Tools to help you avoid Social Faux Pas

Perfecting Your Personal Brand: Polish Your Image for 2012

Are you a small busi­ness owner, sales pro­fes­sional or con­sul­tant? Did you know that your per­sonal brand is the most pow­er­ful mar­ket­ing tool you have? Are you putting it to good use?

Your per­sonal brand includes your image and rep­u­ta­tion — how you look and behave. Craft­ing your best per­sonal brand is crit­i­cal to estab­lish­ing and main­tain­ing cred­i­bil­ity with your peers and poten­tial clients. Image the lim­it­less poten­tial you have if you’re com­mu­ni­cat­ing the right image.

Join eti­quette coach Jules Hirst (co-author, The Power of Civil­ity) and wardrobe coach Nicole Longstreath (The Wardrobe Code) for an hour-long pre­se­n­a­tion which will trans­form the way you view your per­sonal brand, and show you how to per­fect it for a suc­cess­ful 2012.

Here’s what you can expect learn:

Busi­ness Etiquette

1.) Out­stand­ing First Impressions

2.) Out­stand­ing Busi­ness Etiquette

3.) Out­stand­ing Cus­tomer Service

Wardrobe

1.) Image and Con­fi­dence — pro­ject­ing your intent, how dress affects confidence

2.) 3 Events and How To Dress for Them — net­work­ing, presentation/interview, client meetings

3.) Make It Work, Every Time — wardrobe plan­ning and a daily out­fit formula

Date: Feb­ru­ary 7th at 7:00 pm

Loca­tion: The LOFT
1954 Pla­cen­tia #108
Costa Mesa, CA 92627

Cost: $49 if you reg­is­ter before Jan­u­ary 27th or $65 afterwards

 

Register for Perfecting Your Personal Brand: Polish Your Image for 2012 in Costa Mesa, CA on Eventbrite
For more infor­ma­tion click on Per­fect­ing Your Per­sonal Brand

Holiday Etiquette: Holiday Tipping

Hol­i­day tip­ping begins with you.  The rea­son for hol­i­day tip­ping is to show your appre­ci­a­tion and grat­i­tude for the work that has been done dur­ing the year.  It also ben­e­fits you in return because when peo­ple feel appre­ci­ated they are more likely to go the extra mile to help you.  So, if lit­tle Billy has been a trou­ble­maker in school, you might con­sider tip­ping his teacher to thank him/her for doing their best with your child.  Cash or gift cards are always accept­able.  How­ever, if you do not have the eco­nomic means to tip in this man­ner, you can also give baked goods or a sim­ple thank you note.  The goal is to show your gratitude.

When decid­ing whether or not to tip some­one, you should con­sider the ser­vice you receive from them and whether or not you have a rela­tion­ship or rap­port with them.  You prob­a­bly spend more time talk­ing to your hair styl­ist than you do the garbage col­lec­tor.  Tip­ping is not manda­tory, but is a way to say thank you for all you do for me dur­ing the year.  The guide­lines below are pre­sented as a frame­work to help show you cus­tom­ary hol­i­day tips.  Amount to tip varies depend­ing on where you live, but for most ser­vice pro­fes­sion­als, you should tip the value of one visit/session.

Tip­ping Guide

  •  Babysit­ter – One night’s pay plus a thank you note from your child.
  •  Garbage col­lec­tor: $10 to $30 per collector.
  •  Gar­dener: $25-$50, or a week’s pay.
  •  Hair styl­ist: Cost of one session.
  •  Maid: A week’s pay if you have a good rela­tion­ship with the individual.
  •  Mail car­rier: They can­not accept cash gifts so a small gift worth less than $20 is acceptable.
  •  Man­i­curist: Cost of one session.
  •  News­pa­per deliv­ery per­son: $10 — $25 depend­ing on amount of deliv­er­ies (weekly/weekend).
  •  Per­sonal trainer: Cost of one session.
  •  Pet sitter/Dog walker: $10 — $25 depend­ing on your relationship.
  •  Teacher: $25–100 – check with the school to see if they have limits.

