Organization Tips
This is an archive of all of our site's past entries in the Organization Tips category. Click on a title to read the full entry.
Email gets easier–filters!
Love it or hate (or both within 15 seconds) email happens. Whether we think email is new wonder of the world or the bane of our existence, developing good email habits is crucial for our sanity and well-being.
As I see it, the goal is to keep email in the category of “Communication tool” [...]
Keeping Late out of Later
You’ve got a monthly meeting coming up. It’s with a good group of people to discuss something you are interested in. The meeting part is easy. the question is, how can you stay in your ideal Natural Professional zone when you know you’ll walk out of that meeting with a big ole list of [...]
Getting prepared for emergencies
While researching emergency disaster kits, I found the following from FEMA.
You can download the 4 page pdf here.
I’m impressed by the thoroughness of the list which concludes with a section called: Create a Family Disaster Plan on the fourth page. This includes things like pre-determined meeting places and out-of-state check in people.
The one thing [...]
Evacuating with toothbrush and photo of Grandma
In each Toastmasters meeting, we are asked to answer a question for our introductions. On Tuesday morning, the question was: “If you could only grab one thing before evacuating your home, what would it be?”
This question came from our club President whose home is 4 miles away from the Yuba fire (as reported on Yubanet.com) [...]
How to get people involved by impressing the socks off ‘em
Mosaic socks
Originally uploaded by Aine D
A local organization, Alliance for a Post Petroleum Local Economy (APPLE) is assembling a Task Force to come up with a report for Nevada City’s City Council. (The council passed a resolution last fall theoretically supporting actions that would reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.)
The president of APPLE, Tom Grundy, [...]
When throwing it out the window isn’t a viable option
Simplicity in nature
Originally uploaded by st_photos
So you’ve decided to go through your space and get rid of the extraneous stuff that’s cramping your style. Fantastic!
Following are a few tips to apply a method to the madness. I want you to end the day contentedly sipping your wine (rather than drowning your frustrations by chugging [...]
Stuff sitting around collecting dust
One specific question that came up in a talk I gave this morning was what to do with some inherited crystal on display in a woman’s living room. “Do I keep it? Do I leave it for my kids to deal with?” she asked.
Indeed, what to do with gifts from people? I have [...]
