2024 Conference Highlights – Productivity & Organizing Blog Carnival

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Janet Barclay

Janet Barclay

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As seen last week, there are dozens of conferences taking place this year and many reasons to invest in continuing education. Depending on your availability and your budget, you can probably only get to one or two. To give you more insight into what happens at various events, I asked my readers to share their blog posts about the conferences they attended last year.

Based on the responses, I’m guessing that not as many people have gone back to conferences following the pandemic as I’d thought, but I hope that reading the following posts will help you decide which ones would be a good fit for you.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this month’s Blog Carnival!

The topic for the next Productivity & Organizing Blog Carnival will be Organizing Email, and you’re welcome to submit your post any time before 11:59 PM on February 19, 2025.

Do you offer a product or service that would interest professional organizers, productivity consultants, or their clients? Why not maximize your exposure by sponsoring an upcoming edition of the Productivity & Organizing Blog Carnival?

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Topics for 2025

January: 2024 Conference Highlights

February: Organizing Email

March:  Laundry Room & Routines
Submission dates: February 20 to March 19

April: Selling Used Goods
Submission dates: March 20 to April 16, 2025

May: Tips for Work from Home Moms
Submission dates: April 17 to May 14

June: Combining Households
Submission dates: May 15 to June 18

July: Organizing Shared Workspaces
Submission dates: June 19 to July 16

August: Organizing Small Spaces
Sponsor: Organize A-Z
Submission dates: July 17 to August 20

September: Apps to Help You Manage Your Life
Submission dates: August 21 to September 17

October: Party Planning
Submission dates: September 18 to October 15

November: Organizing Jewelry
Submission dates: October 16 to November 19

December: Best of 2025
Submission dates: November 20 to December 17

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4 Comments

  1. Julie Bestry Julie Bestry on January 23, 2025 at 8:22 pm

    I’m just one datapoint, but although I attended every NAPO conference (and some regional ones) for 19 years straight (and the 2021 virtual NAPO conference), I am definitely not ready to sit in a room with hundreds of unmasked people, particularly right at the end of winter/early spring. I absolutely miss all the benefits of attending conference and was eager to see who would post and about what events.

    I’d read Sara’s and Linda’s posts when they came out, and Julie’s just this week, but I’m heading off to read Kathy’s post about writing conferences. Too cool!

    • Janet Barclay on January 26, 2025 at 12:56 pm

      It seems you’re in good company, Julie. It’s great that there are a number of virtual opportunities, but it’s just not the same, is it?

  2. Linda Samuels Linda Samuels on January 24, 2025 at 10:53 am

    What fun reading or re-reading about the conferences. And it was fascinating to read about Kathy’s experience. While the conference she shared about wasn’t related to organizing or productivity, it spoke to some reasons to attend conferences…connections, people, reflections, and growth.

    • Janet Barclay on January 26, 2025 at 12:56 pm

      It sure made me long to have the conference experience again!

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