Posts Tagged: filing

How to Organize Your Professional Development

27, Nov 2023

Whether you work for yourself or someone else, investing in professional development can enhance your skills and boost your credibility and confidence. There are so many learning opportunities available that it can be overwhelming to know how and where to start – especially if you are outside a traditional learning… Read more

How to Organize the Information You Need Every Day

22, May 2023

“Where did I put that information?” It’s a common and sometimes frequent question people ask themselves (me included). Perhaps you look for price lists, instructions, websites you frequently send to clients, and more. And maybe you store the data in multiple places, then become confused about the most up-to-date. What… Read more

Sorting Paperwork: The Basic Steps

24, Apr 2023

Recently, we worked with a client who needed help sorting paperwork. It’s a time-consuming job because you must read and interpret the information on the paper before deciding what to do with it. In fact, this client had several years’ worth of documents in piles, boxes, and filing cabinets around… Read more

Top 10 Office Organizing Tips to Implement Now

23, Jan 2023

Are you ready for some quick tips that you can implement today to boost productivity at your office? This could be the most important thing you read all day. Feel free to share these top 10 office organizing tips with your colleagues. Top 10 Office Organizing Tips Use my B-CLEAR™… Read more

Build Your Business Archive

26, Jul 2021

Do you have pictures of yourself when you were a child? Did you keep your high school diploma? Of course, you did. You want to be able to look back on your life’s accomplishments and share your history with your children and grandchildren. But what about your business? You kept… Read more

Downsizing Your Paperwork

25, May 2020

When we talk about the heaviest items to move, most people think about pianos and refrigerators. In reality, the heaviest thing may be the amount of paper in your home. One piece of paper weighs only about 5 grams, but it adds up if each filing cabinet drawer is stuffed… Read more

What’s Your Tech: Paper Chaos Gets Organized with Fujitsu ScanSnap

05, Sep 2019

WhatI was happy to share my knowledge about organizing paperwork Fujitsu’s ScanSnap scanner in the What’s Your Tech article entitled, Paper Chaos Gets Organized with Fujitsu ScanSnap. Here’s an excerpt: [Linda] Chu encountered her fair share of paper throughout a 20-year tenure in hotel management. She refers to it as… Read more

Spring Cleaning Your Filing Cabinets

22, Apr 2019

April has been selected as Records and Information Management (RIM) month. You might think this only applies to corporations or businesses. However, in our homes, we have documents that establish our identity (e.g. birth certificates) and show evidence of our financial transactions (e.g. income tax slips). We also have proof… Read more

Quick Tips to Use Better Naming Conventions for Your Files

16, Apr 2018

You know that exasperating feeling when you’re looking for a file on your computer or a shared company drive and can’t just find it? You know it’s there somewhere, yet you’re wasting time looking in all the wrong places. This means you likely don’t have consistent naming conventions for your… Read more

Making Your Office Look Good and Spacious

22, Dec 2017

I was happy to be quoted in MKT LIST’s article about making your office look good and spacious. My tips on organizing your office and desk space include: Don’t jump into big ideas. Start with small things. Small things are easy so getting started won’t feel so overwhelming. Start by… Read more