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Posts categorized as "Organization"

Organization Is The Key When Going Back To School

School is a major part of any child’s life. It’s also a huge commitment on the part of parents from both a time and money perspective. Organization is the key when going to school.
You may have children starting school for the very first time, or going back to school at a higher grade level. Overall [...]


The Smartest Filing System For Busy Moms

There are 24 hours in a day. No more and no less. It doesn’t matter if you’re the CEO of the largest corporation or a school cleaner. However, moms are in a unique category. A mom is supposed to be all things to all people and accomplish miracles on a regular basis. The smartest filing [...]


Efficient Record Keeping is Enormously Versatile

There’s a strong need for a complex and sophisticated form of document management for all businesses, no matter the size. However, this is not the only way in which such a system can be used.
There are plenty of non-profit organizations and individuals who have a need to keep accurate records in an easy to use [...]


Five Requirements for Success

Five Requirements for Success
1. Vision
2. Methodology
3. Tools *
4. Time
5. Motivation
A suggestion for a great tool that will help you get organized and save time … The Paper Tiger Document Management Software and Filing System is a very powerful, yet simple indexing system for the hanging files in your filing cabinet. It works like a search [...]


Controlling the Chaos: 8 tips for organizing a small-office

This article gives us 8 tips for organizing a small real estate office (the tips are applicable for many small offices) and controlling the chaos.  The article deals with getting organized, managing clutter and setting up a paper filing system or document management system, using The Paper Tiger software.  You can read below a short [...]


Records Retention (information taken from IRS.gov)

We thought the following information, taken from the Recordkeeping section of IRS.gov, would be helpful in getting organized in your paper filing system and in deciding document management retention. The Paper Tiger will help you not only keep track of your paper files, but can help you keep track of when to discard records if [...]


Productivity — Increase Your Productivity by Letting Go

The following article by Barbara Bartlein, The People Pro, recommends The Paper Tiger filing system software!
After coaching executives for more than twenty years, it is clear that one of the greatest stumbling blocks for productivity is the difficulty successful people have in letting go. They hang on to routines, paper, people, and even meetings that [...]


Get It Together – Reference Files By Liz Kelley Kerstens, CGRS

The following article was posted previously by Liz Kelley Kerstens, CGRS recommending The Paper Tiger filing system software and instructing how to file.
This column is posted on the Clooz.com Web site with permission of MyFamily.com. The column was originally posted on the Ancestry.com Web site.
I’m assuming you have all of your supplies handy and you’re [...]


Rid Your Workspace of Clutter – The Method of 9

This article by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D., The Ph.D. of Productivity(tm), is a great start to getting your workspace organized. Just add The Paper Tiger Filing System Software, and you’ve got a great plan.
Rid Your Workspace of Clutter – The Method of 9
I agree with the premise behind Marilyn Paul’s book title: “It’s Hard to Make [...]


Is your reading pile getting too high?

Use The Paper Tiger to create your own personal library. Remove or photocopy articles of interest from magazines or newspapers or print internet articles. File them now, and read them when you have time.


What to Name The Paper Tiger Locations?

If you are starting to use The Paper Tiger software for the first time, the first decision after naming your database is what to name the “Location.” Or maybe you’ve been using The Paper Tiger for a while and want to refine the way you’re using the software.
There is not a right or wrong way [...]


A Power Process for Clearing Clutter

We found this article by Kristy Nichols and thought it would be helpful to you in how to get started before implementing your files to The Paper Tiger.
A Power Process for Clearing Clutter by Kristy Nichols
Take everything OUT of your workspace. Clear it down to the bare bones – furniture and walls. Now, [...]


5 Ways to Deal with Paper…

There are several options for dealing with paper:
1. Trash it (come on, man – trash/recycle it) This is the best filing system ever invented. Should you ever need it again and you can find it later, then put it in ‘file 13′- the trash/recycle can.
2. Can’t trash all the paper in your life, well okay, [...]


Can The Paper Tiger Make you feel good?

Getting Organized is described in many different ways. Consider just a few: get organized, paper filing, setup a new filing system, clutter control, document management, the paperless office, declutter, paper management, messy desk, archiving, etc. You can do a Google search on these terms and many, many more to find a link back to The Paper Tiger software. There are [...]


Dump your to do list and keep your sanity? See article from Lifehacker.

Dump Your To-Do List and Keep Your Sanity
By Rosa Golijan, 5:00 PM on Tue Sep 1 2009
Quickly jotted or carefully plotted out, to-do lists are a staple of many productivity methods. Yet in the wrong hands, these lists somehow morph from helpful road maps into overfilled energy-wasters. Could it be time to dump the to-do?
Maybe [...]