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Jacqueline Whitmore’s new book, Poised for Success: Mastering the Four Qualities That Distinguish Outstanding Professionals, is a thought-provoking, enlightening and heartfelt book which highlights the significance of business etiquette, while emphasizing  the importance of becoming invaluable at work. It is a practical book on how to attain success in today’s competitive business environments and in your personal life.

The theme:  To become invaluable at work, you must be poised for success. You must cultivate what Jacqueline calls the four “P” qualities: Presence, Polish, Professionalism and Passion. This book effectively  written with eloquence,  honesty and humor, shares with you  the necessity of  social graces, integrity, and relationship-building in all areas of your life.   Whitmore, using her  fifteen years of experience as a protocol and etiquette expert, generously furnishes you with the skills to become more self-aware, more confident and comfortable in your own skin, and better able to communicate with others in a credible, authentic manner.

P. M. Forni, professor at John Hopkins University and author of the bestselling book, Choosing Civility, best describes this inspiring book by stating, “Trust this book, live this book, treasure this book.”

Poised for Success is a powerful road-map to living your life with passion while gaining emotional prosperity.  A great gift idea for those on your holiday list who aspire to take their career to the next level.

Poised for Success is available now. Order your copy:

http://www.amazon.com/Poised-Success-Distinguish-Outstanding-Professionals/dp/0312600321/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315859594&sr=8-1

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Fashism is a fashionista’s confident.   This mobile fashion app gives users instant feedback on their outfits–anytime, anywhere. Whether in the dressing room or at home, just snap a photo, post it, and get fast results from a worldwide community of the style obsessed.  It is instant advice from your fellow fashion friends. Think  quick fashion social networking with the touch of your phone.

Starting  Friday, June 3,  Fashism will launch their “Fashism Summer Fridays” bringing a top-notched style icon or fashion expert to advise from noon – 2 p.m. each Friday.  These style gurus will help critique user’s submissions on the site. First  up, (June 3rd), Stacy London from What Not to Wear,  and Style for Hire will offer Fashism users styling tips and clothing  advice. Marie Claire’s fashion director Nina Garcia will be advising on June 10.

The Fashism app is free and available on iTunes.

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This Week\’s Fashion News

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\”Panty Primer with Stacy London\”

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Fashion\’s Night Out

Vogue’s Fashion Night Out:

Shop for Something Good.  From Brooklyn to Brazil to Boston, the fashion industry is already buzzing about  this year’s globe-spanning extravaganza, Fashion’s Night Out.  The goal of this initiative is to welcome the public to celebrate fashion.

The 2010 edition of the biggest fashion party in history promises to be equally epic, inspiring and full of  stylish surprises. Mark your calendar, the date is September 10,  from 6 – 11 PM.   For more information:

www.fashionsnightout.com or email: info@fno.com.

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This month, mega-cosmetics retailer Elizabeth Arden launched: DaughtersofBeauty.com., to celebrate the company’s 100th birthday.   This  wonderful celebration of beauty for mothers and beloved others  is launching just in time for Mother’s day.

Upon visiting Elizabeth Arden’s centennial celebration site, http://daughtersofbeauty.com/, you are  greeted with the words, “Tell us about the person who inspires you to look and feel your youthful best.”  This site provides  a wide range of  beautiful and special moments of sisterhood: women who have inspired other women to celebrate their beauty from within.  In return for your sharing heartfelt stories of inspiration, you will be  rewarded with many perks, including makeup and skincare products, and a pampering spa retreat.  Elizabeth Arden will provide a  gift for each entry. Such incentive.

Winning entries will be determined by visitor votes, so tell your family, friends and fans to vote online for your inspirational story.  This is one “beauty competition” for women of all shapes and sizes.   Thank you, Elizabeth Arden for celebrating the beauty of inspiring women.

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The scarf emerged about a year ago as a trendy fashion statement worn by both men and women as a fun, light-weight summer accessory. The trend continues. Scarves are now worn every season and appear to be replacing the necklace as “the statement piece.”  Irini Arakas, a jewelry designer and onetime Vogue editor, is dumbfounded. “Really?” she joked with the New York Times. “It’s 110 degrees and you’re wearing a scarf? But that’s what tuned me in: this is a real movement, a real accessory.”
Ms. Arakas began designing scarves for her Prova line and insists her scarves feel like necklaces. She cuts them in triangles to drape easily around the neck, and trims the edges with colorful beaded fringe. Ikram in Chicago picked them up; Michelle Obama wore one in Paris. Ms. Arkas recently designed a lower-priced line of silk-blend printed scarves for Barneys.  The store cannot keep them in stock.  The scarf is becoming a preferred way to add flash to an otherwise ordinary outfit and can be mixed and matched with any item in your existing wardrobe.
If tying the scarf is a challenge, consult one of the many books and videos available on ways to wear this popular fashion piece. The IPhone even has an App for accessorizing scarves entitled, “The Scarf Magician.” This app “teaches with easy to understand videos how to transform an ordinary look into a spectacular one with Unique Scarf Ties.”

