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Office Organization

Organize Your Mobile Office Like a Champ

by Joi on August 31, 2010

If your automobile, or even a hotel, frequently serves as your office, the Auto Express File Master by Go Office is jut the organizer you need.  I work exclusively from home but even I want one.

In the evening, while my husband and I are watching sports, Survivor, The Biggest Loser, or some other can’t miss event on tv, I often carry a few notebooks, index cards,  books, pens, to do lists, etc. from my desk into the den.  I think most of us who work at home often turn our home office into a mobile office – sometimes even all the way to Panera Bread or Starbucks.

We’re such movers and shakers.

Mobility would be much easier, tidier, efficient, and professional with an organizational system such as the Auto Express File Master by Go Office.

Features and Description

The Auto Exec File Master is reinventing the way you work from the car. This compact work space is lightweight and easy to use. With capacity for 50 or more hanging files, this desk is a must-have for mobile workers who need a great deal of filing space to keep papers organized and efficient. A special opening in the top of the desk creates a second storage area for hanging file folders. The file folders face the driver which makes it easier to see and access.

The remaining top surface of the desk is covered with the rubber non-skid material – this ensures that a laptop, briefcase, PDA, or cell phone will keep from sliding while the vehicle is in motion. The large storage area is great for office tools and accessories and also for keeping a laptop hidden out-of-sight. Additional storage compartments hold small supplies such as pens, maps, etc.

This desk model is ideal for those needing quick access to files and mobile equipment and at the same time needing work space to write.

Features:
• Compact design for space saving
• Non-slip writing surface
• Holds 50 or more hanging files
• Files face driver for easy access
• Large storage compartment fits laptops
• Several compartments for supplies

Size: 10 1/2″tall x 25″wide x 17″deep

• This product ships directly from the manufacturer

For more information on this mobile office organizer as well as a ton of other office organization products (for your office, home office, or mobile office), see Auto Express File Master by Go Office.

Clutter’s Last Stand: DeClutter Your Desk and Office and Increase Your Productivity

by Joi on June 10, 2010

If there’s anything that messes up a work day faster than clutter, I don’t ever want to meet it.  Clutter slows you down, causes distractions, and keeps you from finding what you need, when you need it.

Fortunately, there are some clear-cut ways to cut back on clutter on your desk and around your office – whether you have a home office or work office.

Give Away or Throw Out Anything You Don’t Use

Totally clear off your desk, shelves, and workstation.Put back only those things that you regularly use.   Store the rest  in drawers or file cabinets.  If you don’t use something, ask around your office – someone may be looking for exactly the thing you’re passing on.

Give Away or Throw Out Anything in Your Office You Don’t Love

Take a good look around your office or workspace.  Hold each picture, knick knack, pen, and thumbtack accountable for themselves.   Ask yourself, “Do I love this?”  If not, why are you holding onto it?  You should surround yourself with things that make you smile, motivate you, or inspire you.  All else?  Their what clutter’s made of.

Watch Out for Freeloading Papers, Files, Newspapers, Magazines, and Notebooks

Funny how these things always move in on us, isn’t it?  It’s as big a mystery as lost socks in the laundry room (Why don’t they ever disappear in pairs – why is it always jut one that must be sacrificed to the dryer gods?).   I was cleaning the shelf beside me in my home office this morning and found:  A newspaper article about feeding orioles from March, three books I’d read and hated, a Happy Meal toy (don’t judge me), and a Redbook magazine from January. 2007.

Move On To Your Desk Drawers

Organize your desk drawers by like items. Maybe you could put office supplies in one drawer (paper clips, stapler, staples, rubber bands, post it notes), phone directories and address books in another, and stationery, pens, and notepads in another.  Don’t let them mix and mingle – that only leads to hunting expeditions and they gobble up time worse than social networking sites.

