What is a Professional Organizer?
According to the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO), a professional organizer enhances the lives of clients by designing systems and processes using organizing principles and through transferring organizing skills. A professional organizer also educates the public on organizing solutions and the resulting benefits. Professional organizers help individuals and businesses take control of their surroundings, their time, their paper, and their systems for life.
How do you charge for your services?
Rates are by the hour, typically with a two-hour minimum per session. I offer a variety of packages for your convenience. Please contact me to discuss different packages.
I provide you with personalized attention, specific to your needs for organizing. I strive to act as a coach for you, guiding and transferring a variety of organizing skills needed for your project.
According to the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO), a professional organizer enhances the lives of clients by designing systems and processes using organizing principles and through transferring organizing skills. A professional organizer also educates the public on organizing solutions and the resulting benefits. Professional organizers help individuals and businesses take control of their surroundings, their time, their paper, and their systems for life.
How do you charge for your services?
Rates are by the hour, typically with a two-hour minimum per session. I offer a variety of packages for your convenience. Please contact me to discuss different packages.
I provide you with personalized attention, specific to your needs for organizing. I strive to act as a coach for you, guiding and transferring a variety of organizing skills needed for your project.
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What do I need to do to prepare ahead of time?
You will not need to "clean up" or do anything special before our first session. Perhaps think about how you want the room(s) to function. Think about what it is you want the room's purpose to be, whether the room is to serve one function or more. Prior to our first session, I'll take time to talk with you. During this free phone consultation, I'll get a good feel for your organizing concerns. I will then schedule a time to come to your home to do a "Needs Assessment." This assessment will be a valuable time for me to discuss further our next steps (See also the "Consultations" link for more information). After a short tour of your space(s) and discussion about your goals, we can either get started right away or schedule our first organizing session from there.
You will not need to "clean up" or do anything special before our first session. Perhaps think about how you want the room(s) to function. Think about what it is you want the room's purpose to be, whether the room is to serve one function or more. Prior to our first session, I'll take time to talk with you. During this free phone consultation, I'll get a good feel for your organizing concerns. I will then schedule a time to come to your home to do a "Needs Assessment." This assessment will be a valuable time for me to discuss further our next steps (See also the "Consultations" link for more information). After a short tour of your space(s) and discussion about your goals, we can either get started right away or schedule our first organizing session from there.
What will a typical session look like?
We'll use the information from the Needs Assessment to work side-by-side to address your concerns. We'll use a sorting process to determine what items you have, and make decisions about those items for categories such as: keep, donate, recycle, trash, relocate. After sorting, we'll make determinations about storage solutions that best fit your unique space. We'll talk about what behaviors will need to be in place to make these changes lasting.
How many sessions will I need?
That depends on your needs, preference, and pacing style. Typical sessions will last between 2-4 hours. We can often accomplish a great deal in one session. Other times, depending on the space to be organized (i.e. a bathroom cabinet versus an entire home office), several more sessions may be necessary to achieve the desired results.
Do you provide any special services in addition to residential organizing?
Yes! I offer phone consultations (by the half hour or hour) as well as personal shopping services for organizational products. Please see the "Residential Organizing" link above for more detailed information.
Do you offer organizing help to any special populations?
Yes! Using my skills and training in education, I enjoy providing one-on-one assistance to students of all grade levels. Please see my detailed "Students" link for more information. In addition, I enjoy helping other teachers with a variety of organizing concerns. Please see my "Teachers" link above for more information on how I can help busy teachers.
Do you have any policies I should know about?
I recommend or require certain things during our organizing sessions so that our time together can be maximized.
*For our organizing sessions, you should plan to be present at all times to work alongside me for our organizing session(s). Try to keep all distractions to a minimum as much as you are able. Since you are paying by the hour, I want you to get the most out of our time together. Checking e-mail or taking phone calls, etc. will take time away from our session time. If you have young children, hiring a babysitter or having a friend or spouse watch them is sometimes very helpful, in order to truly maximize our organizing appointment. No smoking is permitted inside during our session(s).
