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Your Author & Writer Rebecca Black


For more than two decades, the team of Etiquette Now! has provided quality etiquette training for corporate, educational, government, and private clients. We consulted and evaluated what an individual or business needed to do to be successful and would then present workshops to assist in that endeavor. 

Throughout the years, this had led me, the founder Rebecca Black, to delve more into writing advice articles and books.  My varied advice articles have been profiled in many print and web sources, such as the front page of Yahoo. 

Due to the nature of our business, many times, we entertained clients and taught clients how to entertain.  Fortunately, I love to cook and dabble in wine tasting, which helped considerably when teaching and entertaining.  Actually, I've written books on the subject.



Many of the posts you will find here are about food and entertaining.  Many, however, will be about living well (diet and exercise) and health-related issues.  As one with multiple sclerosis and over sixty, I have quite a bit of advice to share.

Additionally, as a retired teacher (English & Elementary) I am drawn to writing educational pieces.  History is just one topic you might find here.

Please share your ideas and advice as well!

I have now retired from my etiquette business to devote all of my time to writing and traveling.  Thus, you just may see more of me on these pages.

Good health and happiness to you.

Cheers!

Rebecca Black

Contact Information & Websites

PoliteTraveler@outlook.com

Former Websites
Etiquette Now!

Got Etiquette

The Polite One

Blogs

The Polite One's Insights

The Polite Traveler

Etiquette Now! Insights

Got Etiquette Advice

Got Wedding Etiquette

Author Rebecca Black


Print Media Interviews with Rebecca

The LA Times..........The Toronto Sun           

The Miami Herald..........The Pittsburg Tribune

The Boston Globe..........Life and Style

Sacramento Business Journal..........Associated Press

Sacramento Magazine..........New York Times

Comstock Magazine..........SierraStyle Magazine

Media Interviews

CBS 13...........My58

Sac & Co. (ABC)...........KCRA (NBC)

ABC News..........KFBK (radio)

CW Network...........The Today Show (NBC)

Fox 40

To watch Rebecca's televised interviews, please visit our YouTube Profile.

Previous Clients

Noah's Bagels.......... California Milk Advisory Board

McGeorge School of Law..........Turner Construction

Granite Bay Golf Club.......... Sierra Cad/Cam, Inc.

The Sutter Club.......... Nehemiah Emerging Leaders Program

City of Roseville.......... California Association of Hospitals & Health Systems

Infinity Air Inc.......... Pacific Coast Companies, Inc.

Grant Bennett Accountants.......... Sandia National Laboratories

Multiple Sclerosis Society.......... Granite Bay Golf Club

The City of Davis.......... The Sutter Club

Northern California Golf Association.......... Kaiser Permanente


CA State University, Chico

School of Business

University of California, Davis

Graduate School of Management

STEP-UP Leadership Series

Center for Engineering Professionalism

Student Leadership Workshop Series

Greek Societies

Delta Sigma Pi

Chi Omega

Phi Alpha Delta

Kappa Alpha Theta

Feather River College, Quincy, CA

Student Support Services

University of the Pacific

McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento

Greek Societies

Alpha Phi, Stockton

Dine College, Arizona

Student Services, Title III



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