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Meet Lisa Montanaro
"The Solutions
Expert"
 Lisa
Montanaro established LM Organizing Solutions,
LLCSM (LMOS) in 2002 as a professional services
firm offering organizing, business and life coaching,
and motivational speaking to individuals and
organizations.
Through LMOS, Lisa helps busy professionals and success-minded
individuals live better lives and run better companies
and organizations.
LMOS empowers people and organizations to “DECIDETM
to be Organized,” a unique 6-step organizing process
created by owner, Lisa Montanaro, based on her many
years of experience organizing and coaching clients.
Through the implementation of the DECIDETM
approach, clients create systems designed to achieve
results at home, at work, and in life. What sets Lisa
apart from others in her field is her varied background
and keen intuition. Professional organizing, coaching,
and speaking allow Lisa to combine her lifelong passion
for creating order with her skills gained as a lawyer,
educator, mediator, and performer. Considered by her
clients to be an “intellectual organizer and
problem-solver,” Lisa is skillful at asking questions in
a non-judgmental manner that help people and
organizations find the answers to create a system
tailored to their individual needs. Through LMOS, Lisa
offers creative solutions with nuts-and-bolts
practicality.
Lisa has been featured in
numerous publications, including Balance
and NAPO
News. Lisa has been
interviewed by radio hosts and is a frequent guest
expert for national teleclasses and webinars.
 Lisa
is a columnist for the
Poughkeepsie Journal, and her first organizing book,
The Ultimate Life Organizer:
An Interactive Guide to a Simpler, Less Stressful & More
Organized Life
will be launched in April
2011 by Peter Pauper Press.
Lisa publishes two monthly E-zines:
DECIDE to be Organized for the
general public, which offers free tips, articles, and
advice on how to be more organized; and
Next Level Business Success
for professional organizers and entrepreneurs, which offers quality business coaching advice.
In addition, Lisa maintains the
DECIDE to be
Organized Blog, where she writes about
organizing issues in a format designed to encourage
interaction and comments.
Lisa is proficient in
American Sign Language and welcomes hearing impaired
individuals and all persons with disabilities to utilize
her services.
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Certified Professional Organizer®
Lisa
Montanaro is an inaugural Certified Professional
Organizer (CPO®) and one of only a few hundred CPOs in
the country. In addition, Lisa is a member of the National Association of
Professional Organizers (NAPO) and its Golden Circle,
reserved for organizers that have been in business for 5
years or more. In 2007, Lisa had the honor of receiving
the Entrepreneurial Excellence Award from the Orange
County Chamber of Commerce in recognition of her
pioneering efforts in the professional organizing
industry in the Hudson River Valley of NY.
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Business & Life Coach
A sought-after business expert due to her background as
an attorney, mediator, and trainer of entrepreneurs,
Lisa Montanaro offers business coaching to clients that
range from professional organizers, solopreneurs, and
other small business owners, to non-profit
organizations, major corporations, and municipalities.
Part consultant, part coach -- Lisa gives expert
advice, while also guiding clients to the answers they
seek. Lisa serves as a member of the Board of Advisors
for New
York
State’s Entrepreneurial
Assistance Program.
As a life coach, Lisa draws upon her experience as a
trained mediator.
Lisa is skillful at guiding clients to successful
results through motivation and encouragement, without
judgment. The focus is in asking skillful questions
designed to help clients define and achieve their goals.
Clients use coaching to assist with life or career
transitions, to improve business or leadership, or to
juggle the myriad responsibilities and challenges faced
daily.
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Motivational Speaker
In addition to her hands-on work with clients, Lisa
Montanaro is a skilled motivational speaker. Lisa is a
member of the National Speakers Association (NSA), the
premiere organization for professional speakers. Her
presentations at national conferences, local forums, and
in numerous workplace settings are informative,
interactive, and entertaining. Indeed, Lisa was ranked
the number 1 speaker of the 2008 NAPO Conference by
attendees, sharing the spotlight with such notable
speakers as Peter Walsh of Clean Sweep and the
Oprah Winfrey Show, and Hellen Buttigieg of Neat.
LMOS offers a wide range of
speaking programs,
including organizing, time management, leadership,
entrepreneurship, and life-work balance. Speaking
engagements are offered in the form of seminars,
training workshops, staff retreats, and keynote
speeches.
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For more information, contact Lisa at
Lisa@LMOrganizingSolutions.com.
LM Organizing Solutions, LLCSM
is an active member of the following organizations:
National
Association of Professional Organizers, NAPO
(Member since May 2003; Golden Circle
distinction since 2007; Speaker at 2008 NAPO Conference;
Speaker and Ask the Organizer Panel member 2010
Conference; Speaker and Ask the Organizer Golden Circle
Panel Moderator 2011 Conference. )
National Speakers Association, NSA
(Member since March 2008)
The
Orange County Chamber of Commerce
(Member since November 2003; Recipient of 2007
Entrepreneurial Excellence Award; Co-Chair of Young
Professionals Committee, 2009-2011; Board member October
2010-presnt.)
The
Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce
(Member since November 2003; Board member
2004-2010; Recording Secretary 2007-2008)
The National Women's in Network, Inc.
(Member since November 2005)
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Lisa's
skillful and knowledgeable help has been invaluable.
