by Janet Parnes | Dec 27, 2015 | Blog
(Marketing expert Kris K and I collaborated to write this blog for her site THE APPRECIATION FACTOR ) Enjoy! It’s that time of year where you may already be writing thank you notes for the generosity of those around you, but did you know there’s an actual...
by Janet Parnes | Dec 1, 2015 | Press
By Julia Spitz/Daily News staff MetroWest Daily News Get a group of teens or 20-somethings together, and they won’t talk to one another because they’re all too busy texting other people. They communicate in 140 characters or less, and don’t see any...
by Janet Parnes | Dec 1, 2015 | Press
The Memorial Day Parade in my town was not flashy, the crowd was not crushing, and the speeches not self-aggrandizing. The parade was like a pot of mixed-berry jam: Civil-War soldiers in blue; women in hooped skirts; an American-Legion float skirted in red, white, and...
by Janet Parnes | Dec 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
It’s not that I expect to be plucked from some Google search for an audience with Pope Francis this week. I just found myself wondering, “How do you behave when meeting a pontiff?” Below are the results of my research: What to wear. The guidelines are consistent with...
by Janet Parnes | Dec 1, 2015 | Press
Ubiquitous clips of stranded airline travelers remind me of Lisa, a stranger’s flight emergency, and a friendship forged. My friend Lisa, her husband and their two elementary school-age children were on a flight destined for Mexico and stuck on the tarmac. To...
by Janet Parnes | Dec 1, 2015 | Press
They may have been “creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky,” but the Addams family was also courteous. The following tips can be used to teach children that when fairies, freaks, princesses, and creeps share the sidewalk with courtesy, everyone can have a...
by Janet Parnes | Dec 1, 2015 | Press
How do we argue with respect? Drawing from the Crowley/Gates disheveled deck, we can find timeless lessons in the art of arguing. The guidelines below, stemming from time-honored rules of courtesy, help us to show our hand with diplomacy: 1. Listen: do not prepare a...
by Janet Parnes | Nov 16, 2015 | Blog
A news story from this fall illustrates the consequences of responding to a rude pitch without bringing etiquette into play. A Minnesota couple accepted an invitation to a family member’s wedding. At the last minute their babysitter called in sick, preventing the...
by Janet Parnes | Oct 30, 2015 | Blog
They may have been “creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky”, but the Addams family was also courteous. The following tips can be used to teach children that when fairies, freaks, princesses and creeps share the sidewalk with courtesy, everyone can have a frightfully...
by Janet Parnes | Sep 25, 2015 | Blog
It’s not that I expect to be plucked from some Google search for an audience with Pope Francis this week. I just found myself wondering, “How do you behave when meeting a pontiff?” Below are the results of my research: What to wear. The guidelines are consistent with...