Your E-Mails and Bookmarks

Virtual office clutter can cause just as many problems as physical office clutter.   Go through your e-mail account (or accounts if you’re like me) and delete all e-mail that requires no further action on your part.   If you’ve responded to the person, there really isn’t any need to keep the original e-mail.  However, if it’s something that you do need to save, at least put it in an appropriate folder… NOT just a Saved folder.  Be more specific than that or your Saved folder will soon be a hot mess.

Invest in an Office File Cabinet

Take a look at your stacks of paper.  Not imagine how neat and tidy your workstation would be if they were all sorted and filed away in a great file cabinet. It’s a purchase you’ll never regret – neither will your desk or shelves.  They’ll just be thankful that they can breathe again.

Don’t let clutter hinder your productivity or restrict your success.  Adopt the motto, “A place for everything and everything in its place.”

Now I have to sign off.  I have a magazine to read.

Photo Credit: I Can Has Cheezburger (and I can has an online addiction to lol cats…)

Zipping Up Office Organization in Style

by Joi on April 26, 2010

Zippered Notebooks by buckhead betties

Organization, thou art the key to success.  Okay, that may be a slight exaggeration, but I’ve got nothing but love for organization and organization products for the office and/or home office.  The right organization products can keep your office clutter-free, your world more organized, your work easier to do, and your sanity firmly in place.

The monogrammble, 3-ring notebook with pockets, above, are perfect for organizing office work as well as school work.

Product Description:
The fabulous Zippered Notebook by Creative Containers is a perfect accessory for work and school. With a 100% Cotton Cover, the binder features a zipper closure to keep everything in its place and has several interior compartments to hold business cards, pens and other small items. A great idea for every busy lady. Notebook may be personalized with a monogram and makes a great gift. Available in five beautiful prints: Bubble Pop, Morgan, Brown Flower Burst, Reverse Damask Brown and Ecru Print.

Embroidery Options: This notebook may be personalized with a Century font monogram in Baby Pink, Baby Blue, Pink, Chocolate, Lime Green, Red, Aqua or Navy thread at No Additional Cost. Simply add your name or monogram in the spaces provided above. Women’s Century Font: appears First, Last, Middle with the initial of the last name larger. Men’s Century Font: appears in natural order: First, Middle, Last with all initial the same size. Then choose your thread color from the “Thread Color” drop down option. To view your thread color choices, please click the alternate view below the main picture.

Please allow up to 3-5 business days for personalized items to ship.

Features:
• Zippered notebook
• 100% Cotton Cover
• Several interior compartments
• Great for work or school
• Available in 5 beautiful prints

Size: 12″tall x 10 1/4″wide x 1 1/2″deep

These notebooks are gorgeous and could certainly bring a lot of organization to the home office:   Zippered Notebook by buckhead betties!

Home Office in a Chest with the Brilliant Kelly Edwards

by Joi on April 23, 2010

Cool. Way, way cool. In the video below, brilliant home decorating expert Kelly Edwards shows how you can basically build a home office in a box.

Anyone who works from home, as I do, knows the challenge of trying to keep your home office looking more like a home and less like an office. I try very hard to keep my books, folders, notebooks, office supplies, and so on kind of on the low. We have nice-looking shelves, cool organizers, and so on, but this office in a chest is simply beyond anything I’ve ever even dreamed of.

Check it out – I know you’ll be as impressed as I am.

Sleek Bulletin Board for Office Organization and Amusement

by Joi on March 16, 2010

$2.99 Shipping. Bulletin Board-Large-15" x 21"-Metal/Cork Underlay

I love the message board that hangs near my desk in my home office.  I can place reminders on the board to keep me from forgetting important events – you know, like the next time UK plays basketball…. opening day for baseball…. what the next Ace of Cakes will be about – important stuff.  I also have a few inspirational quotes, a few Audrey Hepburn collector stamps, an adoption certificate from where I adopted a shark (I’ve told you I’m shark crazy, right?), a picture of my daughters when they were about 4, 6, and7 doing the see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil routine, cat pictures, and a comic strip or two.

I believe in keeping things that make you smile within eye-shot at all times…. especially when you’re working.  It keeps you from becoming a grumpity grump.

