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Objective
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To use
all my skills, knowledge and experience to provide confidential and
empathetic advice to clients, identify their individual organizing
challenges, and work with them to create solutions and systems that will increase
their productivity, reduce stress, and lead to more control over their
surroundings.
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Key Skills
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Analysis, Budget, Coaching, Communication,
Contracts Administration, Coordinate, Database, Employee Relations, Human
Resources, Implement, Initiative, Interpersonal Skills, Leadership,
Logistics, Management, Negotiation, Organizational Effectiveness, Personal
Computing, Policies, Presentation, Program Management, Project Management,
Project Planning, Quality Assurance, Recruiting, Research, SAP, Scheduling,
Speaking, Spreadsheet, Team Player, Test, Train, Word Processing.
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Current Employment
Summary of
Accomplishments
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January 2003-Present
SolutionsForYou,
Inc. Portland, OR
Certified
Professional Organizer®
Owner and
Founder
Provide
organizing consultation and services in the areas of:
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ADD Organizing Coaching
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Clearing Clutter
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Closet Organizing
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Downsizing
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Electronic Information Management
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Kid-size Organizing
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Paper Management
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Space Planning
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Student Organizing
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Time Management
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Work-Life Management
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Among the first 200 people in the
world to receive the Certified Professional Organizer CPO®
Designation from the Board of Certified Professional Organizers (BCPO).
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Several hundred satisfied and
successfully organized clients in corporate, home-based business, residential
and small business environments.
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Co-founded the
Organizing Academy August 2004
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Developed 24 hours of curriculum on
starting a professional organizer business and working with clients
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Trained over 80 participants
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Presented over 45 seminars on a
variety of organizing topics
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2003-2005 NAPO Oregon Chapter Secretary
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2005-2006 NAPO Oregon Vice
President/Director of Membership
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2006-2007 NAPO Oregon President
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2007-2009 NAPO Oregon Immediate Past President
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Memberships
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2003-2008 National
Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO)
2003-2008 Oregon Chapter
of NAPO
2004-2008 National
Study Group on Chronic Disorganization (NSGCD)
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Education
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B.A. Organizational Communication,
Marylhurst
University
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2001
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Certification
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BCPO
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Certified Professional
Organizer CPO®
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2007
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Coach
Approach For Organizers™
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Coach Approach for
Organizers™ Training Program
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2007
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NSGCD
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Level II ADD Specialist Certificate
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2007
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NSGCD
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Level II Chronic
Disorganization Specialist Certificate
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2006
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NSGCD
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Certificate of Study in
Learning Styles and Modalities
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2006
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NSGCD
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Certificate of Study in
Chronic Disorganization
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2005
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NSGCD
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Certificate of Study in
Basic ADD Issues With the CD Client
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2005
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NSGCD
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Certificate of Study in
CD Client Administration
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2005
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Training
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NAPO
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Annual Conference – Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2007
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NAPO
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Annual Conference – Boston, Massachusetts
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2006
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NAPO
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Annual Conference – San Diego, California
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2005
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NAPO
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Annual Conference – Denver, Colorado
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2003
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NSGCD
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Assisting Clients with LD in Adulthood
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2007
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NSGCD
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Assisting the CD Client with Diabetes
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2006
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NSGCD
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Basic Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
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2005
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NSGCD
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Basic Chronic
Disorganization (CD)
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2004
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NSGCD
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Boundaries and Ethics
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2004
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NSGCD
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Children and Adolescents
and ADD
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2005
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NSGCD
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Creating Successful
Study Environments for Students
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2006
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NSGCD
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Developing Time
Management Skills for CD/ADD Client
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2004
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NSGCD
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Heirs of the Chronically
Disorganized
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2006
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NSGCD
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Identifying and Locating
Additional Client Services to Assist your Elderly and Physically Challenged
Client
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2005
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NSGCD
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Introduction to Learning
Styles and Differences
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2004
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NAPO
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Leadership Forum –
National
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2006
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NAPO
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Leadership Forum –
National
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2005
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NSGCD
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Organizing for
Personality Types
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2004
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NSGCD
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Overview of OCD Hoarding
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2005
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NSGCD
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Running a Clutter
Support Group
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2005
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NSGCD
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Resources for
Investigating Physical and Mental Health Conditions Affecting CD Clients
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2005
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NSGCD
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Safety
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2004
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NSGCD
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Strategies and Resources
to Assist Clients with Recycling
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2006
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NSGCD
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Strategies and Solutions
for the CD
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2004
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NSGCD
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Strategies for working
with the CD client with depression
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2005
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NSGCD
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Storage Units:
Pros and Cons for CD Clients
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2007
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NSGCD
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Structure and Time Management
Skills for the Adult and Teen ADD/CD Client
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2005
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NSGCD
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Support for the
Clutters: Understanding 12 Step/Help Groups
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2006
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NSGCD
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The Mindset of the Messie
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2004
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NSGCD
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Trends in ADD/CD Client
Work
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2004
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NSGCD
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Trends in ADD and LD in
the Educational Setting
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2007
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NSGCD
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Working with Auditory
Learners
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2004
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NSGCD
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Working with CD Adults
with ADD
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2004
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NSGCD
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Working with Kinesthetic
Learners
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2004
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Prior Recent Employment
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Mentor Graphics Corporation
Wilsonville,
OR
Human Resources (HR) Work/Life Benefits Manager
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1988 - 2001
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Special Projects
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§
Project Team Member for Child Development Center
Selection and Design
§ Business Systems Analyst for HRIS implementation
with SAP
§ Mergers and Acquisition Corporate Team
Representative
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