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I believe that eliminating visual chaos is the first step in creating
the life you deserve. By evaluating the small details of daily living,
you can start to envision larger life goals. Getting organized is
the first step in designing and achieving those goals. Getting organized
will save you time, energy, and money. Not only that, getting (and
staying) organized helps keep you sane!
I am committed to helping people understand their relationships
to the objects in their environments, and providing them with creative,
inexpensive ideas for clarifying these relationships. I offer my
knowledge of order, organization, and interior design to encourage
my clients to live more efficiently, within their means, and with
total abundance.
My services are for people who truly desire to change and are committed
to educating themselves in new ways to live and relate to things
in their environments. Clients enjoy working with me because I am
authentic, I work with integrity, I am a practitioner of organized
living, I offer humor, empathy, and compassion, and I teach them
the art and rhythm of organizing.
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Meg Connell, Professional Organizer, established her private practice
in 1997. With over 15 years of organizing experience, including
8 years as an employee of a Fortune 500 consulting firm, and a degree
in Interior Design and Architecture, Meg is uniquely qualified to
offer estate, corporate, and residential organizing services. Her
office is located in Oakland, California, and she serves clients
all over the country. She is an active member in many professional
associations including: the National Association of Professional
Organizers, the National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization,
the Estate Planning Council of Southern Alameda County, the East
Bay Estate Planning Council, and the East Bay Women's Network.
Meg has presented to the Piedmont Chapter of the Daughter's of
the American Revolution, the East Bay Women's Network, Peninsula
Partnership Training Institute, National Association of Professional
Organizers, Support Center for Nonprofit Management, as well as
many other venues on various organizing topics including time and
paper flow management, and handling of estate assets at the time
of personal loss.
In the summer of 2004, Meg filmed "The C.H.A.O.S. Clinic" (on location all over England), a wacky, wily, comedy for people who “Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome,” (a very highly disorganized state of living!) highlighting the lighter side of getting organized. Dream sequences, psychedelic lights, adventurous spelunking amidst clutter with hardhats and headlamps, and tongue-in-cheek support-group farces pushes this 8-episode series out beyond the average to the wildest possible edge.
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TV Shows
Meg Connell, “The Organized One,” is straightening out the lives of England’s chronically disorganized denizens using wit, wisdom, and a six-step program to achieving streamline success in “The C.H.A.O.S. Clinic,” (Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome).
The eight-episode series follows Meg into the homes of hopeless hoarders and obsessive shoppers, where her ironic, alternative, comedic, and sometimes even outlandish techniques help clients face the facts of their situations and get organized.
Professional Association Memberships
The National Association of Professional Organizers
National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization
Professional Organizers Web Ring
The East Bay Women's Network
Estate Planning Council of Southern Alameda County
The East Bay Estate Planning Council
Professional Association Board Positions
The National Association of Professional Organizers
SFBA Chapter
Treasurer (1999-2001)
The East Bay Women's Network
President (1997)
Estate Planning Council of Southern Alameda County
President (2002-2004)
Vice President (2001)
Education Director (2000)
Member at Large (2004-2005)
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Conferences
National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) Conferences
Nationally held 3-day conferences on organizing topics, trends,
tips, and products
May 2000, 2001
National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization (NSGCD)
National half-day conference on chronically disorganized clients
and how to better serve them
October 2002
NAPO Annual Regional Conferences hosted by the San Francisco
Bay Area Chapter
Day-long conference on organizing topics, trends, tips, and products
October 1997-2002
Workshops included:
Records Retention: Why, How, When, and Where to
Throw it Out
Understanding and Helping (Not Treating) Clients with
Psychiatric
Disorders
Needs Assessment: Organizing Principles in Action
Industrial Organizing
Clients with Depression
Organizing Estate Information and Documents
Diagnosing and Treating Affluenza
Organizing By Brain Type
After a Move: Restoring Order to a Home
Teleconferences
National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization (NSGCD)
Hour-long discussion groups with other professionals on issues
affecting chronically disorganized clients.
Topics included:
Backsliding
Basic Attention Deficit Disorder
Basic Chronic Disorganization
Boundaries and Ethics
Building Long-term Client Relationships
Couples as Clients
Dealing with Clients with Fatigue Causing Diseases
Issues Effecting Chronically Disorganized Clients:
Depression & Grief
Logistics and Administration of Phone Appointments
Measurement and Success Indicators for Chronically
Disorganized Clients
Medications for ADD/Chronically Disorganized Clients
Methods of Assisting Movement Impaired and Device
Assisted Chronically Disorganized Clients
Motivation Techniques for Working with the Chronically
Disorganized Client
Obsessive Compulsive Disease – An Overview
Overview of Legal Documents for Elderly and Physically
Challenged Clients
Pack Rat Syndrome
Running a Clutter Support Group
Strategies for Dealing with Reluctant Family Members
Strategies for Helping your AD/HD Clients Improve Their
Focus
Strategies for Working with ADD/ Chronically Disorganized Clients by Phone
Time Management for the Chronically Disorganized Client
Tools for working with the Physically Challenged
Chronically Disorganized Client
Working with Elderly Chronically Disorganized Clients
Working with Physically Challenged Chronically
Disorganized Clients
Working with Sight Impaired and Hearing Challenged
Chronically Disorganized Clients
Certification
Certificate of Study in Chronic Disorganization
Certificate of Study in Basic ADD Issues with the Chronically Disorganized Client
Certificate of Study in Chronically Disorganized Client
Administration
Certificate of Study in Basic Physical Conditions and
Challenges affecting the Chronically Disorganized
Client
Certificate of Study in Understanding the Needs of the
Elderly Chronically Disorganized Client
Chronic Disorganization Specialist Certificate
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