The essence of elegance is always to be curious, always be inquisitive, and always be experiencing something NEW with enthusiasm and passion.

The World's Most Lavish Dining Practicum™
Dine with Passion and Imagination ...

An intensive but lavish learning event!

Cherlynn Conetsco and Alinda Lewris are pleased to announce an exclusive new World's Most Lavish Dining Practicum™ Program.  It previewed during the Executive Education/Leadership Conference presented by the International Association of Protocol Consultants® / Officers™ (IAPC) in May 2006, at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C.

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Willard InterContinental Hotel
Washington, D.C.

Featuring a Seven-Course Executive Dining Practicum
in the White House Style
created in collaboration with the
White House Culinary Team.

Executive Dining Practicum in the White House style!
Experiential table etiquette provides a deeper understanding of
high echelon events giving participants confidence
in their technical competence.

The Willard InterContinental Hotel has hosted the
world’s highest-ranking dignitaries. Calvin Coolidge’s
Presidency began at The Willard.

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By all means be a snob, but carry humor and humility
with your snobbery. 

Tomislav Podreka

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The World’s Most Lavish Afternoon Tea™
Pause, drink tea, forget the sound of the world ...

Tea time is the secret of the modern executive. Connect with friends, perspective clients, or military associates at day’s end to discuss events or to plan business strategy.  Acquire the additional social confidence to enjoy the pleasant ambience of a refined tea table.  

A full-service Royal Afternoon Tea is included.

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Tea will always be the favored beverage of the intellectual.
 
Thomas de Quincy

There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour
dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. 

Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

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Lavish Dress
The Right Look for Every Occasion ...

Lavish Dress offers clients a blueprint for asserting a professional style of distinction within the boundaries of workplace tradition.  Develop a consistent personal style with a wardrobe ensemble to enhance your persona. 

For Women Only:  What's your professional style and why it is the foundation for everything? Enjoy designer essentials, delightful impracticalities, and learn to wink at convention. 

Women Notice:  Coco Chanel proposed this theory about a woman's appeal: You can be gorgeous at twenty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.

Gentlemen Prefer SMART Manners
Definitive 'New' Rules ...

Gentlemen Prefer SMART Manners offers clients the edge to distinguish themselves confidently in social situations.  This program is about understanding the “new” rules of etiquette, about using skills instinctively, and establishing a discerning advantage in the global environment.

For Men Only:  Enter a room with the ease personified by James Bond, relax while sipping a shaken-but-not stirred martini, and learn how to be a well-mannered gentleman in today's world!

Men Notice:  Did you know that Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington were three national figures seriously interested in etiquette?

See Programs & Seminars for registration.

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot. 

Clarence Thomas