 |
|
 |
Issue #16 |
     |
 |
 
Style & Substance Secrets newsletter. The resource for business professionals to improve credibility, relationships and bottom line, through image, etiquette, dining and social skills advice.
Don't miss our Public Seminars: February on Vancouver Island - Savvy Networking - Dining For Success - Looking the Part
Could your dining skills View a Free Demo 15 minute demo of Dining for Success
Inside This Issue
- Holiday Party Tips
Dear Joanne & Terry Q & A:
- Table Manners
For your free subscription to this newsletter or to forward it to a friend just click link at bottom of page.
About Style for Success
Joanne Blake & Terry Pithers can help your organization and your people improve their personal image and social skills to build credibility and inspire stronger business relationships.
Specializing in business dress, demeanor & dining, we add enjoyable, unique, profitable content to your training, conferences, retreats and in-house seminars.
View our business brochure (pdf)
 |
  
T'is the Season - The Holiday Party Tips Issue HOW TO AVOID THE OFFICE PARTY HORRORS
Remember the office party where ... The one where Pete got drunk and insulted the boss’s wife
Why are the most memorable holiday office parties always the ones where something really embarrassing happens?
To make the holiday season run smoothly,
Tips to organize a great party Check out this timely newspaper article (pdf) we were just featured in - MAKING YOUR OFFICE PARTY MERRY - Tips on getting more mingling at the gala and avoiding boorish booze-ups
Survival tips for party goers Click here for - TIPS TO SURVIVE THE OFFICE PARTY - with your career and marriage still intact
But I don't know what to wear We help you look good at the party and decipher the dress code on the invite. Click here for SPECIAL EVENT DRESS - Tips and Guidelines
What should I get them Click here for great ideas to personalize client gifts GIFTS THAT MEAN SOMETHING - and don't cost a fortune
Just what you always wanted ... a donkey We got you something nice for Christmas. Too bad it's already in the mail, and boy did we have a hard time getting it into the mailbox. Click here to see a picture of your donkey and other gifts we purchased.
Don't worry it's not coming to your mailbox. To say thanks to our clients and readers, this year through Oxfam on your behalf we sponsored some gifts including girls’ education, a peace donation and a donkey for a needy family.
Season's greetings and wishes for a peaceful planet. Joanne and Terry   Q&A - Business Etiquette, Dress & Table Manners Advice Contact us with your questions.
Q: Dress him up but can't take him anywhere?
My husband's table manners embarrass me. I cringe when I watch him grip his knife and fork. I can't seem to get him to change. It's becoming a sore point in our relationship. With the holiday dinner invitations coming up, can you help?
- Mary G. Ontherocs
A: These days at least 60% of the diners we see out there have unusual ways of using their cutlery. Unfortunately people who look awkward at the table aren't even aware that they are doing anything wrong. But the people like yourself, who know the proper etiquette, certainly notice.
Many spouses share with us that their partners don't seem able to follow their example and learn by osmosis (ain't that the truth in other things as well). Don't let it ruin your relationship and never nag or correct them in front of others.
Use some humor to take the edge off reminding him. Try a fun descriptor of his awkward grip, such as the prison grip or the air passenger grip. When he does it and you aren't dining with others, rib him gently with "You're using that prison grip again".
To reinforce this, you might try giving him our online dining training as an early Christmas gift. Watch it together (tell him it's a comedy). It has some funny examples and it visually shows what to do and not to do.
View a Free Demo of Dining for Success Online Training. The easiest way to raise the (salad) bar in your organization or in your partner. Click here to log in for a 15 minute free demo Enter user id - diningsample and password - sampleit
Individual online sales are available at www.styleforsuccess.com For discounts or intranet use for organizations contact us Quotable Quotes:
What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day." - Phyllis Diller
WHAT'S NEW WITH US:
Better than the yuletime log fire on TV:
Joanne and Terry will appear numerous times over the holiday season on Shaw Cable, talking about holiday entertaining.
~~~ Terry's Always Dining Out
Once again Terry in conjuction with the hardworking executive of the University of Alberta Cooperative Education Students Association put on their 4th Annual Top of Class Business Etiquette Dinner. It was a lot of fun and a great success with the event selling out to 150 business students in very short order. This year corporate sponsors from the community attended as well.
~~~
Our Dining For Success Program is Being Used by MBA Programs in the United States.
"An important workplace skill that seems to be missing for many younger professionals is business etiquette. Therefore, we have committed to providing enhancements to our MBA program that give our graduates an edge in their careers. The Dining For Success program allows us to provide critical training in an engaging cost-effective manner that our MBA students enjoy and value."
- MBA Program Director College of Business and Public Administration Eastern Washington University
~~~
British Columbia Here We Come! February Public Seminars in Sidney and other locations on Vancouver Island.
Presenting & Expressing Yourself with Confidence & Style 100% of recent attendees said they would recommend these sessions to others.
Staging You - Presenting and Expressing Yourself with Confidence and Style Focused for Real-Estate Professionals but anyone's career will benefit from these sessions
Date: Wed. Feb. 25th, 2009 3 workshops in one day
Cost: $250 per session or $600 for the full day.
Click here to register for any or all of the day's sessions.
Click here for pdf brochure of the public seminars
All About You - Presenting and Expressing Yourself with Confidence and Style 3 workshops in one day (as above) Date: Tentatively Sat. Feb. 28th, 2009 Location: in the Parksville/Nanaimo area
For more info on our Public Seminars contact us
Looking for entertaining and empowering presentations with a difference for your next conference or retreat? Business dress, etiquette, networking, dining and meeting skills. Check out our website and give us a call.
To ensure you keep receiving this newsletter - Have you added us to your safe sender list? 
› View archived newsletters and other valuable resources All contents Copyright ©2008, Style for Success Inc. - Terry Pithers and Joanne Blake, except where otherwise indicated. All rights reserved worldwide. Duplication or reprints only with approved credits as indicated below.
Simply click the forward to a friend button on the top.
For your newsletters, bulletin
boards or websites. Our articles may be copied or used for non-profit purposes, without our consent provided you include our credits statement and link.
Joanne and Terry would appreciate receiving an e-mail informing them of your use of any articles. Please provide the URL and/or a courtesy copy of any publication in which the article appears.
|
 |
|
 |
      |