Arden, Author at Clise Etiquette

Being vulnerable

By Arden | April 23, 2012 |

I met a colleague, Lynn Baldwin-Rhoades, for coffee recently. She is the president of Power Chicks International, a wonderful online and in-person networking and resource organization for women. Lynn is someone I know and like but didn’t know well. I felt like we both wanted a deeper connection with each other.

My Facebook regrets

By Arden | April 10, 2012 |

While on Facebook I saw a friend had posted a political video. I watched the video and thought, wow, this is really great information. So, I shared the video and posted why I thought it was worth watching. An hour later I started to have regrets. I had justified to myself that the post was…

The germy handshake

By Arden | March 29, 2012 |

Whenever I teach handshakes in my training seminars or keynote presentations there are always lots of questions. One I’m often asked is “what do I do if I don’t want to shake hands to avoid getting germs?” I’ve been asked this by friends who are also germ phobic and would prefer handshaking just went away.

The angst of attending events

By Arden | March 20, 2012 |

Have you ever noticed that it is so much easier accepting invitations to events then attending the parties themselves? The invitation comes in and you’re honored your friend invited you, it sounds like a fun party, you don’t have plans that night, etc. But as the event approaches suddenly you start dreading attending.

The power of words

By Arden | March 14, 2012 |

My husband and I often go someplace warm and sunny in the winter to escape the gray rainy Seattle days for a bit. This year we decided to go to Costa Rica. Many of our friends have been and spoke highly of the country.

2012 Academy Awards Musings

By Arden | February 27, 2012 |

On the red carpet, actress Maya Rudolph shared her Oscar advice with Tim Gunn, “have good posture. Stand up straight, shoulders back.” Sage advice for anyone, whether posing in your Academy Awards finery or giving a presentation to clients. Good posture communicates confidence and makes you look more elegant and self-possessed.

Too much information

By Arden | February 9, 2012 |

We have been talking to handymen and women about doing some repair on our front porch stairs. It’s been an interesting process to say the least.

Are your emails getting read?

By Arden | February 2, 2012 |

Email is both a blessing and a curse. The blessing is it has allowed us to communicate quicker and more conveniently. It also allows us to have a paper trail of our communications. However, email is easily abused and misused. We are all inundated with hundreds of emails every day, so it’s important our emails…

A costly email mistake

By Arden | January 31, 2012 |

I received an email from a doctor’s office where the sender put all of their patients’ email addresses in the “To” field rather than the “BCC” field. That meant every patient could see all of the other patients’ email addresses. Oy, let me count the ways that that is bad news.

Are we teaching children to be disrespectful?

By Arden | January 23, 2012 |

I occasionally teach children’s etiquette classes and I always introduce myself as Ms. Clise to the children. When I ask the kids in my class how they address their teachers and their parents’ friends the majority of them say they call these adults by their first names. I’m continually shocked by this.