*Cancellation Policy: We kindly request a 48 hour notice for all cancellations. Less than 48-hour notice will result in a charge equivalent to a half rate of a session’s fees (2-hr. minimum). For any extenuating circumstances, at our discretion, that fee may be waived.
*If you have questions or need to cancel or reschedule, please call me at: (614) 579-7931.
*Guarantee: We work very hard to provide a very positive experience in guiding you to be your most organized. We stand by our services, and hope you will be very satisfied with your experience with us. If, for some reason, you are not completely satisfied, please kindly contact us by phone within 48 hours to discuss how we can improve our performed service. We will provide one additional hour of service, at no cost to you. Please note that we reserve the right to determine that requests for different services would require additional fees.
*Payment: Payment by cash or check is due at the time of service unless other arrangements have been made. Personal shopping fees or product purchases are due at the time of service.
*Confidentiality: We respect your privacy. Any information we receive from you is confidential.
What if I feel embarrassed about the clutter or mess in my house?
My job as a professional organizer is to be sensitive to your concerns. I will not be critical or judgmental of your organizational challenges. I strive to put you at ease and help you to discover personalized, manageable systems for your organizing concerns. Professional organizers really love what they do, so believe it or not, they actually enjoy seeing the initial clutter! I strive to help you see past the clutter and I assist you in creating a workable plan so you can feel energized, efficient, and happier in your home. Rest assured that I hold your privacy in strict confidence.
Do you operate like those T.V. shows (Mission Organization, Clean Sweep)?
Yes and no. In terms of the overall objective, my main objective is the same as those shows, which is to guide you in any size organizing project, and to transfer a variety of organizing skills to you so you can use these skills in the future. Additionally, like in the organizing shows, I use a sorting process to determine what items stay, and which should go. I work alongside you to guide you at all stages of the organizing process. That said, the organizing shows have teams of individuals that use a 30-minute time block to show a wonderful, finished product. What they don't show you is that this 30-minute show translates into many "man hours" of labor. Our organizing sessions together typically manifest themselves in stages (i.e. three to four different sessions, for example) depending on time, energy, budget and type of project. So, the end result may be similar, but may take more time to truly see those types of results. Some of the time commitment depends, too, on whether you decide to work on "homework" projects in between our organizing sessions.
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Organized Inspirations, LLC abides by the National Association of Professional Organizers Code of Ethics:
This Code of Ethics is a set of principles to provide guidelines in our professional conduct with our clients, colleagues, and community. As a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers, I pledge to exercise judgment, self-restraint, and conscience in my conduct in order to establish and maintain public confidence in the integrity of NAPO members and to preserve and encourage fair and equitable practices among all who are engaged in the profession of organizing.
Clients
Working Relationships
- I will serve my clients with integrity, competence, and objectivity, and will treat them with respect and courtesy.
- I will offer services in those areas in which I am qualified and will accurately represent those qualifications in both verbal and written communications.
- When unable or unqualified to fulfill requests for services, I will make every effort to recommend the services of other qualified organizers and/or other qualified professionals.
- I will advertise my services in an honest manner and will represent the organizing profession accurately.
Confidentiality
- I will keep confidential all client information, both business and personal, including that which may be revealed by other organizers.
- I will use proprietary client information only with the client's permission.
- I will keep client information confidential and not use it to benefit myself or my firm, or reveal this information to others.
Fees
- I will decide independently and communicate to my client in advance my fees and expenses, and will charge fees and expenses which I deem reasonable, legitimate, and commensurate with my experience, the services I deliver, and the responsibility I accept.
- I will make recommendations for products and services with my client's best interests in mind.
Colleagues
- I will seek and maintain an equitable, honorable, and cooperative association with other NAPO members and will treat them with respect and courtesy.
- I will respect the intellectual property rights (materials, titles, and thematic creations) of my colleagues, and other firms and individuals, and will not use proprietary information or methodologies without permission.
- I will act and speak on a high professional level so as not to bring discredit to the organizing profession.
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