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• NAPO-WDC Chapter Meeting

  • When
    May 05, 2025
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    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual Zoom Meeting
  • Spaces left
    63
  • Registered
    36 registrants

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  Working in the Gray: How to Spot and Resolve Ethical Dilemmas

  Speaker: Debbie Stanley of Thoughts in Order

  
  

  Description:

  Do you remember how it felt when you first glimpsed the vastness of our ethical obligations as organizing and productivity professionals? It can be intimidating to realize just how vulnerable our clients often are and how much trust and hope they put in us, and these realizations can leave us longing for more detailed ethical guidance. With a clear understanding of our ethical duties and challenges, we can
  give the full measure of our services to clients without accidentally crossing boundaries. In this session, we’ll review some of the most common ethical pitfalls in the organizing and productivity industry, learn the definition of a true ethical dilemma, and practice a decision-making model to work through ethical dilemmas in a reliable and, yes, organized way.

  
  

  Learning Objectives

  This session will help attendees to:

  ● recognize some of the most common ethical pitfalls in the organizing and productivity industry
  ● understand the definition of a true ethical dilemma
  ● use a decision-making model to work through ethical dilemmas

  This presentation satisfies the  CPO® recertification ethics requirement.

  
  

  Short bio:

  
  

  Debbie Stanley is a licensed mental health counselor, organizational psychologist, college professor of organizational theory, and president of Thoughts In Order Counseling and Consulting, based in Austin, TX. She is the author of books including Newbie Pitfalls, Ethical Pitfalls for Professional Organizers, “Let Me Show You the Basement”: A Guide to Staying Safe in Clients’ Homes, Organize Your Home in No Time, and The Organized Musician, as well as the developer and instructor of NAPO University courses "Fundamental Organizing and Productivity Principles," "Ethics for Organizing & Productivity Professionals," “Ethics and Policies for Working with Clients with Brain-based Conditions,” "Safety in the Organizing Environment," and "Cybersecurity." Debbie is a past president of NAPO-Michigan, founding board member of the Institute for Challenging Disorganization, and recipient of NAPO’s Founder’s Award and Shining Star Award.

  Inclement Weather Policy

  In the event of bad weather, we will only cancel if power is out for necessary meeting managers, in which case, meeting registrants will be emailed.

  Post-Meeting Survey

  After attending, you can fill out the post-meeting survey at https://form.jotform.com/240594546538163 to receive your CEU Credit Certificate.

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• Arlington/Alexandria Neighborhood Group

  • When
    May 20, 2025
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    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    In Person -- We are trying a new place in May 2025
  • Spaces left
    12

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  We are trying a new meeting place on May 20, 2025.  Please join us at

  Location:  Screwtop Wine Bar at 1025 N Fillmore Street, Suite L in Arlington

  Parking:  Street parking is available as well as  free retail parking on the P1 level of their garage (per their website).

  

  Amy Dobson is the Neighborhood Group Coordinator. Her contact information is included at the bottom of the registration confirmation email. 

  Please note that there will be a maximum of 15 attendees to keep the forum intimate as Neighborhood Groups are intended.
  

  The Neighborhood Groups are a “chapter members-only” benefit, so we ask that you not bring guests who are not members of our chapter until they join.
  

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• NAPO-WDC Chapter Meeting

  • When
    June 09, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual Zoom Meeting
  • Spaces left
    89
  • Registered
    10 registrants

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  I Don't Want to Do It

  Helping Clients Over That Hump

  Our clients hire organizers to help them get more done. But then why don’t they do the work to achieve that goal? What happens between the desire and the action? No one enjoys doing tasks that make them uncomfortable, but often that is exactly what you are helping clients do. During this presentation we'll discuss three ways that clients get stuck and how you can help them overcome these mental obstacles, including:

  • How clients rationalize decisions and actions that they know probably won’t work
  • How to help clients bite the bullet on things they just don’t want to do
  • How to help clients recognize when they’re doing easier tasks as a way to avoid tackling more difficult projects

  Special attention will be paid to how ADHD, anxiety and depression can impact a client’s ability to get things done and how to effectively support them.

  After this presentation, attendees will be able to help clients

  • See when they talk themselves into bad ideas
  • Find the motivation for tasks that they don’t want to do
  • Choose the more important but also more difficult tasks that they need to address 

  
  

  Presenter:

  
  

  Ari Tuckman, PsyD, MBA, is a psychologist, international presenter, ADHD thought leader and the author of five books, including The ADHD Productivity Manual. He has been a presenter at NAPO national conferences, numerous NAPO chapters, ICD and Denslow Brown’s Coach Approach.

  
  

  Inclement Weather Policy
  

  In the event of bad weather, we will only cancel if power is out for necessary meeting managers, in which case, meeting registrants will be emailed.

  Post-Meeting Survey

  After attending, you can fill out the post-meeting survey at https://form.jotform.com/240594546538163 to receive your CEU Credit Certificate.

  
  

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