NAPO - Lauren (aka @rubbermaidtwo)'s Top 10 List

Wow, it was quite a week last week!  Jim and I traveled to NAPO EXPO down in Orlando, Florida.  For those of you who are not familiar with NAPO, NAPO is an acronym for the National Association of Professional Organizers.  NAPO is an amazing group of people who help people get their homes, offices and lives organized.   We really enjoyed getting to know many of them! 

Below is my "Top 10 list" from the show:

10. Weather / location - we were lucky to have such beautiful weather. I spent the previous week in Chicago in the snow, so it was a delight to have sunny skies to make it easy to fly in & out as well as get around in Orlando

9. Participant energy level - I have never been to a trade show quite like this one.  Everyone was a delight to talk to, and they were genuinely excited to learn about the new organizational tools available to them to help their clients.

8. Sue DeRoos's session where one of her favorite things was Rubbermaid Premier - we love the recommendation!   We were happy many of the organizers were big fans of the Easy Find Lid system products.

7. Giving away a $500 product shopping spree - Congrats Susanne Starr at HOUSE-SPOUSE for winning :) We look forward to helping you pick out what products you would like later this week.

6. Dinner with Carson Tate, our local NAPO rockstar, was awesome!  It was certainly WOW service.

5. Entreprenurial Spirit -  I was amazed at the variety of new inventions that small companies had on display.  A few of my favorites:
--Priceless Legacy - organizes memories of aging family members into a beautiful photo storybook
--Recipe Relish - excellent storage for recipes
--Collectify - software to help inventory (given to me ironically b/c my house had a small electrical fire when i was in Orlando, so the VP of Sales gave me a FREE copy to try)

4.  Scott Roewer and Kim Oser did live interviews from our booth, great to have them visit!

3. Jim had the brilliant idea of Tweeting live from the booth - it was pretty cool to be able to have our favorite Tweeple send messages from our account.

2. Expert advice - a special thanks to Julie Bestry @proforganizer for taking us under her wing and letting us know the ins-and-outs of the show, since it was a first time for us.

1. Meeting our Twitter friends at the Tweet Up -  As a new Tweeter, it was really cool to meet the folks face-to-face at the Tweetup we have been talking to for a few months.  Thanks to Scott @declutteryou for organizing.