Program at a Glance
Please note: Agenda, times and/or speakers are subject to change without notice.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
7:00 am – 7:00 pm Registration Open
8:00 am – 5:00 pm PC1 – PO-101: Starting an Organizing Business (continental breakfast and lunch included in fee for PC1)
8:00 am – 12:00 pm PC2 – Creating and Using Action Plan to Achieve Success
8:00 am – 12:00 pm PC3 – Communicating in a Coaching Process: Add Coaching to Your Toolbox with the BE-CAUSE Model® and Strengthen Communication with Your Clients
12:30 pm – 4:30 pm Leadership Forum - Day I (Invitation Only)
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm PC4 – Wardrobe Styling for Every Woman, For Every Day & Every Way
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm PC5 – Plan to Thrive, Not Just Survive in Your Business
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Expo Hall Open-Welcome and Meet the Leaders Reception in the Expo Hall
Thursday, March 22, 2012
7:00 am - 10:30 am Leadership Forum - Day II (Invitation Only)
7:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration Open
8:00 am - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast in Expo Hall
8:00 am – 9:00 am First Timers’ Orientation
8:00 am – 1:15 pm Expo Hall Open
9:15 am – 10:15 am Ask the Organizers Panel – Part I – Featuring Golden Circle Members
10:30 am – 11:30 am Ask the Organizers Panel – Part II
10:30 am - 12:30 pm Golden Circle: Reconnect / Renew / Revitalize Your Conference (For Golden Circle Members Only)
11:30 am – 1:00 pm Lunch in Expo Hall
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Welcome and Opening Keynote (GS1)
2:45 pm – 4:15 pm Concurrent Workshop Sessions
(1-1) Speaking NAKED – Stripping Away the Barriers of Effective Public Speaking
(1-2) Play Bigger: How to Get Started Landing Lucrative Corporate Clients So You Can Earn More Money & Have a Greater Impact
(1-3) Life Keeping, Not Just Bookkeeping®: Advanced Financial Organizing for Seniors
(1-4) Stand Up & Be Counted! Support a Hoarding Task Force!
(1-5) Stay Organized in the Cloud-Tech Skills for You and Your Clients
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Moving Forward: Certification and Recertification for Professional Organizers
4:30 pm – 8:30 pm Expo Hall Open
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Photo Op with the NAPO President in Expo Hall
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Exhibitor Reception
8:30 pm - 10:00 pm CPO Reception (Invitation Only)
Friday, March 23, 2012
7:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration Open
7:15 am – 8:15 am Exhibitor How-To Session(s) (To be Announced in Final Program)
7:30 am – 9:00 am Quantum Leap Meeting
8:00 am - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast in Expo Hall
8:30 am – 12:30 pm Expo Hall Open
9:00 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Workshop Sessions
(2-1) Don’t Be Afraid of the Big Bad Law: Using the Law as a Protective Shield for Your Organizing Business
(2-2) Stop Selling Your Time for Money: Business beyond the Billable Hour
(2-3) Helping Your Client Eat a Frog……Understanding the Causes, Consequences & Cures for Procrastination
(2-4) In Good Company: Building Professional Collaborations and Organizer Teams
(2-5) How to Build Your Business with YouTube Marketing
10:45 am – 12:15 pm Committee and SIG Meetings
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Annual Membership Meeting and Lunch
2:15 pm – 3:30 pm General Session (GS2)
3:45 pm – 5:15 pm Concurrent Workshop Sessions
(3-1) Solopreneurs: Who Are They? What Do They Need? And How Can We Help Them?
(3-2) BUSINESS BLUEPRINT: How Exactly to Earn $100,000 per year as a Professional Organizer
(3-3) Unleash the Organizer within Your Clients
(3-4) It’s 10:00 pm: Have You Done Your Homework Yet? (Tips, Tools and Tricks for Teaching Time Management to Students)
(3-5) How to Build Your Business with Blogging
Saturday, March 24, 2012
7:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration Open
7:00 am - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am – 10:00 am Concurrent Workshop Sessions
(4-1) It’s Not Business, Unless It’s Personal: They Keys for Gaining & Retaining Clients
(4-2) How to Use Standard Project Management to Organize Just About Anything
(4-3) Implementing Harm Reduction with Hoarding Clients
(4-4) Clutter Clearing the “Fun” Shui Way
(4-5) Tech Skills Every Organizer Should Know
10:15 am – 11:45 am Concurrent Workshop Sessions
(5-1) Networking Know How - Focus Leads to Success
(5-2) Golden Circle: Reconnect/Renew/Revitalize Your Conference
(5-3) The Photo Organizing Dilemma: Meeting the Needs of Your Overwhelmed Clients
(5-4) Organizing the ADHD Brain Using Executive Functions
(5-5) Digital Disorganization and New Organizing Skills
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Awards Luncheon
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm Concurrent Workshop Sessions
(6-1) The Mobile Workforce – Organizing by Lifestyle
(6-2) Taking Your Organizing Product to Market – What You Need to Know
(6-3) Organizer’s Favorite Things – Tools of the Trade for the Modern Home and Home Office
(6-4) Do You Know Enough About ADHD?
(6-5) Sure-Fire Success Strategies to Skyrocket Your Professional Organizing Business
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Closing Keynote Address (GS3)
4:30 pm – 4:45 pm Closing Remarks and 2013 New Orleans Kick-Off!