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Got Clutter? Get Organized!
Date: Wednesday, March 10th 2010
Time: 7:00PM–8:30PM
Location: CCAC West Hills Center
1000 McKee Road
Oakdale, PA 15071
Fee: West Hills Center YCI-047-1140 $25 1 Session
Description:Do you want to spend less time managing the “stuff ” in your life and more time doing what you enjoy? Is clutter getting in the way? Learn why people struggle with
disorganization, how to get started and how to make simple changes that get big results.

Register & pay online at CCAC or by phone at 412.369.3701.
For Community Education questions, call 412.369.3703.

Senior Downsizing
For OSHER members only,please refer to course catalog
Date:
March 4th and 11th
Time: 1-2pm
Location: Senior Downsizing-OSHER Carnegie Mellon Life Long Learning
4708 Wean Hall
Carnegie Mellon Campus
Description: Have you accumulated a life time of possessions and memories and now you are feeling overwhelmed? Are you trying to get your affairs in order? Are you downsizing and don’t know where to begin? This class addresses all those issues with practical tips to help you get organized for this life stage. Discussion will cover general organizing and de-cluttering principles. This class will reframe the way you think about the “stuff” in your life. It will also connect you to Pittsburgh resources to get rid of items you no longer need. The course will cover what kind of information should be gathered to put your affairs in order from an organizational point of view. Change is overwhelming at any age. We will look what is overwhelming and help you put it into perspective and take action.

Register at E-Gov Services Peters Township

ORGANIZE YOUR PAPER (ONE DAY CLASS)
Date: Wednesday, March 3rd 2010
Time: 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Minimum 5 / Maximum 35
Fee: $25 Member /$32 Non-Member
Instructor: Leslie McKee -Certified Professional Organizer and Family Manager Coach
Description: Does PAPER overwhelm you? What do you keep? Where do you to keep it? Are you ready for tax time? Discover how to handle paper quickly and efficiently and how to keep up with the “paper monster” in your life!

Register at E-Gov Services Peters Township

Living Your Best Life
Date: February 17, 2010
Time: 1:00 to 1:45 (recording is automatically made available to anyone who registers)
To sign up for this Free TeleClass go to www.pittsburghcoachingassociation.org
Description: This class is will re-frame how YOU are thinking about 2010. What is possible? How to be the person you want to be? How to align actions with goals? The goal is to help you see where you are through a different lens and to help you start living with intention and joy.

Got Clutter
Date: February 3, 2010
Time: 7:00 - 8:30
Mt. Lebanon Adult Education
Do you want to spend less time managing the "stuff" in your life and more time doing what you enjoy? Is clutter getting in your way? Learn why people struggle with disorganization, how to get started, and how to make simple changes that get big results. Students can expect to learn: diagnosing, trouble spots, where to begin, organizing principles, tips and tricks from a pro.

To register call 412-344-2020

Putting Off Procrastination
with Leslie McKee, CPO-FM, and Ellen Delap, CPO-FM

with Leslie McKee

Date: Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Time: 11am-12noon

Description: Ellen Delap and Leslie McKee are both Certified Professional Organizers® and Family Manager Coaches. Together they will address the challenges and causes of procrastination and how to overcome it. Remember, procrastination is a habit not a flaw and Leslie and Ellen will teach you will address the challenges and causes of procrastination and how to overcome it. So if you are putting something off that is getting in your way join their call and be on your way to a more productive 2010!

To Register for Classes Click Here

 

 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Remember, procrastination is a habit not a flaw and Leslie and Ellen will teach you to

  • Recognize the challenges of procrastination
  • Learn strategies to overcome procrastination
  • Create new habits you can maintain
  • Design an action plan for one task you are putting off

HANDOUTS: a link to download handouts provided with registration
RECORDING: This class will be recorded so you may listen after the live class is over.

To Register for classes Click Here

 

 

Resolution: Get Organized in 2010. Need Help? Ask the Experts!

Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010
Time: 12:15 PM
Join Leslie and a panel of local experts from the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) and get answer your questions about organizing your office, home, and life in general. Here’s your opportunity to learn valuable tips that can be used every day to create a lifetime of order.

