Title: Meeting Supplies - Portable Organizer
Post by: drsouce on August 13, 2002, 08:38:50 pm
Does anyone know of some portable organizer for meeting supplies? I would love to know manufacturer & where purchased if possible.
We go to MANY off-site meetings and someone always turns to me to ask, "Did you bring _____?" You name it, I've been asked for it. Paper to write on, pens, pencils, rulers, paper clips, staplers, tape, bandaids, etc. I usually throw everything I think I'll need into a box and rush out the door. We've now decided to put together a meeting supply kit that will stay fully stocked. I would like to find something besides a big cardboard box that will keep all these little things organized.
Any ideas?
We go to MANY off-site meetings and someone always turns to me to ask, "Did you bring _____?" You name it, I've been asked for it. Paper to write on, pens, pencils, rulers, paper clips, staplers, tape, bandaids, etc. I usually throw everything I think I'll need into a box and rush out the door. We've now decided to put together a meeting supply kit that will stay fully stocked. I would like to find something besides a big cardboard box that will keep all these little things organized.
Any ideas?
Title: Re: Meeting Supplies - Portable Organizer
Post by: winkiebear on August 13, 2002, 09:10:29 pm
GREAT IDEA!!!
Start out with a plastic tote - they last much longer than a cardboard box would.
I'd make sure to add:
pens
pencils
legal notepads
small notepads
first-aid kit
rubber bands
paper clips
binder clips
sewing kit (because you really never know WHAT might happen)
markers
letter sized copier paper
scissors
masking tape
scotch tape
hard candies (peppermints)
That's all that comes to mind right now... but again - DARN good idea!
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Start out with a plastic tote - they last much longer than a cardboard box would.
I'd make sure to add:
pens
pencils
legal notepads
small notepads
first-aid kit
rubber bands
paper clips
binder clips
sewing kit (because you really never know WHAT might happen)
markers
letter sized copier paper
scissors
masking tape
scotch tape
hard candies (peppermints)
That's all that comes to mind right now... but again - DARN good idea!
winkiebear
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Title: Re: Meeting Supplies - Portable Organizer
Post by: chris68 on August 13, 2002, 09:15:53 pm
How about:
Transparencies
Post-It Notes
Mini-Stapler
Current calendar
Ruler
(It's late in the day, this is a start)
Chris68
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Transparencies
Post-It Notes
Mini-Stapler
Current calendar
Ruler
(It's late in the day, this is a start)
Chris68
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Title: Re: Meeting Supplies - Portable Organizer
Post by: bethalize on August 13, 2002, 09:50:31 pm
Hole punch
Treasury tags
Tippex
Calculator
White board markers
Floppy disk
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Treasury tags
Tippex
Calculator
White board markers
Floppy disk
Bethalize
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Title: Re: Meeting Supplies - Portable Organizer
Post by: superninjaadmin on August 13, 2002, 09:54:37 pm
Oh, and a large suitcase that has wheels to carry all the stuff....
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Title: Re: Meeting Supplies - Portable Organizer
Post by: andream on August 14, 2002, 10:30:22 am
Actually a rolling laptop case might meet your needs since what you're packing is going to get a bit heavy after awhile. It's got compartments so you at least don't have to dig to the bottom of a tote when trying to find those band aids! In most of them, you can remove the heavily padded section to make more room for packing. (Or if you use a laptop in your presentations it might make sense to combine your emergency kit with your laptop so everything is in one case).
Here int he UK Daytimee makes a really great saddlebag case, but I don't see it on the daytimer site in the US and not sure which country you're writing from, still a simple roomy case, preferably on wheels so you can strap something to the handle too if need be and save yourself a thousand trips to the car to lug stuff in,,,, seems like a simple and practical solution to moi.
Andrea
By the way, the most useless thing I ever put into an emergency kit? A sewing kit. It sat unused for months and months and then one day someone popped a button on their trousers ten minutes before a speech. How cool was it to hand bossie a threaded needle, his missing button and send him off to the boys room to fix things while he stood dumbfounded that I would have such a thing?....... Very!
Other stuff you should add, White board cleaner and eraser. Ever been there when someone's using a leftover napkin from lunch to clean the thing off :shudder:!
Here int he UK Daytimee makes a really great saddlebag case, but I don't see it on the daytimer site in the US and not sure which country you're writing from, still a simple roomy case, preferably on wheels so you can strap something to the handle too if need be and save yourself a thousand trips to the car to lug stuff in,,,, seems like a simple and practical solution to moi.
Andrea
By the way, the most useless thing I ever put into an emergency kit? A sewing kit. It sat unused for months and months and then one day someone popped a button on their trousers ten minutes before a speech. How cool was it to hand bossie a threaded needle, his missing button and send him off to the boys room to fix things while he stood dumbfounded that I would have such a thing?....... Very!
Other stuff you should add, White board cleaner and eraser. Ever been there when someone's using a leftover napkin from lunch to clean the thing off :shudder:!
Edited by andream on 14/08/02 10:35 AM.
Title: Re: Meeting Supplies - Portable Organizer
Post by: nolalady on August 14, 2002, 01:45:57 pm
Depending on how much you want to spend, most arts & crafts stores carry "Craft Organizers". Most have multiple folders, pockets, places for pens, markers, scissors, etc. Several come with wheels.
I would try www.michaels.com
I would try www.michaels.com
Title: Re: Meeting Supplies - Portable Organizer
Post by: radaro on August 14, 2002, 02:17:57 pm
Instead of a sewing kit, why not safety pins? They are a pretty good temporary fix-it. Also, a can of "Static Guard". I have one in my desk and many people are in need of it during the winter months.
Title: Re: Meeting Supplies - Portable Organizer
Post by: chris68 on August 14, 2002, 02:36:19 pm
And a good Lint Roller never hurts either.
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Title: Re: Meeting Supplies - Portable Organizer
Post by: deedee on August 14, 2002, 03:33:27 pm
We have a plastic toolbox we have used since God was a baby. . .it's ancient but has plenty of little niches for small objects, and a larger bottom compartment. Now that I have seen the other ideas though, I wouldn't mind having something on wheels!
Title: Re: Meeting Supplies - Portable Organizer
Post by: bethalize on August 14, 2002, 03:47:43 pm
Batteries!
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Title: Re: Meeting Supplies - Portable Organizer
Post by: radaro on August 14, 2002, 04:05:28 pm
Why not just strap a Staples/Business Depot around your waist and you are set to go?
Title: Re: Meeting Supplies - Portable Organizer
Post by: superninjaadmin on August 15, 2002, 03:02:47 am
** giggle **
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Title: Re: Meeting Supplies - Portable Organizer
Post by: chris68 on August 15, 2002, 03:06:40 am
But then there would surely be something missing on the list, after all, someone will need something Office Depot doesn't have . But sounds like a good start 
.
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. But sounds like a good start .Chris68
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