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Professional Organizer with consultations in private homes and businesses, large and small, helping others find a more orderly life, 1996-present. 

 

                              Presenter B.Y.U. Education Week  in 2003­present under the four-day series title of “A House of Order - The Better Way to Live”.  Four classes given in 2003, eight classes in 2004, nine classes in 2005, five classes in 2006, nine classes in 2007, nine classes in 2008, and eight classes in 2009 with an emphasis on personal and home organization, time management, teaching children to work, kitchen organization, food management, handling paperwork, shopping skills. 

 

                              Feature writer for various publications with columns regarding personal, home, and professional organization, 2005-present.  

 

 

Author of Project Organization, Quick and Easy Ways to Organize Your Life, House of Order Handbook, Organized For A Mission, A Guide for Parents and Missionaries, Organize As You Go, and Master Menu Cookbook, plus organizational helpers including:  

                     

-    Stay-at-Home Housecleaning Plan, 

 

-    Working Person’s Housecleaning 

            Plan, 

 

-    Teaching Children to Work Plan, 

 

-    Best Price Box, 

 

-    Family Information Binder, 

-    Organized for the Holidays Binder,

 

-    House of Order Tutorials 

             - Audio CD #001  (25 lessons) 

 

-    House of Order Tutorials 

            - Audio CD #002  (25 lessons)

 

                       

    

Presenter at Utah Valley State College, Provo, Utah.  June 27, 2008 & June 29, 2007, Facility and Grounds Management Expo with a presentation entitled “Seven Days to Better Organization”.  April 24, 2002, Office Professionals Annual Conference with a presentation entitled  “Making Life Work for You” with focus on:  A House that Runs Itself, Priority Planning, and Making Life Happen.

 

Presenter of home organization skills at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Relief Society Enrichment Nights, Stake activities, and Stake Women’s Conferences, Utah, Idaho, and New Hampshire.  1996-present.   

 

Teacher of eight-week courses regarding home organization skills through L.D.S. Church Stakes, Utah Valley State College community education classes, and other local settings, 1996-present.  Same classes taught at Southside Community Center, San Jose, California, 1988-1996.   

 

 

Married to James N. Ricks.  Mother of five sons.  Tom is a professor at Louisiana State University, David attends Ohio State Medical School, Brian is seeking a computer science doctorial degree at Brigham Young University, and Tyler is attending Brigham Young University seeking an animation degree.  

  

Contact me:  Marie C. Ricks, marie@houseoforder.com
Last modified: Saturday September 19, 2009.
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