Style for Success

posted Mar 21, 2012 in Books / Etiquette & Manners / by Terry Pithers / 2 comments

How to Win Friends and Influence People

A  heartwarming tribute to a dog
who showed us how to win friends and make a difference

I had to share this heart-warming video. It's a lovely tribute to Toby, an amazing dog.

Our good friend and professional speaker colleague Charmaine Hammond has written a couple of books On Toby's Terms and Toby the Pet Therapy Dog, about their Chesapeake Bay Retriever.

Toby, who started off as a real house destroying problem child/pup, eventually found his purpose and calling as a pet therapy dog...

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posted Nov 17, 2011 in Books / Dress & Image / by Terry Pithers / 2 comments

Does Your PowerPoint Look as Good as You?

Guess what?
Your PowerPoint is part of your professional image

We forgot – mea culpa

We always make a point of dressing up for our presentations. Everbody should but let's face it, we have to. We're image consultants. We try to look good on the platform. (Joanne is a 10, I'm somewhere around a 7 or 8.) What we didn't realize was that another part of our image was letting us down. It was around a 3 or a 4. It badly needed a makeover.

The truth hurts

A friend and colleague Nadine...

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posted May 09, 2011 in Books / Dress & Image / by Joanne Blake / 0 comments

No Tube Tops, Pigtails or Lace in the Boardroom

Bossypants Tina Fey shares some business tips and advice how to succeed for women

Comedian, writer and producer Tina Fey has written a funny and compelling memoir called Bossypants.  Not so much a memoir as a humorous tip and advice book. It’s about her career and life in the male dominated world of entertainment and improv comedy in which she has learned how to succeed. Click here to see a hilarious new video of Tina as Sarah Palin running with Donald Trump

No tube tops for business

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