Workshops and Seminars

Presenter for A to Z Organizing Pros® in Phoenix, Arizona is Ms. Valerie J. Simpson

Choose your topic and call or contact us today to schedule one of these industry customized presentations for your group, organization or at your next business meeting.

Hire Valerie J. Simpson to deliver one of her skills-based, tip-filled, entertaining and informative talks that speak to your people, your challenges and your needs. Valerie’s organizing seminars and keynote speeches will help to increase efficiency within your organization in order to maximize productivity and performance.

An expert at helping clients overcome the barriers that limit effective, efficient business success, Valerie J. Simpson is a speaker, efficiency expert and professional administrative organizer. She believes that the ability to “find anything within seconds using creative, effective solutions” is possible for everyone.

Topics include managing yourself within time, managing paper flow, streamlining paperwork, managing projects, effective filing and follow-up, improving your work environment, and reducing stress by improving your effectiveness and efficiency through better organization.

Workshop and Seminar Topics

Each topic is customized to your group. Length may be 10min-3hours

"Prime Real Estate - Clearing The Minutiae From Your Work Environment"

Would you like your work environment to be more organized and efficient? Valerie will be sharing ideas on how to get control of it. Perhaps you may have lost a sale because you didn’t have the required forms readily available. Is your mobile office efficient? She will also share some ways to better manage your email. Find out some the secrets of success of Top Producers.
There’s Hope there is a way that we as human beings can do some very simple and easy things that can keep us organized, efficient and full of life? The answer is YES!

• Setting Priorities
• Improving your workstation organization
• What’s a mobile office really look like
• Prioritizing your inbox documents
• Adequate and efficient filing systems
• Benefits of owning a personal digital assistant (PDA). 
• Educate, Participate, Refer

"Get The Cow Off My Desk and The Monkey Off My Back"

Are you overreacting and viewing things as absolutely critical and urgent? Learning how to prioritize and the use of the right tools for you, will allow you more freedom to do what you love and gain peace of mind. By working effectively you can have confidence in your future profits and still have time to do what you desire and deserve. Learn ways to significantly reduce long-term stress.

• How to rid your work environment of minutiae (all that extra stuff you don’t know what to do with)
• Discover why you may procrastinate or waste time and learn some ways to avoid distractions.
• Discover how you are currently managing yourself within time and ways to get better at it.
• Learn how and why it is important to prioritize and choose the right tools for you.

"Solutions For Your Tax Records Nightmare"  

Do all those receipts, bills and invoices overwhelm you? What to keep what to throw out, and......How to organize it all?  The objective of this program is to give individuals, small business owners and support staff, information that will provide them with the ability to create organized accounting records and document retention systems.

• Learn about different types of organizing tools to help you organize your record keeping information.
• Choosing the right tools for you, will allow you more freedom to do what you love and gain peace of mind.
• Knowing how to effectively organize your record keeping can help you to have confidence in your tax filing processes.
• Learn ways to significantly reduce the amount of time spent preparing for the taxman.
• Reduce the amount of dollars lost by not claiming deductions coming to you due to lost receipts or lack of organization.

"Clearing The Minutiae From Your Work Environment"

Ms. Simpson's discussion focuses on workstation organization.  Learn some of her best proven tips for improving your work environment. Her ideas and concepts will help you to handle more business in less time by discovering ways to work more efficiently. Valerie J. Simpson's energy is unlimited and you will be enlightened as well as entertained by her discussion.

• Learn about prioritizing, and why it is important.
• What to have close by with easy access for efficient work flow.
• Why do I need a TO DO list?
• Pile trays – vs – vertical files
• Knowing how to effectively organize your contacts can help you to have confidence in your ability to find information fast.
• Learn ways to significantly reduce the amount of time spent looking for things
• Learn about categorizing your information for easy of use
• Choosing the right tools for you, will allow you more freedom to do what you love and gain peace of mind. 

"Managing Yourself Within Time"

Ms. Simpson's discussion focuses on creating more leisure time, how to avoid distractions and exploring why we procrastinate or waste time. Her ideas and concepts will help you to handle more business in less time by discovering what is blocking you from being as efficient as you can be. She will also give you some suggestions for utilizing some of the best time management tools.

• Discover how you are currently managing yourself within time.
• Learn some ways to avoid distractions.
• Discover why you may procrastinate or waste time?
• Why do you need a TO DO list?
• What is really important.?
• Choosing the right tools for you, will allow you more freedom to do what you love and gain peace of mind. 
• Educate yourself – You will Succeed

"Reduce Stress by Improving Effectiveness and Efficiency"

Are you overreacting and viewing things as absolutely critical and urgent? Learning how to prioritize and the use of the right tools for you, will allow you more freedom to do what you love and gain peace of mind. By working effectively you can have confidence in your future profits and still have time to do what you enjoy in your creative, leisure time.

• Learn ways to significantly reduce long-term stress.
• Recognize and learn about what you can change
• Choosing the right tools for you, will allow you more freedom to do what you love and gain peace of mind. 
• Learn about the importance of goal setting.
• Why do you need a TO DO list?
• What is really important?
• What does it take to deal with stress in a positive way?
• You will Succeed

Stacks & Piles – Receipts & Files. Are They Costing You Cash?

Millions of Americans lose hundreds of dollars in tax refunds every year just because they don’t take advantage of available tax deductions. Why? Because they don’t know how to account for expenses and their receipts and files are buried in stacks and piles. We’ll show you how to organize documents and create efficient filing systems to organize your stacks of papers, piles of receipts and other stuff.

• Save money by utilizing allowable deductions.
• Increase productivity.
• Find anything within seconds.
• Gain the ability to create organized accounting records.