How To Write a Thank You Workshop for Youth’s

Christ­mas time is the per­fect time for chil­dren to learn

“Thank you note etiquette”

How To Write a Thank You Note not only teaches your chil­dren how to write a thank you note but also stresses the impor­tance of show­ing appre­ci­a­tion.  Show­ing appre­ci­a­tion to some­one who has done some­thing nice for you makes you feel bet­ter and it also makes that per­son feel bet­ter and more likely to do nice things for you in the future.

Cre­ative writ­ing tech­niques will be cov­ered to help writ­ers of all ages quickly com­pose a heart­felt thank you note.

Each par­tic­i­pant will receive a per­son­al­ized set of 12 note cards.

Date: Decem­ber 27, 2011

Time: 2:00 –3:30

Cost: $40.00 per person

Loca­tion: Eti­quette Con­sult­ing, Inc. Head­quar­ters in Mar Vista CA. 90066 (exact loca­tion will be pro­vided after registration)

If you have any ques­tions please con­tact us at: 310–425-3160

Reserve your spot today Register for How To Write a Thank You Workshop for Youth's in Los Angeles, CA on Eventbrite

 

 

Holiday Office Party Etiquette Do’s and Dont’s

With the hol­i­day sea­son upon us once again, the hol­i­day office party is right around the cor­ner.  Fol­low these steps to make a good impres­sion on the higher-ups and your co-workers.

 

  • Dress appro­pri­ately.  It’s your office party, so it’s an exten­sion of work.  Don’t dress for the clubs.
  • Con­firm before­hand whether you can bring a guest.  No one wants to show up and be turned away.
  • Min­gle.  Break­away from your usual crowd and meet some other peo­ple.  This is a per­fect chance to intro­duce your­self to the depart­ment heads of areas where you would like to move up to.
  • Do not overindulge.  Pig­ging out on the food and drinks will get you remem­bered for the wrong reasons.
  • Polite­ness goes a long way.  Remem­ber to thank the host upon your arrival and tell them you had a won­der­ful time as you leave.  This will not only impress your host but also help your career because most hol­i­day par­ties are hosted by upper management.
  • Remem­ber that this is still a com­pany func­tion so any offen­sive behav­ior can have seri­ous reper­cus­sions.   Don’t dance sug­ges­tively and what­ever you do, don’t flirt with your co-workers.

You’re invited to a Party for a Cause

You’re Invited

What: It’s a Party For A Cause!!!  All this week­end you can shop online and 100% of com­mis­sions earned will go to help out two wor­thy causes.  Con­tinue to shop online Mon­day, or drop by for an open house of hol­i­day joy.

When: This week­end Sat­ur­day, Decem­ber 1oth through Mon­day, Decem­ber 12th view the cat­a­log and place an order; when asked for a con­sul­tant ID#, enter BI5903 or visit www.biltmoreinspirations.com/juleshirst.

Or stop by Mon­day , Decem­ber 12th and sip on a fab­u­lous drink for the sea­son, taste yummy chef-inspired foods, and bring on the style with sim­ple ideas for dec­o­rat­ing, enter­tain­ing, and gift giv­ing for the holidays!

Ben­e­fit­ing: Robin and Meghan of North­ern Cal­i­for­nia.  Robin is a sin­gle mother in North­ern Cal­i­for­nia who has been out of work for the past four years.  She’s been mak­ing do by tak­ing any odd jobs she can find – all while rais­ing Meghan.  Let’s all work together to help them have a won­der­ful holiday.

Gospel for Asia is an orga­ni­za­tion that works to bet­ter the lives of the Dalit peo­ple of South Asia.  The Dal­its are a group of peo­ple who have been banned from the rest of their soci­ety and need our help to bet­ter their lives. Visit www.gfa.org to learn more.

R.S.V.P.  for Monday’s open house http://biltmoreinspiredpartywithacause.eventbrite.com/#addtloptions

Bilt­more Inspi­ra­tions offers an out­stand­ing col­lec­tion of exclu­sive table­top prod­ucts, chef-selected foods, home decor, wine acces­sories, and regional artist-inspired prod­ucts, all inspired by the unique beauty of Bilt­more.  By plac­ing an order, you will be help­ing out a needy fam­ily and an orga­ni­za­tion that serves the needy.  All orders placed by Decem­ber 12, will arrive in time for christmas

Hope to see you on Monday.

Happy Hol­i­days!

Jules

 

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