The following is a “paw”dcast with Mary and Zsa Zsa about their new book, Woofs to the Wise!
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The following are articles from Mary M. Mitchell’s Reuter’s column, Modern Etiquette.
- Modern Etiquette: Time to take time out
- Modern Etiquette: Interjections hurt your image
- Modern Etiquette-When striking up conversation, it’s not about you
- Modern Etiquette – Friending the boss on Facebook: Fun or foolish?
- Modern Etiquette: Grabbing a bite to eat at your office desk
- Modern Etiquette – The 7 Secrets of Civil Skepticism
- Minding your manners at the gym
- Guidelines for giving toasts
- Defuse a thoughtless public blurt
- Different cultures have different greetings
- Five suggestions for greater self-confidence
- Let’s talk about cosmetic surgery
- Taking your manners to the yoga mat
- Mind your corporate governance manners
- Tips on how to reform a rude world
- When Bob’s dog dies, do you send flowers?
- Disagreements with grace
- How introverts can survive the party season
- What they see is what you get
- Party crashing won’t help your business
- Compliments or crawling? How to get it right
- Do the obese really deserve contempt?
- Are thank-you notes a relic of the past?
The following are a series of podcasts that Mary M. Mitchell and Letitia Baldrige recorded on a diversity of subjects. They refer to them as, “Tish and Mary Talk Manners”. These charming dialogues are filled with insights into some of the thornier aspects of etiquette: (to listen to the audio file, simply click the play arrow to the left of the audio bar)
The Cocktail Party – among the issues discussed are why to host one, why bother to go to one, “RSVP’ing” , achieving clarity in the invitation, and how to handle uninvited guests.
Declining Invitations – the trickier aspects of “just saying no” are dealt with here –little white lies and why it’s best to avoid them.