"Time, Paper-flow and Email Management"  

Ms. Simpson's discussion focuses on creating more leisure time, how to avoid distractions and exploring why we procrastinate or waste time. The objective of this program is to give individuals, small business owners and support staff, information that will provide them with the ability to create efficient paper-flow systems and to learn how to manage all their email.

• Learn about different types of organizing tools to help you organize your paper-flow.
• Choosing the right tools for you, will allow you more freedom to do what you love and gain peace of mind.
• Knowing how to effectively organize your record keeping can help you to have confidence in your tax filing processes.
• Learn ways to significantly reduce the amount of time spent looking for documents.
• Reduce the amount of dollars spent on lost time in email land.

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Presentation Testimonials

"On behalf of the members of "BIG" I'd like to THANK YOU for speaking at our meeting yesterday!!

Many of us don't realize the "cost" of an unorganized desk or office and you certain brought to light that fact. The response from the members afterwards was VERY good!"

Neil “Bud” Levey a Commercial & Residential Specialist in Peoria, Arizona 10/08

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"Valerie J. Simpson, in a small window of time was very effective in teaching our associates the value and benefits of organization. Her resource materials and visual aids added great credibility to her expertise on a subject that most of us seek to avoid. She challenged us, in a positive way, to consider how things could be different in a less cluttered world."  P.R.'Randy' Cooney, CEO & Team leader Keller Williams Southwest Realty - Scottsdale, AZ

"Thanks again for speaking to our group. The Ahwatukee Chamber of Commerce was honored to have Valerie speak at their AM Mixer.
With over 50 members attending, Valerie within minutes had them engaged; taking notes, making lists and getting their day organized. She truly a professional in her field, and also has the ability to motivate others to take action and increase their productivity, both on a business and personal level." Raynell Wiens- Communications Specialist, Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce

"Thank you for your interesting presentation to the Phoenix Chapter, Women’s Council of Realtors. Your information was not only interesting but very helpful and our members appreciated the many useful tips. Many of your suggestions were such that they could be applied immediately to create orderliness in an individual’s office. In fact,  upon returning to my office that same day I rearranged my desk and I was amazed at the difference. Your system seems to simplify tasks while saving precious time and gives a unique approach in handling the volumes of paperwork we all struggle to manage.  
I look forward to learning more in the future and I will be in touch soon.
With much appreciation," Marian Nelson, Women’s Council of Realtors- Phoenix Chapter 2005 President Elect

"Valerie J. Simpson of A to Z Organizing Pros delivered an engaging, interesting, and useful workshop to the Latino Business Connection as our monthly speaker. Our diverse group of small business owners gave Valerie their rapt attention as she shared the basics of organization through the “Get The Cow Off My Desk And The Monkey Off My Back” presentation.
As a facilitator by trade, I watch for the ‘ah-hah’ moments among the participants and there were many! There were also recognitions of the need to apply the many useful ideas that Valerie enthusiastically brought forth in a short period of time. Her practical approach of challenging the audience to improve their lives through better organization makes sense in today’s fast-paced world. I highly recommend Valerie as a talented speaker and A to Z Organizing Pros® as a resource for skill development." David E. Cohrs - Community Facilitator of the Latino Business Connection, Chandler, AZ

"Valerie J. Simpson presented at one of our monthly Realtor Networking groups on the topic of Getting the monkey off of your back and the cow off of your desk. Her presentation was splendid and gained all attendees full attention. They literally begged for more. I would have Valerie from Organize You speak at future presentations." April Peck Title Agent, Scottsdale, Arizona

Educational, informative as well as light hearted and fun -"Thank you so much for taking the time to speak to our group. I had nothing but rave reviews from those who attended the meeting.
Your presentation was educational, informative as well as light hearted and fun and the handouts were a great value to our daily lives in the real estate industry. You inspired us all to get better organized.
It is rare today to find folks who will take the time to reach out and help others become more successful, your time and efforts on our behalf at our meeting and our industry are most appreciated.
We will definitely keep you on our favored list of guest speakers for future meetings. Thanks again." Nancy Sharp – Realtor, Chandler, AZ.

“Our attendees were very pleased to learn of Valerie's tips for easier filing, sorting emails, and organizing desk space for left and right handed people.  I believe Valerie would be very helpful in setting up an office for a new or existing business. She has the patience to learn the system for your business.” Louise Rehse - Director for The Reference Library, Chandler, AZ.

"Your presentation at the ABWA Turquoise Camel Chapter was just the ticket, as we approach spring cleaning and tax time. You provided us all with information we can all use - right now - to help us become better organized." Donna Tucker. - Program Chair, ABWA, Scottsdale, AZ

"It was a pleasure meeting you today at the Business & Professional Women's Luncheon. I believe your ideas on organization and words of wisdom are needed by all. What I came away with was that I always need to prioritize my tasks for the day. Sometimes we all get so busy we forget to "write things down" and wonder why we forget! I have viewed your Web site and read your story. What an inspiration you are!" Kim Hollenbeck. - BPW - Sales, Scottsdale, AZ

"Thanks again for your wonderful presentation at the Mary Kay Training Center. I was pleased to hear quite a bit of the same values/principals instituted through Franklin Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. The information on tips /tools/procrastination and time in relation to life were right in sync with him. I strive to be highly organized so it was interesting. I know there are a lot of women who greatly enjoyed you. Congratulations on a job well done." Jo Ann C.

 "I couldn't wait to implement the system I learned from you at your workshop! It will take a bit longer to re-organize everything but I am taking it one step at a time."  Ethel Luzario - Realtor, Phoenix