Barbara Hemphill
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Barbara Hemphill

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About Barbara Hemphill Barbara Hemphill started her business with a $7 ad in a New York City newspaper. For 20 years, she focused on paper and physical clutter. With the growth of the internet, she began applying her principles to digital clutter. In recent years Barbara concluded that the true clutter that prevents people from accomplishing their work and enjoying their lives is emotional and spiritual clutter. As the founder of Productive Environment Institute, Barbara is passionate about helping business leaders create and sustain a productive environment – an intentional setting where everyone can accomplish their work and enjoy their lives. Productive Environment Institute provides services to design and implement systems for managing information, time, and space. The result is increased profit, productivity, and peace of mind. Productive Environment Institute also offers a comprehensive training program that helps individuals who love systems build a productivity consulting business. This program affords them the opportunity for substantial income, flexible hours, and the ability to work from anywhere by becoming a Certified Productive Environment Specialist. Barbara’s true passion is sharing her knowledge and experience with diverse audiences. Frequently referred to as the “Paper Tiger Lady,” she is the author of Taming the Paper Tiger at Work, Love It or Lose It: Living Clutter-Free Forever, Organizing Paper @Home: What to Toss and How to Find the Rest! and Less Clutter More Life. Spanning over three decades, Barbara’s career remains on the cutting edge of what USA Today calls an $8 billion dollar industry. She’s appeared on CNN Nightly News, Today Show and Good Morning America. She was featured on the covers of Today’s Business Woman and Guideposts, and in Fast Company, New York Times, Investor’s Business Daily, Real Simple, and Reader’s Digest. Barbara is past president of the Washington DC chapter of National Speakers Association, and past president of National Association of Professional Organizers, where she was a winner of the Founder’s Award, and a two-time winner of the President’s Award. Initially trained in music education, Barbara organized an international choir in Grenada, West Indies, and New Delhi, India. She can frequently be found in the choir or at the piano at her church. Barbara’s mission is to express God’s love through her work and her life. An adventurer as well as an innovator, Barbara has lived in the West Indies, India, New York City, and Washington, DC. While volunteering in India in the 1970’s, she felt called to adopt three orphan children – two daughters and one son who are now happy, healthy adults in the U.S. In addition, her family includes two stepchildren, four grandchildren, and her beloved one-of-a-kind husband Alfred Taylor, with whom she shares their own “productive environment” near Raleigh, NC.
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