Getting Organized: Previous Issues
An e-newsletter of organizing tips for faculty members. Files open up in PDF format (get Adobe Reader).
2012 :: 2011 :: 2010 :: 2009 :: 2008 :: 2007 :: 2006 :: 2005 :: 2004 :: 2003 :: 2002 :: 2001
2012 
- May/June 2012 - Re-organizing home projects, Apps
- February/March 2012 - Sabotaging Your Productivity, E-Waste Collection, Highlights of the Organizing Expo
2011 
- December 2011 - Reducing Complexity in Your Work; New Products; New Organizing Magazine
- November 2011 - Happy 10th Anniversary to the Organizing E-Newsletter!; Sharpen Your Mind
- October 2011 - Is Multi-Tasking an Addiction?, There’s An App for That
- September 2011 - Decision Fatigue, Hoarding Scale Updated
- July 2011 - Energy Management, How to Say No, Save Time with Evernote, iPad Apps and Tips
- June 2011 - Seven Ways to Make Your Life Easier, Take Back Your Lunch, Outlook Tip: How to Send a Calendar via Email
- May 2011 - Conquering Brain Clutter; Children of Hoarders; Spring Cleaning Your Digital Clutter
- March 2011 - Organizing Modern Day Life, Spring Cleaning, App Discoveries, Resources
- February 2011 - Get Organized Month!; Cool Products from the Organizing Expo; Dropbox; Computer Recycling Day!; Bartering with Friends
2010 
- December 2010 - Taking Stock for the New Year; Papers at Home; Productivity in Progress Signs (pdf); Get Organized Month in January
- September 2010 - Protect Your Time; How to be Productive; Favorite Blackberry Shortcuts; Holiday Season is Upon Us; Cool Stuff
- May 2010 - New Kids on the Block
- March/April 2010 - Spring–Time to Slow Down; Sleep Bytes; Time Management and Goal-Setting with Randy Pausch; CHADD: Help for ADD/ADHD; Keeping Track of Time; Recycling Glass Vases; Personal Computer Recycling Day
- January/February 2010 - Get Organized (GO) Activities; Clothes, Shoes and Accessories; The Buying Season; How Nerds Get It Done; Personal Computer Recycling Day
2009 
- November/December 2009 - Holiday Gifts; Other Helpful Tips; Got Space? It's Get Organized Month
- October 2009 - Social Media; Do You Unitask?; What's for Dinner?; Productivity at Work and Home; Making Up Is Hard to Do; There Goes the Bride's Dress; Getting in Shape; Organizing Products; Green Shopping and Trashing
- August 2009 - Stressed Rats in a Shriveled Brain Rut; Financial Planning Advice on the Web; Organizing Tidbits
- July 2009 - The Joys of Going Green; Recycling Tips; Helpful Products
- June 2009 - Reduce Your Stress; Money Management Issues; Quick Tip
- May 2009 - NAPO Conference; Living at Warp Speed; New Stuff, New Book – Enough Already!
- March 2009 - Are You Wasting the Recession?; Saving Money; Cool Product
- February 2009 - Work Smarter Instead of Harder; Self-Help Dropout; Scheduled Your Vacation?
- January 2009 - January is Get Organized Month; Go for Speed on Outlook; Organizing Your Children; Scrapbooking Organization
2008 
- December 2008 - The Holidays; The Economy and Money; Let's GO! Get Organized Month; An Organizer Carol
- November 2008 - Gift Cards This Season; Feeling Like a Scrooge?
