We may be days away from the presidential election, but if you’re a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers, your voting obligation doesn’t end there.
Voting for The 7th Annual Organizing Awards is underway and as a member of NAPO, it’s your right – dare I say, it’s your obligation – to express your opinion on who or what you consider as the best in our industry. So flex your voting muscles!
Check out the nominees below and then go HERE to vote (you must be a member of NAPO). You have until 11:59 p.m. PST on November 30, so HURRY!
Best Organizing Product Retailer: Favorite source for purchasing organizing products (catalog, website or retail store).
OfficeMax
OpenSky
Target
The Container Store
Best Closet Design Firm: Firm offering the highest quality design and construction services for functional, custom closet systems while maintaining a sense of style and exceptional customer service.
California Closets
Elfa (The Container Store)
Get It Together LA!
neatfreak!
The Amandas
Best Garage Design Firm: Firm offering the highest quality design and construction services for functional, custom garage systems while maintaining a sense of style and exceptional customer service.
Garage Envy
Garage Tek
Gladiator GarageWorks
OrganizIt
Best Services Provider to the Organizing Industry: Favorite company or organization that provides services and support to organizing businesses.
CubeSmart
Go Junk Free America
NAPOsure
Shelf Genie
Best Home Organizing Product: Favorite organizing product for residential organizing.
Lay-n-Go
Post-it Notes
Really Useful Boxes
Glide-Outs by ShelfGenie
Ziploc bags
Best Small Space Organizer: An individual or company that has best shown creative vision and the ability to initiate multifunctional organizational systems for their clients living and/or working in small spaces.
The Amandas
Elfa (The Container Store)
Esther Simon, The Traditional Home Organizer
Nadine Levy, Management 180
Best Office Organizing Product: Favorite organizing product for home office or business organizing.
filertek Filing Systems
Fujitsu ScanSnap Scanners
Pendaflex Ready-Tab Hanging Folders with New Lift Tab Technology
Pockets4Pamphlets
Staples Letter/Legal File Box
Best Business Organizer: An individual or company whose focus and applications have increased overall client productivity, efficiency and workflow by successful implementation of innovative approaches.
Dolores Kaytes, Highly Organized
Donna McMillan, McMillan & Company Professional Organizing
Katrina Teeple, Operation Organization
Nadine Levy, Management 180
Best Organizing Technology: Favorite software, website service or electronic device that best helps organizers and/or their clients.
Apple iPhone
Fujitsu ScanSnap Scanners
Neat Receipts
Outlook Contact Manager
Shoeboxed
Best Organizing Mobile App: Most helpful phone or tablet application that best helps organizers and/or their clients while on the go.
Cash4Books
Evernote
iCalendar
Linea
Slice
Best Paperless/Electronic Organizer: Insufficient nominees were received for this category.
Best Green Organizing Product: Insufficient nominees were received for this category.
Best Green Organizing Service: An individual organizer or organizing firm that offers a service with extraordinary environmental sensitivity.
Eileen Koff, To The Next Level
Julie Naylon, No Wire Hangers
Best Chronic Disorganization Expert: An individual organizer or organizing firm providing exceptional service and support to the chronically disorganized.
Debra Frank, team lgo (let’s get organized!)
Geralin Thomas, Metropolitan Organizing
Jean Furuya, The Office Jeanie (No website.)
Kim Anker-Paddon, Professional Organizer
Leslie Haber, An Organized Life
Best Photo/Memorabilia Organizer: An individual or company focused on creating memorable lifelong solutions by preserving and transforming memories through photo organization and/or updating multimedia.
Morris Organizing
Photo Savvy Organizing
Shutterfly
Vision To Be Organized
Philanthropy Award: An individual organizer, organizing firm, or NAPO Chapter who has gone above and beyond the call of duty with contributions of time, leadership or financial support in service of an organizing project benefitting the public.
Barry Iszak, Arranging It All
Cory Chalmers, Steri-Clean, Inc.
NAPO-Los Angeles
Best Show Incorporating Organizing on National Television: Favorite national television program showcasing professional organizers and/or organizing processes/techniques. Must have aired new episodes since October 2010.
Clean House
Extreme Clutter
Hoarders
Most Educational National Television Show about Organizing: Favorite national television series, special or episode that best educates the public about organizing, the organizing process and the organizing industry. Must have aired new episode(s) since October 2010.
Hoarders
The Amandas
The Nate Berkus Show
Best Organizing Book: Favorite book exhibiting organizing principals in an entertaining and informative manner (title/author).
“Conscious Order: Clear Your Mind, Leave Clutter Behind” by Annie Rohrbach
“Lighten Up: Love What You Have, Have What You Need, Be Happier With Less” by Peter Walsh
“Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living” by Tsh Oxenreider
“Take the U Out of Clutter” by Mark Brunetz and Carmen Renee Berry
Best Publication Featuring Organizational Information: Favorite magazine or publication dedicated to sharing and teaching organizing principles to the public.
Better Homes and Gardens
Getting Organized Magazine
Martha Stewart Living
Real Simple Magazine
Best Organizing Website or Blog: Favorite electronic media providing and teaching organizing principles to the public.
I Heart Organizing
I’m an Organizing Junkie
Unclutterer
Most Valuable Educational Resource: Favorite class, workshop or other educational resource contributing most to education of professional organizers.
Institute for Challenging Disorganization
Institute for Professional Organizers
Leslie Haber & Regina Lark
NAPO
NAPO Virtual Chapter
Most Innovative Organizer: Professional organizer blazing trails within the industry in business structure, website, products, or services.
Alejandra Costello, Color-Coded
Amanda LeBlanc, The Amandas
Beth Zeigler, Bneato
Regina Lark, A Clear Path
Most Supportive or Organizer-Friendly Charity: Favorite charity based on quality of service to donators or effective reuse/repurposing of goods for maximum benefit.
Goodwill Industries
Helping Hands for the Blind
National Council of Jewish Women
Soles4Souls
Vietnam Veterans of America
~Written by: Susana Enriquez, Downsize and Get Organized