The too handsome for his own good $2.99 Shipping. Bulletin Board-Large-15″ x 21″-Metal/Cork Underlay (above) is ideal for any office – home or away. The large size allows plenty of room – after all, some people need more help avoiding the slippery slope of grumpdom than the rest of us.

Perforated metal over a soft center lets you use both magnets and pushpins to post reminder notes, messages, comic strips, photos, artwork, etc.  Whatever keeps you interested, happy, attentive, or all of the above.

From Stacks and Stacks:
This magnetic bulletin board comes with a set of sleek silver pushpins and magnets. This wall mount message board is perfect for the kitchen, home office, laundry room or anywhere you need to post notes. Both sizes of memo boards come with silver hardware on back for wall hanging; nail or thumbtack needed for mounting. You’re your home and office members up to date with these stylish message boards!
Magnetic bulletin boards are available in two sizes:
Large Bulletin Board measures 15″ x 21″
Small Bulletin Board measures 12″ x 12″.

A Place for Everything and Everything in It’s Place – Oy

by Joi on February 8, 2010

Double Tier Multi Purpose Steel Book Rack, Mar Resistant Finish, Black. Sold IndividuallyDon’t you just hate it when things that were preached to you as a kid turn out to be blissfully true?  Things like “money doesn’t grow on trees” (by gosh, it doesn’t), “always wear clean undies,” and “a place for everything and everything in its place” seem almost golden once we’re old enough to know that we don’t quite know everything.
I always thought the stressing on organization was just a way to torment me and my billions of Barbies, Barbie shoes, and other Barbie paraphernalia.  Turns out, there’s a great deal of merit to the whole approach.  You not only function better when everything is tidily in its place, you stress less.  Fewer misplaced papers and less time hunting for a particular pen make the day move along a calmer circuit.

A favorite website of mine (ReStockIt.com) takes a similar approach.  The glorious Double Tier Multi Purpose Steel Book Rack, Mar Resistant Finish, Black (above) is from ReStockIt and is just one of the countless products they have to make your office a more organized place in which to live and work.  This multi-purpose steel book rack features shelves in a decorative, contemporary design. You can use the rack on a desktop or as a wall mount, if  space-saving is the name of your game.

Click through the link or image for more details.  This one is the double tier rack, but they sell a single tier one as well.

Organize Your Office with a Modernly Beautiful Magnet Board

by Joi on January 6, 2010

It’s a new year and you know what that means, right?  Time to get thyself organized my fellow office freaks!

This unmistakably unique and down-right elegant TEWO Magnet Board is from Blomus. The TEWO Magnet Board with Key Hooks features one of the most innovative designs in home and office storage. Crafted in sleek European style, this state-of-the-art message board features a strip at the top for holding pens, pencils and other small accessories.

The 5 stainless steel pegs at the bottom hold keys securely until needed. Cool, that.

This German engineered beauty is magnetic and will hold notes and reminders while adding class and sophistication to any workspace.

Features:
• Crafted of German-engineered stainless steel
• Magnetic board holds notes and reminders
• 5 stainless steel pegs for keys
• Strap at the top holds small accessories
• Easy wall mount option

Size: 23 3/5″tall x 9 4/5″wide x 1 3/4″deep

• This product ships directly from the manufacturer
• This product eligible for international shipping
• This product requires a re-stocking fee of 15%

For more information: TEWO Magnet Board with Key Hooks

Freaks, Look Alive! Ultra Cool Gadget on Sale Today Only

by Joi on December 21, 2009

Here’s  news that’ll make your budget smile:  The wonderful Endo Magnet Clip on SALE.  But you can’t let any grass grow under your feet, you have to be John Wall fast. You can get a pack of 3 for only $8.99 but the sale ends today…. at 4:00pm EST.

Go to www.TheEndo.com and place your order pronto.

