About SOS

Sensible Organizing Solutions (SOS) was founded in 1998 by Jana Hartwell, a Board Certified Professional Organizer.

Member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) since 1998.
Four-term President of the NAPO San Diego Chapter
Certified Professional Organizer since 2008 (One of only 350 CPO^®s in the nation)
Completed ‘Becoming a Time Management Coach’ training with Julie Morgenstern Enterprises (2013)
Completed ‘Making Time Work For You’ program with Harold Taylor, Inc.
Completed Organizers Coach Approach I with Denslow Brown, CPO^®(2012)
Completed Harold Taylor’s “Making Time Work for You” consultant program in 2005
Attended seven NAPO Annual Conferences and four NAPO Regional Conferences
Attended or facilitated over 170 NAPO-SD monthly Chapter meetings since 1998
Productivity and Project Management Expert
Competent Toastmaster (CTM) and Past President of Toastmasters of La Jolla
Higher Education degrees in Business Management & Speech / Communications

Recruited by American Home Shows to present at the San Diego Home Show
January 11 and 12, 2014. View brief video clip...
NBC News Live, January 17, 2014
Get Organized Month with NAPO-SD and The American Red Cross
Ch. 10, San Diego Living, December, 2012
Declutter After the Holidays
Are You Losing the Chore Wars?
SignOn San Diego, January 7, 2011
Resolution: Clear the Clutter
SD Union Tribune, January 2, 2010
“Getting Clutter out…” North County Union Tribune – January 11, 2009
Quoted in “Living in Style” magazine– Spring 2007
ABC Garage Makeover – Summer 2005
KGTV Ch. 10 “Garage Makeover” – Summer 2004
WorldTalkRadio.com show for “Mom’s Town” segment – Summer 2003
KGTV Ch. 10 “Busy Military Mom Gets Organized” – Spring 2003
KGTV Ch. 10 “Easing Clutter Headaches” – Spring 2003

Some of Jana’s speaking venues include:

San Diego Home Show (Jan. 11 & 12, 2014)
SD/PEN Chapter (Nov, 2013)
AARP Chula Vista Chapter (Aug, 2012)
Pacific Beach Women’s Club (Oct 3, 2012)
SD/PEN’s “All Things Business” conference, Sorrento Valley
Otay Water District, Otay Mesa
NAPO Annual Conference (panelist for the popular
“Ask The Organizer” workshop), Boston, MA
NAPO San Diego Chapter, La Jolla
American Society of Appraisers (ASA), San Diego
Dudek & Associates, Inc., Encinitis
“Head to Toe Women’s Expo” (“Ask The Organizer” panelist),
Del Mar Fairgrounds
Turpin & Rattan Engineering, La Mesa
The Golden Door, Escondido
Borders Bookstore (Amazing Women’s Day), Mission Valley
Office Depot (Get Organized Week), Carmel Mountain
Toastmasters of La Jolla, La Jolla

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