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Office Courtesy and Etiquette: Meeting the Public
When you work in an office, it is more than likely that you may have to deal with the public - be it organising meetings or dealing with outside suppliers.
It is most important that etiquette is well practised in the office as it makes one's day rather more pleasant.
Enjoy this charming motion picture from 1953 for some examples of what to do...and not to do. And the same lessons still apply to our modern age.
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The Abhorrence of Office Loud Talkers
By Prunella de Pedant
At one's workplace, precious few bad habits can compete with the piercing, penetrating presence of a high-volume co-worker - even if it is unintentional.
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Don't spread germs!
By Dana Gornitzki
Practising proper hygiene is an important part of proper social graces. Escalate a lack of hygiene to a possible pandemic, and you have a more pressing matter on your hands. Think this is something new?
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The Etiquette of Making Small Talk
By Jay Remer, the Etiquette Guy
There's a real art to making small talk at a social gathering, dinner party or even a business networkinge event.
The mingling and the chatting – dreaded by so many (and we can relate!), but truly an art.
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Office gossip: don't be tempted
by Prunella de Pedant
"Who gossips with you will gossip of you” - Irish saying
We all do it. We all adore it. But it's wrong, very wrong - especially in the workplace.
Gossip is omnipresent, especially in our modern world where information is readily available at our fingertips and images can be sent with a little click of a button on our ever-connected gadgetry.
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Tippling responsibly at the office party
By Jay Remer, the Etiquette Guy
With the holiday season fast approaching, there will be no lack of happy occasions for celebration. This is the customary time of year for office parties as well as times for colleagues and special friends to get together for festive luncheons and dinners. During these special meals, it is not at all uncommon for alcohol
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The Semi-colon: restoring the King of Punctuation to its throne
by Michelle Garrett
With modernity has come a certain licentiousness when it comes to punctuation. Though there is a certain freedom in dropping commas at one's own leisure, I withhold that with this breakdown of grammar comes a breakdown of communication. Every poorly-punctuated paragraph leads us further away from F Scott Fitzgerald's flawless prose and closer to the incomprehensible mutterings of rap lyrics. We're swapping a brilliant vision of the world for a lacklustre attempt at poetry authored by somebody with an inexplicable need to reduce their name to initials (P Diddy, Jay Z...). Friends: this is dire.
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Five Ways To Make Yourself More Memorable
by Jacqueline Whitmore
After the handshakes and business cards have been exchanged, here are some surefire ways to make yourself stand apart from your competitors and become more memorable to others after a networking event.
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Don’t call us (we won't call you): job-hunting etiquette tips for employers
by Jean Bernard Talon
Job-hunting can be a most gruelling if not taxing affair.
If not waiting for the telephone to ring, should you call? Or when you are asked for a second meeting, and it’s a lunch -- is there a hidden meaning? Now, it’s been over a week and nothing from them so you call
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Office etiquette: a few social graces for the modern workspace
By Jay Remer
In today’s lightning fast paced business world, good communication is very important and this includes both verbal and written skills. Just because we have the ability to send messages around the globe at warp speed doesn’t mean that any less care should go into crafting their content.
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Diary Dates
Join Hendrick's Library of Delightfully Peculiar Writings for Unusual Book-worming shenaningans at the Brighton Fringe from May 17 - 27. As part of this literary residence, taxidermist Lee Paton will be hosting 'Stuffing Peter Rabbit', renowned gastronomic architects Bompas & Parr's will be creating a 'Literary Feast' and Damian Barr's now legendary Literary Salon returns.
Charm School
Thank you for welcoming MIEN Magazine's Charm School with such warmth and enthusiasm. We have enjoyed meeting so many charming ladies and gentlemen, and look forward to many more delightful sessions with you in summer/autumn 2012. We shall be hosting a lovely selection of classes and events, and would love to keep in close contact with you so we can update you with our news. Please do watch this space and sign up to our newsletter for more updates.
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