The scarf, the new statement accessory, just might make getting dressed a little easier.

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Madeleine Albright, will be coming back to Denver on Tuesday, December 22.  The first woman to become United States Secretary of State spent her teen years in Denver and graduated from Kent Denver School in Cherry Hills Village, in 1955.  She founded the school’s international relations club and was its first president.  Years later, she was an intern at the Denver Post.

Madeleine Albright once criticized Saddam Hussein, only to be called “an unparalleled serpent” by one of his men. Soon after, she had a meeting with Iraqi officials and decided to wear a snake pin. It was a diplomatic declaration. And it became her signature. This is just one of many stories in Albright’s new book, Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box, an exploration of her life through the brooches she wore. I am excited to take my daughter Laina to see the former U.S. Secretary of State on Tuesday at the Tattered Cover Book Store in LoDo.    Hopefully, Albright will sign the copy of her book, “Read My Pins,” a Christmas gift I purchased for my lovely daughter.

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From Seth Goodin
http://www.squidoo.com/Whatmattersnowfreeebook
What Matters Now: get the free ebook

Now, more than ever, we need to shake things up.

Now, more than ever, we need a different way of thinking, a useful way to focus and the energy to turn the game around. I hope a new ebook I’ve organized will get you started on that path. It took months, but I think you’ll find it worth it the effort.

Here are more than seventy big thinkers, each sharing an idea for you to think about as we head into the new year. We want to shake things up. More than seventy extraordinary authors and thinkers contributed to this ebook. It’s designed to make you sit up and think, to change your new year’s resolutions, to foster some difficult conversations with your team. From bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert to brilliant tech thinker Kevin Kelly, from publisher Tim O’Reilly to radio host Dave Ramsey, there are some important people riffing about important ideas here. The ebook includes Tom Peters, Jackie Huba and Jason Fried, along with Gina Trapani, Bill Taylor and Alan Webber.

Here’s the deal: it’s free. Download it (from this link: http://www.squidoo.com/Whatmattersnowfreeebook). Or from any of the many sites around the web that are posting it with insightful commentary. Tweet it, email it, post it on your own site. I think it might be fun to make up your own riff and post it on your blog or online profile as well. It’s a good exercise. Can we get this in the hands of 5 million people? You can find an easy to use version on Scribd as well. Please share.

Have fun. Here’s to a year with ideas even bigger than these.

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“Black Friday,” the day after Thanksgiving as it is typically known, is traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year.
Stores open in the wee hours of the mornings, offering great discounts to the consumers who often line up early to get bargains. CNN Money.com predicts the number of people shopping on Black Friday will pick up more than 16% this year, according to a survey released Tuesday.  A staggering 57 million people said they would “definitely” head to stores on the day after Thanksgiving, up from 49 million in 2008, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation. On this day, shoppers can anticipate huge savings on electronics, apparel and toys.  Many retailers have already announced their deals to the public. Sights such as: www.Black-Friday.net lists many of the deals consumers can expect. Today, Forbes listed the ten best Black Friday bargains: http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/19/black-friday-sales-business-commerce-thanksgiving-day-discounts.html

To make Black Friday as stress-free as possible, iPhone has added an app for Black Friday. For $2.99, owners of Apple’s (AAPL, Fortune 500) popular smart phone and its iPod Touch player can download Mall Maps – You Are Here, a portable database of mall floor plans, store lists and other information intended to help shoppers avoid headaches this holiday season. Tech-savvy holiday shoppers are hoping the new iPhone application will help them beat the rush on Black Friday. This Mall Maps app (Trying saying this ten times fast), which is useful for those who want to get in and out as quickly as possible, offers information on more than 1,000 malls nationwide.

And if you miss the discounts offered on Black Friday, there is always Cyber Monday.  Cyber Monday, the Monday immediately after Black Friday, is the symbolic kick-off to the online holiday season.  Shop.org, a division of the National Retail Federation, officially named this shopping day “Cyber Monday” in 2005.  Cyber Monday is the day retailers use their online shopping hubs to offer special discounts to its consumers. The website www.cybermonday.com lists the many deals and coupons various online retailers offer.  Whether you shop on Black Friday, Cyber Monday or both, hopefully you will be able to enjoy tremendous savings this holiday season. Tis’ the Season!

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