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Order from Chaos
Liz Davenport
ALL MESSED UP
By Nancy Salem
of the Albuquerque Tribune
The most valuable real estate in
town isn’t in High Desert or along Rio Grande. It’s on
your desk.
In a standard cubicle, it’s roughly 20 square feet. It’s
your workday stage: your phone, Rolodex, coffee mug,
books, pencils, plants, calendar, in box, files, memos,
projects.
And, if you’re like most people, it’s a mess. “Any
system will break down under sheer volume,” says Liz
Davenport, the Albuquerque author of “Order From Chaos.”
“And most of us have not designed a system to deal with
the amount of stuff we face.” The average businessperson
gets 190 requests for his or her time each day,
Davenport says. That includes e-mail, snail mail, voice
mail, phone calls, cell calls, pages and face-to-face
dialogue. Those interactions leave trails of paper
because there’s too much to remember.
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Small Office Needing Liz
Davenport's Organizing 6 Step System |
Can't Wait to See Liz
Davenport on Oprah...
Last month I attend a seminar "Order from Chaos-The
Cockpit Office". Over the span of my 22 years with CNM,
I have attended many seminars. Liz Davenport's
presentation was the best that I have ever attended! She
held everyone's attention and, unlike previous seminars,
the time flew by much too quickly.
Her bright tips on how to organize and reorganize at
home and at the office were, down to earth, inexpensive,
and clever. The information was not forgotten when
arriving back at my office. I have shared many of her
time saving tips with coworkers and friends. As a
result, It is time to do my taxes and for the first time
my paper work is organized!
Others were sorry they had not attended when they heard
what a great time we had at this seminar. And, she made
us all forget that it was 7:30am!
I can't wait to see Liz Davenport on Oprah.
~ Linda Keever, Admin. Support Specialist, Central
New Mexico Community College, Albuquerque NM |
DISORGANIZED ORGANIZER
SPREADS
GOSPEL OF SIMPLICITY
By Polly Summar
of the Albuquerque Journal
Liz
Davenport has five cats, two dogs, 10 finches, four hens
and a rooster. The walls in her North Valley home and
office range from shades of cantaloupe to chartreuse,
and a china cabinet stuffed to the gills sits next to
her desk.
This does not seem like the home of an organizational
consultant — someone dedicated to getting rid of clutter
and creating order from chaos. It seems much too warm
and cozy and alive. But Liz Davenport is living proof
that unruly creative types can get organized, and she
wants to spread the gospel.
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Disorganized? Do You Feel
Overwhelmed? |
Your ideas are really helping me to stop
procrastinating...
Thank you for your book. I have just finished reading it
for the second time and my cleaning lady is waiting for
her turn. Excellent ideas, very well presented. I am a
self-employed dog groomer and cat breeder, plus having
an old house to take care of, property, family, home
cooking, etc., so you can imagine my "to do" list. Your
ideas are really helping me to stop procrastinating
(because each days "list" is not so long) and actually
get things done.
I am interested in your next book, the one for students.
Thanks,
~ Tracey Semchison,
Natureworks Bengals & Pixie-Bobs, Gananoque, Ontario,
Canada |
EFFICIENCY BEGINS WITH A
CLEAN DESK
By Lynn Ruth Miller
Do not squander time, For that’s the
stuff life is made of.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Eight a.m. Monday morning. You
arrive early at the office so you can get that letter
out to the big account in Denver. That’s the one you
meant to do on Friday but the telephone rang off the
hook and then you had that big presentation to send to
the client in Monterey that couldn’t wait any longer.
You grab a cup of coffee and
sit down at your desk. The folder with all the
information in it was right next to your in- box when
you finally got out of the office at seven o’clock
Friday night. You reach for it, but...
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Is YOUR desk this clean? |
Your Getting Organized [System] Has Helped
Me More Than I Ever Imagined...
Your 3 step process to getting organized has helped me
more than I ever imagined. I can't thank you enough for
sharing your system with me and all of the other ladies
that were in attendance.
The only piece of paper I keep on my desk now is a
printed copy of the three step process which is my
constant reminder to stay organized. I've become
flustered a time or two since returning to work, but
then realized it was because I didn't have something in
the ATC that needed to be there. I even convinced my
boss that I need a bigger office with more desk space.
Thank you very much!
~ Carolyn Gauthier, PPAI |
Professional Organizer
Cleans Up With Her Business
By
Wende Schwingendorf
of the Albuquerque Journal
Elizabeth Davenport is the master
of disaster.
As owner of Order from Chaos, she
uses organizing techniques and a little bit of
psychology to clean the clutter that plagues desks,
office spaces and minds.
Ever since she was a child
Davenport said she was an organizer. Her mother, a
former secretary to Gen. Douglas MacArthur during World
War II, attired her in frilly white dresses that stayed
spotless. Her father, who used to run Post Exchange
stores on military bases, was also an organized person.
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