 32 page reusable notebook with pen, cloth, and app included (other sizes, styles, and colors available)
- Pilot Frixon Erasable Pens for Rocketbook – Pack of 6, black
- Pilot Frixon Erasable Pens for Rocketbook – Pack of 6, blue
- Pilot Frixon Erasable Pens for Rocketbook – Pack of 15, assorted colors
My Friend's Products & Books
- Stop the Clutter! Cards for Peace of Mind If you like my style, you’ll no doubt like Karen’s as well. We often joke that our brains are similarly wired. I love that she has created this empowering and motivating organization tool with a simple deck of cards. Easy to understand + easy to do = easy to get your home organized! Be sure to check out Karen’s other products available on her site as well.
- Lose Your Stuff Find Yourself A dear friend and recurring Ask the Organizers panelist, Lori, is a successful organizer and my personal sounding board. After years of writing organizing advice for her local newspaper, her readers insisted that she write a book. This easy-to-read book is full of tips and motivation to help you get – and stay – organized.
- The Event Planning Toolkit A successful event planner, Linda has captured the steps needed to successfully execute any event, whether it be a small lunch gathering, large conference, or community festival. As great as Linda is as a writer, she’s an even better human.
- Chronological Order, Fine Print for a Large Life An Ask the Organizers panelist, Jill is one of my very first industry connections. After meeting her in 2005, she has been a source of inspiration. This book guides you through each phase of your life to help you be more organized and proactive.
- Declutter Go! A Fun Way to Conquer Clutter Fun person, fun game! Like all these ladies, Lynne and I go way back. Her game is as colorful and cheerful as she is. You won’t find a more fun way for you and your family to tackle those trouble spots in your home.
- Don’t Toss My Memories in the Trash Vicki is my very first friend in the organizing industry! Little did I know when she welcomed me at my first conference in 2005, that she would become a successful author helping people through difficult decisions. This is a great read for anyone who plans to downsize or finds themselves helping someone downsize. Tip: Don’t wait until then to read it!
Other Recommended Books
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team What does it mean to have a dysfunctional team? What are the challenges? Discover those answers as well as tools and resources to turn your team into a highly functional one and one where people want to stay.
- The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Learn from one of the top leadership scholars, John C. Maxwell, in his book 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership.
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People There is SO much content out there about organization, productivity, time management, etc. At the end of the day, we’re all saying essentially the same thing – just packaging it different to meet different ways of thinking. If I were to recommend one book though, it would be this one. First published in 1989, Stephen Covey’s principles are foundational and remain relevant today.
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