Presented by: Members of the National Association of Professional Organizers, Pittsburgh Chapter

For more details Click Here

Location:
Downtown & Business
612 Smithfield Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Contact:
412-281-7141
business@carnegielibrary.org

Register at http://www.pittsburghcoaches.org/teleclass_registration.htm

 

 

Get Organized for the Holidays and Reduce Stress

with Leslie McKee and Ellen Delap

Date: November 18th, 2009

Time: 1:30-2:15 pm. ET

Description: Get Ahead for the Holidays! This is the year that you will be organized for the Holidays! Certified Professional Organizers and Family Manager Coaches Leslie McKee and Ellen Delap will help you plan and organize to get you through the season. Learn how to involve family members and focus what is important this holiday season! We are also following up with six weekly "accountability emails" to keep you on track and access to the class recording just for signing up!

Register at http://www.pittsburghcoaches.org/teleclass_registration.htm

 

 

Ask An Organizer Panel at Mt. Lebanon Library

Thursday October 29 at 7:00 pm.


A panel of professional organizers from the National Association of Professional Organizers Pittsburgh Chapter will be available to answer your questions about getting organized for the holidays and life in general.

 

Holiday Organizing Workshop

November 3, 2009 at 7:00 pm

Peter's Township Rec Center

Get Ahead for the Holidays! This is the year that you will be organized for the Holidays! Learn how to help you plan and organize to get you through the season. Learn how to involve family members and focus what is important this holiday season!

 

Disorder to Order

November 11, 2009

7:00 to 8:30 pm

Peter's Township Rec Center

Do you want to spend less time managing the “stuff” in your life and more time doing what you enjoy? Is clutter getting in your way? Learn why people struggle with disorganization, how to get started, and how to make simple changes that get big results. Students can expect to learn: diagnosing, trouble spots, where to begin, organizing principles, tips and tricks from a pro.

 

Beating Procrastination

Novenber 12 , 2009

t8:30to 9:30 pm

TELE class to CPO's via the CPO-COOP

CPO's Leslie McKee and Ellen Delap will undertake the topic of Procrastination from a Professional Organizing perspective to discuss how we can address this issue with clients.  CUE are available for this class if you belong to the coop.

 

Beating Procrastination

December 16th , 2009

7:00 to 8:30 pm

Peter's Township Rec Center

Certified Professional Organizer Leslie McKee will address the challenges and causes of procrastination and how to overcome it. Remember, procrastination is a habit not a flaw. Leslie will teach you to avoid “thinking traps” that fuel procrastination how create new habits and stick with them. So if you are putting something off that is getting in your way join their call and be on your way to a more productive 2010!

 


Past organizing Events

 

 

Family Management: Working as a Team

KDKA Pittsburgh Today Live

February 3rd @ 9am

Daily Hit List, 7 Minute Sprint, Responsibility

 
 

Mt. Lebanon Continuing Education
ALL NEW!

Family Management-Helping your Family Work Better in 2009!
January 27 @ 7:00-8:30 pm

Learn basic organizing principals and how to put systems in place to help your family work as a team.  No more stickers and mom left holding the bag!

Handouts available the day before class when you click on this link!

The Pittsburgh Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Support & G.O.A.L. Group

Getting Organized for the New Year

January 22, 2009 @ 7:00-8:00 pm

Andrea Schwartz, PhD

(724) 444-0064

Haber Hall

311 Siebert Road (off McKnight Road)

click here for extended hand out

Ask the Organizer Panel

Have you resolved to Get Organized in 2009?  Ask the experts! 

NAPO Pittsburgh is here for you! A panel of local Professional Organizers will be available to answer all of your organizing questions – home, office, family, paper, downsizing.  You will learn everyday, valuable tips to use for a lifetime of order! 

January 22, 2009, 12:15-1:00 p.m. in the Business Center.
 
Downtown Carnegie Library
612 Smithfield Street
Pittsburgh, PA  15222

 

Pittsburgh Coaching Association-TeleConference

"With Order Comes Peace of Mind"

Reducing Stress by Getting Organized for the New Year
with Diana Fletcher and Leslie McKee

Date: January 21, 2009

Time: 1:00 - 1:45 p.m. ET

Description: Join Diana Fletcher, TotalHealth Coach and Leslie McKee, Professional Organizer, as they discuss ways to simplify and organize your world.

