Workshop Leader
- General Audience
- Business/Corporate
- Seniors
- Home Based Business Programs
- Spiritual Workshops
- Continuing Legal Education Seminar for Lawyers
General Audience Workshops
De-Clutter, De-Stress® Your Life
This class will examine what keeps you stuck in clutter, motivate you to act, and lead you through a process that will enable you to let go of clutter. Where time permits, you will also learn preventive maintenance techniques, and clutter prevention strategies to keep clutter out of your life for good!
Be Organized – In Case of Emergency
There are all kinds of emergencies – terrorist attacks, fire, tornadoes, flooding, electrical outages, chemical spills, etc. Being prepared requires we organize family, supplies and information. Learn key components of a family plan and what supplies and information to include in emergency kits – just in case.
Filing 101
Afraid to put papers away because you won’t find them again? Don’t know where your important papers are? Conquer your fear of filing! Learn how to create a filing system that works for you and the family. Understand the different methods of filing, so you can find papers when you need them.
Organize and De-Stress the Christmas Season
Do the zillion tasks of the Christmas season create dread and anxiety? Consider new strategies to prevent holiday stress. Learn shopping strategies, gift options and time management strategies so you can celebrate, rather than dread the holidays this and every year.
The Organized Garage Sale
A garage sale is a great way to make money and have fun in your own yard. Topics covered include: the process for getting ready, publicity, pricing and marking items, timing of the sale, and dos and don’ts the day of the sale.
Business/Corporate
After De-Cluttering
Before De-Cluttering
Train your executives, managers and employees to work in a clutter-free, organized space. Benefits include:
- Improve efficiency and productivity:
- Find things when you want them
- Increase available time for priorities
- Complete projects on or ahead of time
- Reduce stress by gaining control of your work day
- Improve office appearance as “professional”
Beyond Office Clutter
Surrounded by stuff in your office or cubicle? Waste time looking for papers? Does your workspace look unprofessional? Do you know your style of organizing? Then you need to become skilled at working in a clutter-free, organized space.
Learn a process that will enable you to let go of clutter, clean up the mess, and become better organized.- Learn preventive maintenance techniques, and clutter prevention strategies to keep clutter out of your work space for good!
- Learn to create a filing system that will work for you, so you can put papers away, without fear.
- Learn to organize your office space and desk top for efficiency using an activity center strategy.
- Determine your style preference.
You’ll create order out of chaos, better manage paper, and work more efficiently!
Seniors
De-Clutter, De-Stress® Your Life for Seniors
This class will examine what keeps you stuck in clutter, motivate you to act and lead you through a process that will enable you to let go of clutter. Where to start, how to donate unwanted items and deal with a life of sentimental items will be discussed.
Downsizing and Moving for Seniors – The Workshop
This multi-session workshop will give you tools and motivate you to unclutter your possessions to downsize, help you prepare your house for sale and bring order to the chaos of moving so you can be ready to start a new life in a retirement community or elsewhere.
Pack Rats Can Change! Conquer Your Clutter – A 7.5 hour Elderhostel Program
Trash or treasures? If your house is more like a museum than a home, learn how to let clutter go. Explore the mental, emotional, spiritual and philosophical aspects of clutter. Leave inspired to de-clutter your life.
Home-Based Business Programs
Organize Your Home-Based Business
Home-based business is the fastest growing segment of the business industry. There are benefits to working from home, but also challenges. While technology has made working from home possible, it also presents complications in the home. Topics include pros and cons of a business from home, legal structure, legal permissions, choosing a business address, telephone options and etiquette.
De-Clutter and Organize Your Home Office
Does uncontrolled paper keep you from working at home effectively? Learn to create an efficient home office using an activity center strategy and a filing system that works for you so you can work at home beyond clutter.
When Does the Office Close?
Address the challenges that working from home can bring. Topics include the pros and cons of operating a business from home, how to separate work from home, and strategies to stay motivated while working alone in your home environment.
Spiritual Workshops
Live Beyond Clutter
We find serenity in our lives by de-cluttering our homes. Examine what keeps you stuck in clutter and explore the spiritual side of life to help you let go of possessions that rob you of joy. Learn to let go of the unessential, so you can create your home as your sanctum sanctorum. Participants leave knowing the first steps to de-clutter their lives, and motivated to implement them. May include quiet time.
The Spirituality of Clutter-Free Living
A weekend, residential program that explores living a de-cluttered life based on spiritual principles. Using individual exercises, small and large group discussions, and lecture, participants explore their spirituality to enable them to let go of the thoughts and feelings that keep them stuck in clutter. They leave with a plan to de-clutter their lives, and with the inspiration to implement it.
Continuing Legal Education Seminar for Lawyers
The Organized Attorney
Contact Helen for details at (518) 238-3842 or helen@beyondclutter.com
Testimonials:
Filing 101
Thank you! This was so helpful and very reassuring.
Susan M., Albany, NYI learned explicit steps to get my files organized more productively – can’t wait to start! It was great!
Jan K.Spiritual Workshops
I appreciated that Helen drew out from participants what concerns and goals we had. Helping us make concrete plans and network is very helpful. I also appreciated her modeling of boundaries and holding us accountable, and time-management. The fact that she actively participated in worship was a plus.
Helen truly is gifted in what she does. It was a blessing to be here.
Helen challenged us, encouraged us, supported us and she was easy to listen to.
The program opened areas of awareness that I had never considered or examined, especially with spiritual enlightenments. Light bulbs went off for me all weekend.
Helen’s workshop opened my eyes to how I need to look at my material possessions and what my priorities in life are and how I am giving those the time they deserve.
Michele, Gainesville, FLThis program helped me identify and understand some of the feelings I have in my home (overwhelmed, frustration, etc.) and how to eliminate the source and benefits of dealing with my clutter.
Angie, Gainesville, FLI’ve taken many workshops, here and elsewhere, and I think this was the most valuable one I’ve ever taken.
Workplace Training
Loved the course. I spent several hours this weekend organizing my photos (been meaning to do it for a year!). I recently found my desk! And have been adamant on finding a place for everything immediately.
Liz R., DASNY, Albany, NYHelen is the ultimate educator – a positive and uplifting motivator. She provides a comprehensive training program which includes problem recognition and guidelines to overcome them.
Julie L., NYNEX (now Verizon), Albany, NYLou took a huge industrial size garbage can to his office. It looks fantastic! No more empty CD cases. All of the old magazines are gone. It’s incredible!
Liz R., DASNY, Albany, NYYour workshop for us was such a hit! On a personal note, your principles have sunk in for me and I have de-cluttered my house a great deal and am maintaining it pretty well!
Roslyn J., SUNY, Albany, NY