- October 2008 - Hurricane Ike; Restocking the Pantry; Organizing with Outlook; The Holidays
- July/Aug 2008 - The Big Move; Finding Time the Zen Way; On the Web
- June 2008 - Being Timely; The Importance of Sleep; Organizing Summer Camp; Getting Started
- April/May 2008 - NAPO Conference; Got Photos? Organize Them!; Cool Website
- March 2008 - Mobile Communication Devices; Saving a Little Green; Cool Product
- February 2008 - Matters of the Heart; Doodle: Set Up Meetings Faster; An Extra Day...; Cool Product
- January 2008 - Hobbies; The House Fairy; Are You a Mouse Potato?; NAPO-Houston Organizing Seminar
2007 
- December 2007 - New Year's Resolutions; NAPO-Houston Organizing Seminar
- November 2007 - Got Scary Clutter? Organizing Expo; E-mail-less Fridays; Consumable Gifts
- Special Sixth Anniversary Edition 2007 - Got Scary Clutter? Organizing Expo
- September/October 2007 - Grief and the Organizing Process; Children of Hoarders; Protected Time; Going Green
- July/August 2007 - Sweeping Out the Clutter; Schedule a Cleanout Day
- June 2007 - Are You Ready for Change?; The Success Principles; Taming a Collection; Blogging Your Way to Organization
- April/May 2007 - New Organizing Products; Are You Gelling?; Going Green
- March 2007 - The Undoable Job; From the Bookshelf
- February 2007 - Email Your Future Self; Build a No-Fly Zone; Craft Effective Messages; Decrease Your Email Response Time
- January 2007 - The Lowly Shoebox; Recycling Your Old Computer
2006 
- December 2006 - Find Your Keys; Holiday Gifts
- November 2006 - Organizing Expo; Holiday Housecleaning
- September 2006 - The Little Things; Organizing Expo
- June/July 2006 - Summer Organizing Projects; Hurricane Preparedness; Learning Your Past
- May 2006 - E-mail Management; Re-energizing Your Work & Life; Cool Products
- April 2006 - Hoarding; Compulsive Shopping; Cool New Products; Spring Cleaning
- March 2006 - Interruptions; Managing Paper; Tax Tip; New Book (D. Smallin)
- January 2006 - Other People Syndrome (OPS); New Year's Resolutions
2005 
- December 2005 - Biohistory of Clutter; Managing Overabundance
- November 2005 - Organizing Expo 2005; Holiday Survival; Books (Morgenstern, Kolberg)
- October 2005 - Preparing for Change; Helping Hurricane Survivors; Cool Product
- August 2005 SPECIAL EDITION - Hurricane Preparation
- July/August 2005 - How to Hire Help; Cool Gadgets; New Book (Williams/Jaggar)
- May/June 2005 - Emotional Packrat; Cool Products; Speed Reading; Summer Travel
- April 2005 - Conferences; Meetings & Committees; New Book (B. Izsak)
- March 2005 - Spring Fever
- February 2005 - Attention Deficit Trait (ADT); New Book (D. Smallin)
- January 2005 - Resolution; Work; Home; Ask the Organizer
2004 
- November 2004 - Organizing Expo 2004; Gift Ideas; House Guests
- October 2004 - Irritable Desk Syndrome; Holidays/Gifts/Shopping/Entertaining; Safety
- September 2004 - Procrastination, author Brian Tracy; Books
- August 2004 - Moving; TMI Department
- June/July 2004 - Getting Things Done author David Allen; Hurricane Preparation; GOT JUNK?
- May 2004 - ADD; Messiness; Making Decisions; Cool Products
- April 2004 - Vacations
- February 2004 - Paper Control; Clutterless Recovery; Resources
2003 
- December 2003 - Organizing Your House
- November 2003 - Gift Ideas; Holiday Survival; About Trees
- October 2003 - Organizing Expo; Tips for the Holidays
- September 2003 - New Products; Time Management
- July 2003 - The Art of Letting Go; Products
- June 2003 - Preparing Your Child for College Life
- May 2003 - Change Management
- April 2003 - Spring Clean Your Garden; More About Filing
- March 2003 - Spring Clean Your Home and Office; Bills; Financial Paperwork
- January/February 2003 - Resolutions; Moving Day; Home Moves
2002 
- December 2002 - Priorities and Resolutions; Gifts: The Aftermath
- November 2002 - Gear Up for the Holidays
- October 2002 - All About Closets
- September 2002 - New Fiscal Year; Holiday Shopping; Messy Desk Contest
- Summer 2002 - Simplify Your Life; Travel Tips; Summer Vacation Photos
- April/May 2002 - Surviving a Conference; New Products; Other Fun Tips
- March 2002 - Help for the Home
- February 2002 - E-mail; Computer File Management
- January 2002 - New Year's Resolutions; Office Product Expo
2001 
- December 2001 - Time Management
- November 2001 - Filing Tips; Organizing Resources
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