About PEI

The Productive Environment Institute helps people organize their time, space and information so they can accomplish their work and enjoy their lives.

About Our Specialists

PEI trains and supports independent consultants called Certified Productive Environment Specialists™ (CPES) who partner with clients to develop and implement a customized Productive Environment GamePlan™, which includes recommendations for products, services, and systems designed to increase productivity, profit and peace of mind.

About iPEP

PEI's signature product is called iPEP--interactive Productive Environment Platform™--which was built upon the existing PBWorks collaborative Workspace product(s), along with Barbara Hemphill's proprietary Productive Environment™ methodology.

The iPEP product line includes:

iPEPoffice™

• Single, standalone Workspace with PEI's proprietary filing system template built in
• Orientation provided by a Certified Productive Environment Specialist™
• Best for single user for basic file and data management

iPEPbusiness™

• Includes 1 iPEPoffice™ Workspace
• Network Dashboard with Social Media functionality
• Unlimited Workspaces for multiple projects
• Unlimited Workspace Guests, such as external clients or vendors
• Cutting Edge Real-Time Collaboration Features
• Project Management Features
• Orientation provided by a Certified Productive Environment Specialist™
• Best for single user for basic file/data management, who also manages multiple projects, and multiple users for file/data management, collaboration and project management

iPEP Premium Editions:

• iPEPcoach™ (iPEPbusiness™ + Workspaces Customized for Coaching Practices)
• iPEPva™  (iPEPbusiness™ + Workspaces Customized for Virtual Assistant Companies)
• iPEPlegal™ (iPEPbusiness™ + Workspaces Customized for Legal Firms)
• iPEPevents™ (iPEPbusiness™ + Workspaces Customized for Event Planners)

iPEP Summary

With iPEPoffice™, clients can organize their physical files (in filing cabinets and bookshelves, for example), along with their electronic information--and find anything they file--online and off--with a single keyword search, within one private online Workspace.

With iPEPbusiness™, clients get iPEPoffice™, AND can create unlimited additional Workspaces for various projects, as well as invite Guests to collaborate on individual Workspaces--for free. Guests may include clients or vendors of the organization.

The iPEPbusiness™ edition includes a collaborative dashboard where Users can communicate, share information and resources, manage tasks and projects, and interact with Real-Time Collaboration features such as Instant Chat--all within one, secure online platform.

Our best iPEPbusiness™ customers include companies looking for cost effective ways to organize and access information quickly, manage teams, collaborate on projects and share resources, ultimately saving time and money.

Clients who benefit most from iPEPbusiness™ or Premium Editions include private practice, service-oriented organizations including, but not limited to:

• medical offices
• legal firms
• financial planning firms
• real estate firms
• non-profits
• associations
• business coaches
• event planners
• virtual assistants
• churches
• and more...