Start 2009 fired up and de-cluttered!

-How getting organized reduces stress;

-Goal setting and results;

-Paper management and clutter control;

-Basic and important principles of organization

 
   

P.O. PUSH

Teleseminar to take new organizers to the next level!

September 29th-November 4th

Monday evenings at 7pm EST for 7 weeks with 7 small group sessions included

 

 

Check Out Leslie on Pittsburgh TODAY Live           

Back to School Landmines

September 19th on KDKA TV

 KDKA Pittsburgh TODAY Live Back to School Organizing
 
   

Mt. Lebanon Continuing Education
Got Clutter?-Get Organized
October 1, 2008 @ 7:00-8:30 pm

Learn why disorganization is such a problem for so many people and how you can be more organized!  Learn tips and tricks to make life simple!

Handouts that include Quick Resources and Easy Toss Lists

 

Case | Sabatini

Personalities of Disorganiztion: Recognize Anyone?

September 19, 2008 @ 8:30-9:30 pm

Butler Golf Course

Peter's Township Recreation Center

Disorder to Order

September 11, 2008 @ 7:00-8:30 pm

Mt. Lebanon Library

The Organized Student: Back to School Tips to Last a Lifetime

September 3, 2008 @ 9:00-10:30 am

Contact: Julie Mareino   412-531-1912   events@mtlebanonlibrary.org 

Parents and caregivers! Learn ways to help your student be more organized to have more success in the classroom and in life! These skills can be taught at any age and help children be more responsible and confident. Certified Professional Organizer and former teacher Leslie McKee of McKee Organizing Services Inc.will share tips and strategies to help organize the family, the home, the student for success. 

Click on the following links for handouts:

Handout | Student Assessments | Learning Styles | Learning Style Quiz


Leslie has appeared on the KDKA Morning Show to Discuss:

Back to School Organizing 2008
Family Matters: Getting the Whole Family Involved in Getting Organized
Organizing Garages
Organizing for the Holidays
Organizing your Files
Christmas in November Event

Duquesne University
The Organized Office: Maximize Productivity and Profits with Smart Systems & Spaces
Seventh Annual Entrepreneur’s Growth Conference

presented by Duquesne University’s Small Business Development Center

Pennsylvania Parks and Recreation Services Convention

Making Your Palm Pilot Work for You - 2003 and 2004

Mt. Lebanon Continuing Education
Disorder to Order
Class Taught quarterly

for more info. call Tom Steffora at 412-344-2020


Mt. Lebanon Library

Affairs in Order, with Nancy Beck
Holiday Organizing, with Donna Rossa
Setting Goals and Keeping them, with Dennis Snedden
Spring Into Organizing, with Patty Kreamer


Howard Hanna Real Estate Convention

Keep It, Sell It, Toss It!

Getting Organized!

David Lawrence Convention Center 200 3and 2004
Download the handouts from the conference

Uniforms for Zambia
Photos of Caylin McKee's trip to Zambia after her first successful campaign for area residents to sell their unwanted items on eBay, with proceeds buying school uniforms for children in Zambia.

Annual Organizing Symposium-NAPO Pittsburgh
Click here to download all helpful documents for aspiring organizers in one zip file.

Carnegie Library
Be Organized!


Baldwin Library
Got Clutter?
A class that looks at basic organizing personalities and pitfalls and reviews organizing principles, techniques and tips.


Christmas in November
McKee Organizing Services, in partnership with the Store House and Adventist Community Services, organized Christmas in November, a drive to collect leftover holiday decorations for those devastated by Hurricane Ivan.
Photo 1    Photo 2    Photo 3    Photo 4


Mt. Lebanon Closet Makeover Contest

The Mt.Lebanon Closet Makeover

 
 
 



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4th Annual Uniforms for Zambia Drive
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I attended the class at the high school just last week.  You can't believe how much progress I've made in that little time!  My husband is thrilled.  I've decided that most things that clutter my life are truly unnecessary and they've been pitched!   Thanks a million. 

Maureen

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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