| NAPO-DFW's April Roundtable a Success! |
Samantha Naeyaert
NAPO-DFW Vice President  | La Hacienda literally translates from Spanish to English as The Property and during our 2nd Annual NAPO Member's Roundtable event the property became the home-away-from-home for our local NAPO and NAPO-DFW members! We had over 40 attendees and everyone went home with a goody bag, some new organizing and small business tips, a full tummy, and a smile on their face!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the event. Because of our lack of shyness we all shared our questions, answers, frustrations, and successes. It is this kind of openness that makes NAPO and the NAPO-DFW chapter such a unique industry. Although we end up competing in the market, we all understand that by helping each other, we help the community.
This year the event was held at La Hacienda Ranch Restaurant in Dallas, organized by Sandy Jones, Director of Professional Development and Programs, and the evening started with a buffet dinner and individual introductions. Then the festivities kicked off with the Board of Directors handing out goody bags filled with well . . . goodies for all! Thank you to Christine Shanklin, Past President, for putting together over 40 bags! We then announced many of our 2009 achievements, raffled about 10 organizing gifts, including past NAPO Convention CDs and organizing books, then got into the meat of the evening with Michelle Earney, Director of Communications and Technology, guiding the conversation with our question and answer portion of the evening. Lots of pens hit lots of paper taking note of shared information!
After the roundtable discussion, more raffle give-aways were shared and the Free Year Membership was won by Rachel Stockton! Congrats! Samantha Naeyaert, Vice-President standing in for President, Trish Lengen, announced the newly elected board members for next term, while thanking those who are leaving for their service and commitment to the board. Our new Secretary will be Cherie Ware (Welcome Cherie!) and we even had the then-open Professional Development position excitedly filled by Courtney Milburn with a high and forceful hand in the air! Thank you Courtney, we look forward to your participation on the board!
Thank you to everyone who attended and participated. We look forward to the NAPO Member's Roundtable in 2011!
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| May's "Organizing for a Living" |
Sandy Jones NAPO-DFW Professional Development 2009-2010 | A special "thank you" goes out to our May panel members (Trish Lengen, Pam Bowers, and Pam Rackley) for our Organizing for a Living chapter event. We had a great discussion for over 20 new organizers and existing members. It's always a rewarding evening when our chapter members can share our lessons learned and encourage each other as current and future small business owners!
It has been a pleasure serving on the NAPO-DFW Board during 2009-2010 and I wish the incoming Director, Courtney Milburn all the best with this position! It's a fun group of people to serve alongside and I encourage all of you to volunteer in any way you can with this great chapter! |
| News from the NAPO Conference! |
Cherie Ware
NAPO-DFW Secretary  | Columbus, Ohio was my 2nd national NAPO Conference. I was fortunate to attend last year in Orlando just as I was beginning to explore professional organizing as a career option. What I heard in Florida was enough to convince me I was on the right path, but I also suffered from information overload. The timing for this year's conference was just right. I'm 6 months into my new company and had very specific questions about how to build my business. For example, the keynote presentation by Gina Schreck on Connecting via Technology gave me much greater clarity on the tools of social media and how I should be employing these to build relationships with clients and prospects. And the conference workshop entitled "Go From Hourly Pricing to Package Pricing Fearlessly" with Elizabeth Hagen has inspired me to completely revise my pricing strategy. It's been a few weeks since returning from Ohio and I'm still working through the To Do list that I made myself from all the new ideas acquired at conference. I highly recommend the experience to everyone. See you in San Diego!
Note: NAPO Conference CDs are available for purchase at www.napo.net. |
| Please welcome our new members! |
Cita Sue Cox NAPO-DFW Membership Director | NAPO-DFW would like to officially welcome all our new chapter members so far this year!
Debbie Stinson - Make My Life Simplified
Wendy Walker - Ducks In A Row
Laurie Brown - Open Door - Organized
Mike Pollock - Shelf Genie
Leticia Pfeiffer - Styled & Organized Living
Courtney Milburn - Coco-M Designs
Desiree' Hill - Organized Touch
Patrick Hausske - House Key Organization
Faith Tennyson - The Queen of Declutter
Judy Kogutt - An Organized State |
| June Social for NAPO Members!! Bunco at Cita Sue's! Save the date - June 23rd! | |
In June NAPO-DFW will forgo its usual chapter meeting and instead host a fun Bunco night. Save the date for Wednesday, June 23rd at 6:30PM. Details will be emailed soon! |
| We Want Your Feedback! |
Trish Lengen NAPO-DFW President | The NAPO-DFW Board will meet later this month for our annual strategy and goal setting meeting. As vital members of our chapter, I'd like to personally encourage you to let us know what you've liked (or would like to see) from us as a Board and from our chapter. We'll use your feedback to help map out our goals for this upcoming year.
Soon, you will receive a survey email asking for your feedback on how well NAPO-DFW served you and the local organizing community during the 2009-2010 membership year. We'd also like to know what you want to see happen this new year in 2010-2011!
- What do you find most rewarding about membership in our chapter?
- What are your expectations as a member?
- How could we improve for next year?
- Do you most enjoy our chapter meetings that social/networking or educational?
- What topics would you like to see covered at future meetings?
- What topics did you like best this past year?
- What could we do to get you more involved in the chapter?
It has truly been an honor to serve as your President this past year and I look forward to another great year for our chapter! Look for the survey next week!
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| Easysale's Ambassador Program Update |
 Easysale's new Ambassador Program just got better! Now you'll earn $30 for each customer pickup plus 6% of total sales. For complete details and to sign up, call our NAPO-DFW liaison, Jefferson Tucker, at (817) 313-2122, or visit easysale.net/ambassador. |
| NEW Discount at The Container Store for a Limited Time! | |
The Container Store is excited to announce our enhanced partnership with the National Association of Professional Organizers! We know that as you are working with your clients, helping them regain order and control of their lives, you often turn to The Container Store to find the best selection of storage and organization solutions.
Now, as a NAPO member, you will receive an everyday 20% savings on our best-selling product, elfa, our premier shelving and drawer system. In addition, you'll receive a 10% savings throughout the rest of the store!
SPECIAL OFFER FOR MAY AND JUNE! NAPO members will save 25% on elfa and 25% on elfa Installation Service* - let us do the work for you! (Offer expires June 30, 2010).
You may use this offer as often as you like while your NAPO membership is current. Simply present your NAPO membership card and your photo ID at checkout at any of our stores. You may also place an order online or by calling 1-888-CONTAIN.
*See The Container Store's website for full program details. |
| Announcing a New Collection Service for Organizers! DonationTown.org | |
Need help finding a local charity to pick up your client's clutter? Visit DonationTown.org! It's a great service helps you find a local charity to collect any unwanted clothes or household items. All clothes and household items that are donation ready can be left at the curb in boxes or bags. A local Texas charity will then send a truck out to your client's house to pick up the donations and they will leave them a tax deduction receipt. Donation Town is 100% free for donors, charities and you!
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| NAPO-DFW, Inc.
2010-2011
Board of Directors | |
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President
Trish Lengen
[email protected]
WeCanDoThat4U
Vice President
Samantha Naeyaert
[email protected]Muddle Management
Secretary
Cherie Ware
[email protected]Organize Your Environment
 Treasurer
Colleen Casey
[email protected]Colleen Casey: Organizing
 Immediate Past President
Christine Shanklin
[email protected]Closets by Chicka!!!
Organized Chaos
Cox's Corner
Director of Professional Development (Outgoing)
Sandy Jones
Organized by Sandy  Director of Professional Development (Incoming)
Courtney Milburn
[email protected]CoCo M Designs |
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