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I just added Avery index labels to a conference planning notebook. The notebook is for an industry conference I am producing this fall for a client. The project started with a basic file folder in January but has grown into a three inch, three-ring binder.

Before working at Sprint, I used folders for everything. Then I met Debbie Mason and Alice Alfano. They put everything in three-ring binders. Everything! I thought that was really weird at the time but the longer I worked with them, the more I realized they really did have the whole organization thing down to a science. They are my office organization idols!

The big "aha" came for me when I was promoted to Manager of Special Events. Debbie handed me her notebook from an event. No files, no folders, just one large notebook that contained everything I needed. It turned out to be much easier to go through than folders and I have used binders for my events ever since. They are easily portable. Nothing falls out. I can flip back and forth through pages and sections quickly and easily, unlike papers in folders. I can expand the notebook and add another section by simply adding another divider.

Thanks, Debbie and Alice. Switching from folders to binders has kept me more organized and saved me countless hours and frustration over the years!

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