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MESSIEST DESK CONTEST FINALISTS

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***The voting and nomination period has closed. See who won the contest here.***

Thank you to everyone who nominated a desk for our contest! We had many cluttered, crowded, and messy desks nominated for a chance to win an organization transformation! We have narrowed it down to the Top 5 Finalists, and it is your turn to help us determine the winner.

Vote for your favorite messy desk every day from now until Saturday, January 26th at 11:59pm. We will update a leader board on our blog each morning and on January 28th we will reveal the grand prize winner.

Below you can get to know our Top 5 Finalists and vote for your favorite. You can check the leaderboard on our blog to see which desk is currently winning. Happy voting!

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Messiest Desk #1 – Volunteer with Paper Overload (Martha)

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Martha’s home office is cluttered with file boxes, paper, and office equipment related to her extensive volunteer and regular part-time work. Nominated by her sister, Martha is described as a “fabulous person who volunteers extensively in the community” and with an organized office, she “could be more effective in her volunteer and paid work.”

Messiest Desk #2 – Business Owner with Clutter Challenge (David)

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Busy balancing all of his roles as a business owner, teacher, volunteer, parent, spouse, and house-keeper, David finds it difficult to organize all of the clutter in his office which includes receipts, email printouts, recipes, schedules, and other computer-related supplies. David’s “loving, but frustrated, wife” nominated him in hopes of helping him clear the mess consuming his workspace because he “is always helping someone else, but doesn’t spend much time on himself.”

Messiest Desk #3 – TV Producer with Cubicle Chaos (Heidi)

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Nominated by a co-worker, Heidi’s cubicle has a surprising array of items ranging from food items to books to Halloween costumes, figurines, golf clothes and innumerable piles of books and files. According to her co-worker, “the nearly architectural quality of the stacking and piling” makes Heidi “almost invisible to passersby!”

Messiest Desk #4 – Nonprofit RN with Piles Galore (Laury)

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As a Registered Nurse for a non-profit community clinic, Laury’s workspace is covered in stacks of charts, piles of paper, educational materials, soda cans and supplies for the children’s holiday party she coordinates each year. According to her co-worker, “organizing Laury’s workspace would be a way of giving back to someone who has devoted her life to improving the lives of so many others.”

Messiest Desk #5 – Educator with Overcrowded Office (JoAnn)

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This full time teacher, a graduate student, a part time clinical faculty member and a toddler mom struggles to find space to do her work in her overcrowded office. With clutter consisting of a mix of papers, professional books, office supplies, papers, children’s books, books and boxes, JoAnn is hoping for a “functional office to manage all of the balls she is currently juggling.”

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Quick Tips

Create a system for processing business cards you receive. Try delegating the data entry portion of the task to an assistant or intern.
Set rules in your email to automatically filter messages, saving you time and keeping your inbox organized.
Just because your email comes to your phone, you don’t need to respond immediately. Schedule specific times to check email.
It’s distracting hearing your phone buzz. Block off time to truly focus; shut the door, silence your phone, close your email.
Create a set of email policies for your small business so everyone’s on the same page when it comes to writing and sending emails.
Schedule a time/date to file and clean your files (weekly or bi-monthly).
Try setting time limits for tasks that easily eat away your day, like responding to email or checking Facebook.
To reduce digital clutter, unsubscribe to email newsletters you don’t read.
For each task on your to-do list, add its estimated completion time. This gives you a realistic view of everything on your plate for the day.
Share part of your inbox with your assistant so you can efficiently delegate email responses to your assistant.
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