Barbara Hemphill is CEO of Hemphill Productivity Institute (HPI), whose mission is to help individuals and organizations create and sustain a productive environment so they can accomplish their work and enjoy their lives. HPI helps clients organize time, space, and information so they can maximize productivity and reduce stress.
Barbara is the author of Kiplinger's Taming the Paper Tiger at Home, Kiplinger's Taming the Paper Tiger at Work, and Simplify Your Workday. Her most recent book, Love It or Lose It: Living Clutter-Free Forever! was launched on Home Shopping Network. She is currently writing a new book entitled Taming the Paper Tiger in the Digital Age: There's an Easy Switch.
The Paper Tiger methodology is featured in Taming the Paper Tiger software - a filing system guaranteed to find anything in your office in five seconds or less. The product is now used in settings ranging from an Illinois pig farm to executive offices of Fortune 100 companies. Her proprietary processes include The 8-Hour Miracle and The Paper Tiger Productivity System which guarantee a ten percent increase in productivity by any measure the client chooses. A pioneer in the field of professional organizing, Barbara started her business in 1978 with a $7 ad in a New York City newspaper. Today she has a national team of more than 100 Productivity Trainer Authorized Consultants.
Barbara has appeared on several television shows, including the Today Show, Good Morning America, The View, HGTV, CNN Nightly News, CNBC, and CNN-FN. She is a celebrated international speaker, corporate spokesperson, and consultant to small businesses and major corporations worldwide. She has been featured in numerous publications, including Fast Company, Investor's Business Daily, Business Week, Home Office Computing, Reader's Digest, Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal, Real Simple, USA Today, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Boston Herald, Wall Street Journal and Boardroom Reports and was featured on the cover of Guidepostmagazine.
TOPICS:
Taming the Paper Tiger
Taming the Technology Tiger
Organized Living in a Disorganized World
The Productive Environment Advantage
Love It or Lose It: Living Clutter-Free Forever
The GO System: Get Organized for Life
(Note: This program requires The GO System Implementation Kit.)
And if you looking for a specifically Christian perspective:
Organized Living to Answer Gods Call
CLIENT QUOTES
I'm not sure how one goes about properly thanking another person for saving their life, but I suppose writing a letter would be a good place to start! The two days you spent with me in my office showing me how to be more organized, efficient and responsive has paid off ten-fold for me. That's the number of hours - ten - I estimate I'm saving every week thanks to you. And it goes straight to the bottom line. Profits are up, stress is down, and my desktop (finally) is even. You're the best!
--Marilyn Mobley, President, Acorn Consulting Group
Many people commented on you excellent speaking style: 'energetic & engaging, clear, funny, easy to relate to, very enthusiastic and knowledgeable, Barbara Hemphill offered clear, concise information.' Clearly there is a great interest among our employees in getting organized.
--Pat Brosnan, Time Warner
You helped to make our Conference a great success! Many of the attendees had remarked that you were the highlight of the Conference. One person had stated, 'Barbara Hemphill was fabulous.' You were able to communicate a great deal of practical information that can be applied to our everyday lives. Your presentation was very educational and enjoyed by all those who attended.
--Mary Jo Delfosse, Director, National Association of Tax Practitioners
Your participation as a speaker/workshop presenter made the conference an outstanding success. Overall the participants rated the conference 4.2 on a scale of 1-5. We also asked them to rate each session. We have included the ratings they gave for your session (4.6) along with the written comment we received. ('Barbara is clearly a professional. She presents an excellent seminar. She is motivating and thought provoking. I will utilize ideas that she presented.') Thank you again for your participation.
--Alice S. Warren, Division of Continuing Studies, NC State University
I can't say it enough, thank you, thank you, thank you! ENESCO has not been the same since you left! A week has passed and everyone is still talking about the seminar! You have really made a lasting impression on a lot of people and have made our 'working lives' a lot easier.
--Donna Thompson, ENESCO Corporation
PARTIAL CLIENT LIST:
American Bankers Assoc.American Society of Association Executives
Bank First Corp
Deloitte Touche
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Financial Executives Insitute
Franklin Street Partners
GlaxoSmithKline
IAFP
Int'l Association of Financial Planning
Merck & Co.
Meeting Planners
International
National Assoc. of Health Care
Oxford Financial Group
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Principal Financial Group
Sagemark Consulting
Smith Kline & Beechum
Sprint
Staples
Time Warner
USA Today
TOPIC DESCRIPTIONS:
Organized Living in a Disorganized World
At no time in history have we had a greater need for organizing skills! The media - and or 'In Box' remind us daily of events which effect our lives directly and indirectly, but over which we seem to have little control. How can we survive -- and even thrive? Techniques for finding and maintaining the balance between professional and personal needs in this complex world.
Taming the Technology Tiger
What happened to our dream of the paperless office? In addition to the organizing the paper, we now have to organize the technology! On-line services, scanners, electronic mail, voice mail, and fax modems enable us to receive, generate, save and communicate more information than ever before. Often it feels overwhelming. Learn when and how to use technology to increase productivity and reduce stress.
On a Clear Day You Can See Your Desktop!
This presentation provides specific client-tested personal management techniques for management and support staff. Relevant and practical methods to save money, improve productivity, reduce stress and effectively manage the tip of your desk while accomplishing your priorities.
Taming the Paper Tiger at Your Convention
What are you going to do with all the paper you collect at this meeting --business cards, notes from seminars, handouts, brochures? Do you know how to use it to help yo solve problems -- or will it just be one more pile of 'Someday I have to...' These techniques are immediately applicable to old and new paper problems.
Taming the Paper Tiger -- and Other Organizing Challenges -- in the American Home
Whether the problem is papers scattered all over the house, boxes of photographs, memorabilia and unidentified objects, overstuffed closets and garages -- or disorganized children! -- this presentation is a lighthearted but practical approach to living more joyously in our complex world.
Organized Living to Answer God's Call
It's difficult to keep your spiritual life in order if your physical life is in disorder. Hear Barbara's story as featured in Guidepost magazine. Learn how to live life each day so that at the end of your physical life, the only thing that really counts actually happens!
TRAVELS FROM: North Carolina
FEE CATEGORY: B ($5.5-10k)