  • Now shipping PINK, BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW, GREEN & RED ENDO
  • Endo Magnet Receives MATERIALICA Design + Technology Award and iF Material Award
  • Named one of the Year’s Most Ingenious Products by I.D. Magazine
  • Shipping fees have also been updated and reduced.

Click HERE to read my review of these ultra cool magnet clips. I love mine!

***If you’ve happened upon this post after the sale… where were you!?!?!  Don’t fret, these magnet clips are very reasonably priced even when they aren’t on sale.  Visit www.TheEndo.com and see for yourself.

Beautiful Office Organization or Christmas Shopping for an Office Diva

by Joi on November 13, 2009

Beautiful Office Organization System

Pretty, pretty – oh, you’re so very pretty. The Alexandria File Folders from Lillian Vernon are absolutely gorgeous.

If you have an office diva on your Christmas list, you’re set.

From the Website:
Express your style and add pizzazz to your correspondence with our new collection of stationary! The brilliant red of the printed “grosgrain ribbon” adds a bit of fun and is surrounded by gorgeous black-and-white damask. It’s so impressive, but only you will know how affordable this elegance can be!

  • File folders come in a set of 8. Inside is red-on-red damask. Tabs are staggered 3 across. Letter-sized; 9 1⁄2″ x 11 3⁄4″.
  • Personalized initial note cards are blank inside and come with white envelopes. Set of 12, 5 1⁄2″ x 4 1⁄4″. Ships from manufacturer, please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery. Specify 1 initial.
  • Personalized deluxe address labels are ideal for so many uses. Set of 144 self-stick are 2 3⁄8″ x 1 1⁄8″. Ships from manufacturer, please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery. Specify 30 characters on 3 lines.
  • Initial square seals feature a single red initial centered on a bright red “ribbon”. 144 seals, each 1 1⁄2″ square. Ships from manufacturer, please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery. Specify 1 initial.

Office Organization With the Leather Office Wire Rack

by Joi on October 19, 2009

Leather Office Wire Rack

True story.  This morning, as I was rummaging through 765,854,494.3 papers for just the one I needed, my oldest daughter, Emily, was frantically getting ready for school.  She was rummaging through her earring collection looking for just the pair of hoops that her top dictated.  Killer top, by the way.

When we collided in the kitchen… somewhere near the coffee pot…  she said, “I’ll be a few minutes late this afternoon.  I’m going to stop by the store for an earring organizer.  I’m not wasting 5 minutes like that again.”

The girl has zero tolerance for anything that gets her off of her set path.  I like that!   With coffee in her hand and a purpose in her mind, she went off on her way.  With coffee in my hand a Faith Hill song on my mind I returned to my papers.  All 765,854,494.3 of them.  Emily, her dad (aka the hubby), and I are alike in many ways – for example, we generally each have coffee in our vicinity, we love UK basketball and St. Louis baseball, and we have a strong respect for catfish and hush puppies.  However, we do differ in a few ways.  He likes the Giants, she likes the Packers, and I (the brains of the operation) love the Broncos.

Another way we differ is their approach to organization.  They’re for it.

If you, too, like to know where your things are and don’t want to take the time to browse through a mountain of papers looking for the perfect one (while singing along with Faith), you’ll want to take a closer look at office organizers, such as the Leather Office Wire Rack (above).

From the Web Site:

Create a Functional Home Office with Storage and Organization Our Leather Office Wire Rack was designed to make adding a workspace to your home decor easy. This stylish piece features individual cubbies that are great for organizing mail office supplies and more. Buy yours now and discover its many uses in your home. Quality-crafted for long-lasting use. Covered in beautiful faux leather. 22.5′H x 22.5′W x 6′D. Enjoy the exceptional quality of our Leather Office Wire Rack at exceptional prices guaranteed Shop and compare. We guarantee to offer you the lowest possible price. In fact we are so confident that we offer our customers quality products at superior values that we stand behind our guarantee if you order an item from Home Decorators Collection and see the SAME item advertised for less anywhere else please send the ad to us within 30 days of your purchase. We’ll refund double the difference to you up to the item’s total retail value.

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