Tracey Foulkes, owner of Get Organised, founder of Professional Organising in South Africa and co-founder of the Professional Organiser Association Africa, is passionate about structure and planning and is committed to helping others achieve their goals through effective organisation.
As a recognised expert in her field, Tracey Foulkes combines her talent for organising and skill for speaking to enthrall her audiences into taking action. Her workshops are filled with simple solutions to help even the most disorganised of us understand the benefits that an ordered space brings. Tracey will inspire you to make a change.
Among other things, Tracey is a firm believer in practising what she teaches – so her talks are always well thought out, simple to follow, impactful and in line with her client’s specific brief. “Getting and staying organised will help you add value to your organisation and to your life. Through the material that we cover in our talks, you will understand what your course of action needs to be. Through implementing our techniques you will have greater clarity and room to breathe. As a direct result of the training, your increased productivity levels will have a significant impact on both you and your organisation. You will save money and feel great.”
Tracey has been interviewed on the Home Channel and contributes articles to many national magazines including Oprah Magazine, Essentials, Your Family, Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health, Sarie, Home/Huis and Real Simple. She has been featured in national newspapers including The Cape Argus, The Star, Sunday Times and Beeld. She is the women24.com and yourparenting.co.za online organising expert and has had the opportunity to present her workshops and talks to both large and medium enterprises around the country since 2005
Below are some of Tracey's keynote topics. Tracey and her company, "Get Organised", also offer a range of training packages to suit your organisation's needs.
• “Making every second count”
Time organisation techniques to help you take action
• “Chaos to clarity”
Space organisation techniques to help take control of the clutter
• “Get the camel out your tent”
Solutions for eliminating procrastination to gain a take-charge attitude and productive environment
• “Organising for busy families”
A workshop for busy parents who find themselves rushing around their children
• “Organising your home-based or small business”
For the master jugglers – effective techniques to optimise office organisation
Rave Reviews
Client Feedback
“Tracey is supremely well prepared and pays attention to detail. She is easily able to identify the company’s needs and is comfortable suggesting suitable training topics and adaptations to maximise the benefit of the training, in line with company ideology. She impressed us with her professional and efficient service… Tracey’s style is authentic. She has a relaxed manner and is able to establish a rapport with very different groups of employees”
– Liesel Park, HR Manager, Quality Beverages
“Tracey Foulkes recently addressed a group of our female employees at a Women’s Month event. Delegates found Tracey Foulkes’s seminar ‘Organising your life around your life’ stimulating and innovative. Her humorous approach and easy, interactive presentation was a great success.”
– Cheryl Damon, Department Water Affairs & Forestry
“We were so pleased with Tracey’s personal approach. Her involvement – right from the start – was to really get an understanding of the client’s requirements. She was very flexible in terms of her presentation content – so much so that she made it the client’s own. Her ‘Get Organised’ presentation and delivery was professional, practical and fun.”
– Therese Grobler, Client Services Director, R&B Promotions
“The feedback from staff and management alike has been wonderful. The training has fitted perfectly with our performance management system and has reinforced our own training. It has helped give direction to employees across the company in setting team and individual goals and putting strategies in place to make them happen. It was fun and practical – an excellent combination for success.”
– Joan Colgate, HR Manager, The Biovac Institute
Delegate feedback
“The way you presented yourself and the course content held me captivated and opened my mind to the acceptance of the changes I needed in my life, both in business and at home. It was possibly one of the most fruitful two hours I have spent in a long time.”
– Rob Krooner, Concargo
“Thanks to this morning's workshop I am armed with knowledge and techniques of how to be organised with my time and space. I would whole-heartedly recommend this course to anyone
I feel needs it (which is most people).”
– Wayne Tolken, iT3
“Really want to thank you for the wonderful presentation. I am extremely passionate about being organised and your tips really helped.”
– Marsha Williams, Old Mutual South Africa
“I wanted to say thanks – your sweet and gentle approach to this unique experience made Monday's workshop memorable and wonderful!”
– Stephanie Smit, Canal Walk
