The Wide, Wide World of Aging ServicesPresenter Mary Kay BuysseThis lively, interactive session explores many aspects of the wide spectrum of senior services. We journey through some of the most frequently asked questions about working specifically with senior clients. Learning Objectives:
Mary Kay Buysse has been the Executive Director of the National Association of Senior Move Managers (NASMM) since 2006. Before joining NASMM, Mary Kay was the Director of Program Development for Leading Age Illinois, the Illinois state affiliate of national Leading Age (formerly known as the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging). At Leading Age Illinois, Mary Kay directed programs and education for all levels of staff in senior living communities, assisted living, nursing homes, and home and community based services. Mary Kay began her career in aging services as an Area Agency on Aging Case Manager in suburban Chicago, where she administered Federal and State programs for older adults. Mary Kay holds a Master of Science degree in Gerontology. How to Set Up the Almost Perfect Team Business ModelLearn from Chantale Bordonaro, a leader in team project managementIn this info-packed class you will learn the essential elements of project management and team leadership in one course.
Chantale Bordonaro is a Certified Professional Organizer (CPO®), a Certified Relocation and Transition Specialist (CRTS), speaker, mentor, and the founder of Simplicity Source, Inc. She sees herself as an agent of change as she follows her passion of changing’s people’s life day by day, project by project.
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Dolores Kaytes, President of Highly Organized for the past 15 years, is an educator, a professional speaker, an entrepreneur. Custom filing systems and QuickBooks training are her specialties. Past President of NAPO-LA, Dolores was the recipient of the prestigious NAPO-LA Leading Edge Award in 2007. Dolores speaks at conferences, seminars, and corporate meetings, where she teaches how to “heal the clutter.” Dolores is a filing guru and her class is not to be missed!
Christie Gelsomino is the owner and operator of Vision to be Organized (since 2006) and Scrapbook Designer (since 2003). She is a professional organizer, a Certified Personal Photo Organizer, and a personal scrapbook designer. Christie is a member of NAPO National, NAPO-LA, and NAPO Virtual Chapter. Christie serves currently as the Marketing Director for the NAPO-LA Chapter, has been the Chapter Historian for the NAPO-LA Chapter since 2007, and has been on the Professional Development Committee for the NAPO Virtual Chapter since 2012. She is a NAPO Golden Circle member and a member of the NAPO Technology SIG. Christie is a member of the Association of Personal Photo Organizers (APPO) as a Certified Personal Photo Organizer. Christie has assisted as a Professional Organizer on the A&E show Hoarders. Christie focuses her organizing business on residential organizing while specializing in photo organizing. She loves to see the smiles on her client's faces when they look through their own photo books, photo albums, and digital files of their organized photos and memories.
Christine Reiter is an organizer of time. She and her company, aptly named Time Strategies, work with her clients’ time management issues. Christine works with business clients—from small home businesses to large-scale corporate clients—and their paper and productivity challenges. Her business grew from a corporate background of conducting productivity and workflow studies, interfacing between end users and programmers, and implementing installations of equipment and software for her customers. Christine has been an active member of the Professional Coaches and Mentors Association, the American Society of Trainers and Developers, and NAPO-LA, where she has served as President in the early years, when meetings were still held in a community room in a local mall.
Alaia Williams works with business owners and professionals who are ready to grow their businesses and enhance their careers. Since she was a teenager, Alaia has had a passion for improving herself and the world around her. Blending that passion with her enthusiasm for technology and her experience with small business systems and processes, she focuses on helping clients get things done so they can get their work out into the world. Since 2008, Alaia has helped small businesses with social media through workshops, classes, strategy, and social media management. In addition to her consulting work, Alaia also founded and currently runs The Entrepreneur Connection, a networking group for entrepreneurs and small business owners, and At the Helm: Women in Biz, a women's business conference.
Chantale Bordonaro is a Certified Professional Organizer (CPO®), a Certified Relocation and Transition Specialist (CRTS), a speaker, a mentor, and the founder of Simplicity Source, Inc. operating in San Francisco and Los Angeles. As a relocation specialist and professional organizer, Chantale follows her passion—changing people’s lives. With the help of her teams, independent contractors, and vendors, Simplicity Source, Inc. has helped over 300 clients through this life-changing experience. Chantale was the National Chair for the NAPO 2014 Conference in Phoenix and volunteers for the Board of Certification of Professional Organizers (BCPO). She is a Past President of NAPO-Los Angeles and also served as Membership Director.
Katherine Macey, PhD, is the founder of Organize to Excel. She’s a geek when it’s practical and can’t be bothered when it’s not. She doesn’t know how to play the video games her kids play, but she does know how to change the power supply in her computer. Katherine earned her PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She combines her technical background with her love of organizing, providing solutions that inspire excellence. Katherine and her team at Organize to Excel specialize in organizing for busy moms and productivity and efficiency consulting for service professionals. Katherine served on the NAPO-LA Board as President and Vice President, and as Director of Communications & Technology.
This workshop focuses on two main areas:
If you are a small business owner, and you wish you could make more money, but you can’t be in more than one place at one time or clone yourself—what to do? Create multiple streams of income! Multiple streams of income help to build a business with less work by offering multiple ways for clients to access you, your company, and your services & offerings. Learn how to leverage and repurpose your content, expand your delivery methods, offer options at multiple price points, and give clients a menu or suite of services.
Lisa Montanaro is a sought-after business expert thanks to her background as an attorney, mediator, and trainer of entrepreneurs. She is the owner of Lisa Montanaro Global Enterprises, which is the umbrella organization under which she offers productivity consulting, success coaching, business strategizing, and speaking to individuals and organizations globally. Lisa’s presentations focus on productivity, entrepreneurship, and life–work balance issues. Lisa’s workshops are informative, interactive, and despite the sometimes weighty subject involved, entertaining!
Esther Simon, MSW is a mother of seven and a member of NAPO-LA. Esther has a Master’s degree from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work in New York City. By helping people organize their lives, she‘s become known as the “The Traditional Home Organizer,” specializing in time management and home organizing. “My specialty is the home,” says the former social worker, “and dealing with children’s clutter. When you run a home office and a family, time management is critical.” Esther gives lectures and workshops on all aspects of the home, such as budgeting, organizing the kitchen, housework, closets, day planners, etc. She also helps people devise plans to accommodate elderly and/or sick relatives in their homes, which Esther did for six years.
In this 2-hour session you will learn the nuances of working with different age ranges from toddlers through teens, and the how-to’s for organizing their spaces, sharing strategies on how to engage them to break down everything into a four-step process; from organizing, to setting up routines, checklists, small tasks, goal setting, and strategies that work for managing homework. Deborah Kawashima is passionate about providing the best tools and solutions for working with kids and teens so you can help them be better prepared for today’s lifestyle.
Deborah Kawashima, CPO®, mom and certified professional organizer, started Creative Organizer in 2004 to empower parents and their kids to become more in control of their lives and create harmony in their homes. She specializes in setting up homes for families to role model good habits. An active NAPO member, Deborah cofounded and was national committee chair (2005-2010) for NAPO in the Schools, won the 2006 Volunteer of the Year Award at the Los Angeles Organizing Awards and the 2007 NAPO Innovator Award at NAPO Conference. She speaks at conferences and schools and has taught at UCLA extension Pathway. She is currently a member of NAPO, NAPO-Virtual Chapter, and ICD. Deborah is writing her first young adult novel. Getting herself into the writing habit was the inspiration for this class!
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