Special Interest Groups (SIGs) provide NAPO members with the opportunity to expand their knowledge in a niche market. Each SIG holds regularly scheduled virtual meetings. SIG membership* furthers knowledge and skills in specific areas of expertise and provides a community of colleagues for information-sharing. Eligible  NAPO members receive two complimentary SIG memberships.

• Authorship & Publishing

Designed for published authors who seek a community of peers with whom to network and collaborate. The term "published authors" encompasses NAPO members who write blogs, e-zines, newsletters, columns, feature stories, articles for professional publications or journals, research articles, industry reports, white papers, audio/video scripts, book chapters, or books for print or digital distribution.

• Business Organizing & Productivity

Designed for established Professional Organizers and Productivity Consultants who specialize in or have a significant focus on organizing and productivity in a business environment. Clients range from work-at-home solopreneurs to businesses with up to 500 employees and multiple locations.

• Coaching

Designed for organizers who provide coaching services, whether as a stand-alone service or as a complement to on-site organizing work. This SIG will deepen your understanding of the many ways coaching can strengthen and complement organizing work and client change, identify effective marketing and packaging of coaching services to organizing clients, and discuss coaching resources and best practices.

• Environmentally-Conscious Organizers

Designed for organizers who strive to live and work in ways that promote the sustainability of the environment. As environmental advocates, ECO SIG members focus on integrating practices of simplicity and sustainability into their own lives first.  They believe that once they have gained personal experience and expertise making change, only then they are able to effectively transfer ECO ideas and skills to their clients.

• Hoarding Specialists

Designed for organizers and related professionals who are experienced in helping people remediate and recover from hoarding behaviors. Participants must have a minimum of 2 years' experience working with this population OR 1 year of experience if they also hold an ICD Level I certificate of study in Hoarding Issues or other relevant coursework. In addition, a minimum of 25% of an applicant's client base must be hoarding specific.

• Holistic Organizers

Designed for Professional Organizers who take a heart-centered, holistic approach to working with their clients and who want to share their holistic practices and techniques with like-minded individuals. The Holistic SIG defines holistic as integrating physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects into one's work. The holistic approach is not rooted in a spiritual or religious tradition and honors all paths. Holistic Organizers consider their work as sacred and believe and know it is possible to transform lives with the work they do.

• Moving and Relocation

Designed for established Professional Organizers who specialize in high-level moving and relocation services. This is a community of professionals who have teams of organizers in place to assist clients with all aspects of moving. Services include planning, purging, packing, physically relocating items to multiple locations if necessary, unpacking, organizing and working alongside moving companies and other associated service providers.

• Multi-Person Business

Designed for the owner or supervising manager of a company that uses one or more employees (not including the business owner), who perform on-site, hands-on organizing work. If a supervising manager is a SIG member, then the business owner must also be a SIG member.  

• Speaking for Fees

Designed for individuals who offer speaking and training services delivered to groups. Members of this SIG deliver their services to an audience for a set fee. These services may include live keynote addresses, training to departments or teams, workshops, or train-the-trainer products. Services may also include online products such as classes, training, webinars or teleconferences.

• Technology Organizing

Designed for Professional Organizers whose primary focus is to help individuals or companies effectively apply technology as an organizing tool. Services can include hands-on work with individuals or training sessions and workshops for groups. 

• Working with Seniors

Working with Seniors SIG is designed for individuals who are seeking camaraderie with their peers that are actively involved with helping seniors resolve their everyday challenges; i.e., organizing, aging in place, downsizing, paperwork management, etc. Participants must have a minimum 2 years’ experience working with older adults 65 years and older and/or their families. Working with the senior population must be prominently featured on your website.

*Please note: Members eligible to join a NAPO Special Interest Group include: Professional, Emeritus/Retired, Lifetime or Allied Members, and Business Partners who meet all eligibility requirements of the SIG they wish to join.

Each SIG has its own membership criteria. NAPO members can find out more information, and apply to join a SIG, by visiting POINT.