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Monthly Archive: September 2009

FREE Etiquette Webinar – Mastering the Name Game

Make Your Best Impression Blog, Press Room / Media   ·   September 29, 2009

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Whose Dream Is It Anyway?

Make Your Best Impression Blog   ·   September 27, 2009

“To thine own self be true.” Shakespeare couldn’t have set it better. When we try to walk in the path of someone else it doesn’t quite feel real to us. The same goes for goals. If they aren’t yours, whose goals are they? It is easy for someone to suggest a new tack on one [...]

The Goals of Personal Development-Making the Most Your Talents

Make Your Best Impression Blog   ·   September 25, 2009

It is a goal of life to make the world a better place than when you came into it. In order to do that, you have to change yourself by living up to your potential. This is what personal development is all about.  Let’s begin by saying what personal development is not. Personal development has [...]

Sleep is the Key to Succeed: A Lesson in Productivity

Make Your Best Impression Blog   ·   September 23, 2009

There doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day sometimes. With your schedule, something always gets put off until tomorrow. In order to catch up, you might be tempted to work longer but that will have the opposite effect.  When your schedule runs long or you have a pressing project at work, the first [...]

Don’t Set Yourself Up to Fail – Fail Forward

Make Your Best Impression Blog   ·   September 21, 2009

Do you seem to be in a rut? Perhaps, like everything you try to do to move ahead just sets you back further and further.  If you learn and take some steps to grow from your mistakes, you may find them a blessing in disguise. You will not find out how to fail here. Instead you [...]

Etiquette Lessons from Kayne West at the VMA Awards

Articles, Make Your Best Impression Blog, News & Testimonials, Press Room / Media   ·   September 16, 2009

“When the President calls you something unflattering, you know you have crossed the line. What are the etiquette lessons we can learn?” (September 16, 2009-Birmingham, AL)… “It doesn’t take money to have class.” What are the etiquette lessons we can learn from such a terrible incident.  Interestingly enough, we have seen examples of both things [...]

Lagniappe Service in Action- EzineArticles CEO Christopher Knight

Make Your Best Impression Blog, News & Testimonials   ·   September 16, 2009

As an author, speaker and business etiquette expert, I submit articles to Ezine Articles from time to time.   When going through the incoming mail on Monday this week,  I was in receipt of a small package.  It was from Ezine Articles. The package consisted of a nice coffee mug with a card from Christopher Knight, [...]

Join Us for the FREE Webinar September 29th – “Mastering the Art of the Name Game”

Make Your Best Impression Blog   ·   September 15, 2009

“I just can’t remember names!” Does that sound familiar? When was the last time someone said, “I recognize your name, but I forgot your face.” Not often. Join us as we discuss tools and tips to help you wade through the murky waters of the name game. Click here: http://www.brighttalk.com/webcasts/5971/attend

Finding Your Passion to Make a Difference

Make Your Best Impression Blog   ·   September 14, 2009

The kindness of a stranger can never be under estimated.  Think back to a time when someone did something for you without expecting anything in return. What did that make you feel like? Special? Important? Better yet, it made you feel like you mattered. We all want to matter. Our life should also matter. Shouldn’t it? You are [...]

How to Use Toasting in Everday Business

Make Your Best Impression Blog   ·   September 13, 2009

Here is a practical success story to share about how to use a toast. As a veteran in the hospitality industry as well as a certified meeting planner, I also consult with meeting planning clients to assist them in securing and negotiating contracts in cities and hotels for conventions. Last year, at an industry event [...]

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Professionally Polished now on-sale

Professionally Polished now on-sale

In Professionally Polished, Teague-Snider steps outside the bounds of boring etiquette books and uses real-life blunders, both humorous and horrifying, to illustrate common mistakes and lessons-learned. Some will make you laugh out loud, others will make you cringe, but all will entertain you as you learn what you need to know to recession-proof your career and get the professional edge that will make you an indispensable asset to your organization.

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Make Your Best Impression on the cover of Personal Excellence Magazine

Make Your Best Impression on the cover of Personal Excellence Magazine

Dallas on the cover of Personal Excellence Magazine! The founder of Make Your Best Impression and author of Professionally Polished, Dallas Teague Snider appears on the cover of the March 2009 edition of Personal Excellence magazine.

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